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'on changing re gistration- letters iir mid-summer. .There is nothing
A NEW year . . a new car. Some how the link seems just right, despite the em phasis now placed
quite like starting off a new year with brand new wheels. Sort of e^ves you an appetite for the last three or four months before Spring begins to flower. And shopping around can be much
Start off the year with some different wheels
my cars in the depths of winter. Their running-in mileages have always been canned out at a mod erate gait so that the veh icles were always in their prime w'hen it mattered — the holiday season. One can load up the boot with the family’s luggage
liable to find the car of your choice, down to the exact paintwork and trim colours; salesmen are much more attentive. The whole business is much more leisurely and enjoy able. I have always bought
more interesting — particularly in the cur-, rent “slack” trading situation. • You are much more
with no .qualms if you know’ that the engine nestling at the front — or back, as the case may be — is well and truly “nursed” into its job. The only time I was
tempted to take anything brand new' on a family holiday jaunt saw me seized up in the middle of London’s peak hour traf fic, fortunately in an inner lane, around the Oval.
“works reconditioned engine”! Not as bad as at
And that was only a
first sight — the trouble was merely overheating problems and air locks in the petrol feed. Nevertheless, from that
incentive of knowing that you are not likely to ran into bumper-to-bumper traffic jams.
“bedding” in a new motor in cooler conditions. You also have the extra
day Ao this I have ahvays relished the chance of
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clears up the dirty paint — don’t forget under neath as well, particularly in grit spreading cold weather.
EDGES
— from its tyres through its transmission chain to its engine — you are not really enjoying it as the manufacturer intended. What does it mean?
Quite simple really. It means knocking all the sharp edges off before you submit the car to any real hard work.
Nice and easy does it as
the engine and everything else works quietly away establishing nice,, shiny polished surfaces which will eliminate stress and heat production. Even the tyres have to
ning-in process? A lot of people get worried stiff about this aspect of car ownership when, in fact, it is merely a matter of common sense. Until a car is “ran in”
What about that ran-
muddy and wet conditions to cope with is small com pared to the extra wear and tear that summer can bring, particularly on a new vehicle. A quick wash down
■ The hazard of having .
Advertising feature by Bert Bolton
places on which to settle your new car in over its first mileages. As long as you hold yourself in re straint and are not temp ted to see what the new model will “do” you can keep up a fairly high av e rag e speed with a modern car. The embarrassing days,/
the hills; don’t let the engine race away. Keep everything ticking over nice and steady and you will have no problems and the car will repay you with a long, trouble free life.
DENSITY
motorway madness. I’d like to coin a new phrase — motorway magic. It’s the only way to de
scribe my festive season motoring.
Magic may be the cur
be “cured” before they are submitted to long ses sions of high speed motoring. .
course, right from the word go. Every little compo nent, all four tyres, ev erything will comply with the pressure placed on them, by the driver. But they will last much,
your first service of the car. I t ’s probably the most important you will ever give it.
right time — before it starts its life sapping wear and tear cycle. The motorways are ideal
hold in suspension far more abrasive elements— from the “wearing in” of the new metal surfaces — than any other oil change throughout its life. So get rid of it at the
The first oil supply will
much longer, if they are nursed, through the first few hundred miles or so. Pay strict attention to
They will do it, of
rent “in” word — as ban died about by one Sehvyn Froggit, of thumbs-up TV fame — but is a suitable euphemism for an M-way situation where “private” traffic was at about half its usual density and “heavies” were virtually non-existent. In these circumstances
You’ve all heard of
of‘don’t exceed X miles an hour” have really gone for good. The main point to remember is never to allow an engine to “strain.” Change down early on
did last Christmas and New Year) that you really appreciate the M-ways’ 70 miles an hour average speed capability. It beats spending the
all-too-brief holiday break shunting around on A and B class roads, with their time-consuming traffic lights, left and right filter systems, their roundab outs and two-way/three- lane traffic hazards. The motorways really
basic reasons why an engine fails to sta rt. Either the battery is not tu rn in g it over fast enough;, the spark is not strong enough to fire the mixture in the engine; or the mixture is too rich or weak to explode into life. A quick, cold snap can
tery quicker than repe ated starter pushing. There are only 'three
Drive for perfection
search out the battery duds. Battery efficiency, can fall by as much as 40%, even lower, in the winter months.
drivers showing a keen desire to reach their fes tive destinations in one piece,'speeds were-in the main — well below the aqua-planing level and the journey, of 300 miles, was enjoyable and comfort able, without the usual stress.’.,'. Colleagues who also
are a different prospect when they are devoid of multi-wheeled leviathans. Heavy, saturating drizzle along the M6 and M5, almost as far as Bristol, was quite negotiable in the absence of those huge moisture curtains which hang around those motor way monsters in the wet. With the majority of
cannot cope with the huge strain of turning over a cold engine, with, its oil thickened up by the temp erature drop.
An ageing b a t te ry
an adequate charge — either by low charging input or virtually no charge at all by virtue of short runs, or a slipping fan belt — are doomed from the first frost.
Batteries not receiving
in top notch condition, will protest in cold weath er if the oil gets too gummy (regular changes can stop this) or is too thick (make sure you use winter grade or a multi grade oil of the recom mended viscosity).
Any battery, even one
acceptance under suffer ance about that phrase you are probably right. As motorists, we all ap preciate M-ways when we have to cover a consider able mileage, whether there is a need for speed or not, but tend to wrink le our noses when we dis cuss them in isolation. A sort of necessary evil. It’s only when you have
motorways really can be magical. Having had to travel almost the length and breadth of the coun try to. swell the ranks at distant family trencher boards, I concur with the oft heard phrase: “You can’t lick M-ways for get ting from A to B . . . fast.” If you detect a hint of
to.get from here to South ampton and back and then Goole and back (as I
made long trips to fulfil family obligations — some to the North, way above the border — all came back with the same opin ion, and showing a zest for their motoring re miniscent of the low traf fic density of the immedi ate post-war era. What a pity to have to go back to the tension of the motor ing rat’race;. '
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depths of winter — and we have been going through some difficult days recently, with damp, muggy conditions' finding out the weak spots in our car’s electrics — it’s a good idea to spare a couple of hours at ■ the weekend on “shaping up” as the ^American top sergeants used to say. Don’t accept problemat
Now we are in the ' : •
belting spark at the busi ness end,, you need good plugs with the correct gaps between their cent ral electrode and the earth point.
If you want a nice fat,
machine to do the job properly. A wire brush can’t do the job as it should be done — and, indeed, can cause trouble.
Cleaning them needs a
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leads must be checked for security and cracks in in sulation. If in doubt — whip ’em out. It could save you a damp, uncom fortable sojourn at the roadside.
ical starting as “one of those things” about your car. It should goi first try, if you do your homework. It doesn’t take much
effort, and can cut out the stress and strain of will-it- or-won’t it jabbing. Now that we have said
goodbye to the starting handle — what on earth was that, you howl? — we need spot-on electrics. Nothing can flatten a bat
wipe over of the dis tributor cap, inside and out, its associated leads and the plug insulators is a habit worth developing.
can all provide an easier path down to earth for your high tension spark than the plug points. An occasional clean rag
Dirt, oil and moisture
aerosol water repellant spray, but I understand they can be quite helpful if the ignition system is susceptible to damp.
I ’ve never used an
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