TESTING TYRES.

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 88, 5 July 1927, Page 12

TESTING TYRES.

MAKE IT FRIDAY. A BRITISH SLOGAN. “Test your tyres every Friday” is the slogan of a campaign launched by Britain’s tyre manufacturers, with a view to educating the motorist to the importance of maintaining proper tyre pressures. Friday is the recommended day, as with most motorists, Saturday and Sunday are days during which correct tyre pressures are all-important. The modern tyre, in its wearing qualities, is a great improvement on its predec'*'''-'-'"*, but even to-day liberties must not be taken with inflation pressures. Apart, however, from the tyres themselves, the maintenance of correct pressures has an important bearing on the handling of the car—particularly on its steering—and also upon the comfort of the passengers, all of which will tend to the popularisation of motoring. It is impossible to lay down a hard and fast rule as to the exact pressure to which every tyre should be inflated, for each car has its own peculiarities in this respect. Owners should, therefore, ascertain by actual experiment what pressures are, in fact, best suited to their tyres for different loads, and should then see to it that, according to the work ahead, the ideal figures are secured and maintained. By so doing motorists will both save their pockets and increase their joy in the use of the car.