6 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, January 7th, 1982
D A D S A Y S THE CHOICE IS YOURS
MINI
TODAY’S, motor ist. has a bewilder ing array of cars to choose' from , when he is .in the market for a re placement vehicle. Not so many years
ago life was much sim pler, once the initial decision to buy. a new car had been made. Indeed, .it was most un
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around our towns were all well known names of long s ta n d in g — t he big “home” manufacturers and' their counterparts from .European car pro ducing plants. . Then, hey presto! It’s
usual for new makes to appear on our roads. Those tha t did roll
Name of the car game is all change
Adyertising feature by Bert Bolton
ning . ... all very bewil-. dering. • .
" As I said at the begin ' '
nary” motorist who only studies the market when • he has th e u rg e to change, and the cash to spend. The dyed-in-the-wool en
More so for the “ordi
an almost entirely new ball game, with a ■ whole host of new cars and com mercial vehicles making their appearance within the last ten years or so. The world is now. the
thusiast, to whom motor ing and vehicles are a way • of life, will know that all this change began with the. entry of Japan into the European car mart. Then, not so far behind,
came the East European car makers. ■ The impact of the com
petition virtually made it necessary for the major manufacturers of vehicles
motor manufacturer’s oyster and there has been an explosion of new names as the industry has expanded. We have seen old, long
cherished names disap pear overnight, to be re placed by “strangers.”
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within the European Economic Community to re-align themselves to cope with the opposition. In the process, a number of highly respected names . disappeared for ever, making way for new titles which sometimes collected a number of the old under a new banner.
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what happened to Rootes. I have no doubt that there is a new generation of drivers already saying . . . “Rootes?” wasn’t that a TV series of a book?” Older generations will
Look, of instance, at
THE first, prolonged icy grip of winter certainly sorted out
the.men from the boys. The staggering number of cart left aban doned at the side of the road bore mute witness both to the severity of the season, and also the shortcomings of many of us, in such conditions. The trouble is, we get
Japan, Poland to.1 Portugal — the world’s car en gineers are vying for our custom. •
folders on Diahatsu, Zas- tava, Suzuki Alto. From Yugoslavia to
the correct speed for the conditioYis, at the right time. Then learn what to do
engine are fastened to clean metal and making good’ contact. For instance, if the
when you ARE in a skid. It’s rather late to start sorting things out when the back end is overtaking the front, so to speak. ^Intuition can kill you—
so don’t rely on it. What tp do about your
so little experience on ice and hard packed snow that when it hits us, so to speak, not many of us. ap preciate what we have to do in such conditions.
READY
is an u n p re d ic ta b le season. Often it is mild, but it can be treacherous ly cold. The trouble is, it can
Winter, in this country,
• names were engulfed in BL cars. Remember NSU . . . ? and Auto Union . . . ? Then came Audi, which was then “em braced" by VW. . Then came the newcom
know that Rootes changed to Chrysler, and then, more recently, to Talbot. Famous “home made”
ers. Some of their names were difficult to tackle with the tongue. On my desk at the moment are
for a motorist to tackle our winter is quite simple — be ready for anything. It is essential to ap
caught out by the vag aries of our weather. The old wai’ning to expect black ice round' every corner holds as good today as when we all drove less sophisticated machines around. The common sense way
It is so easy to be
' the controls. F irs t and foremost,
preciate that YOU are your car’s most vital com ponent, being the “item” which holds and operates
learn the lesson that skid ding should never happen — not if you are in the right gear, travelling at
car, to ensure that it con tinues to burst into life and carry you safely about even in sub-zero temperatures, is fairly basic. Even new cars need coddling when the damp creeps in ■ or the icicles form. The prime cause of
starter is sluggish it could be that it isn’t earthing to the car body. The main earth lead oh, today’s common earth return cars
is the strap to. the body road.
from the battery. If that is not making
good contact it affects ev erything, from • the radio - to those posh halogen headlights. If you haven’t done so
breakdowns in bad weath-' er is electrical system fai lure. Your battery is a vital component. If it gives up the ghost, you’ve -had it — it’s as simple as that. Even a healthy battery
change from one set of conditions to the other in the skid of a tyre, so to speak.
has a tough time in the winter. Every journey makes massive demands on it because, apart from the energy sapping start ing action, on many occa sions it has the drain of lights, windscreen wipers, heater blower motor, etc.", to cope with.
got one, invest in a good battery charger. Don’t go in for' one
If you haven’t already TERMINALS
w’hich is going to blast the energy holding plates apart, but get one which will supply a reasonable, st<; idy overnight charge which will ensure, at least once a week or so, that the battery gets a chance of recovering its full energy capacity. Help it to cope with
■ Any doubts in this area — renew’ them. If experience tells you
already, contact breaker points and plugs should be checked (on a dry day, or in a garage) for wear and tear.
that there are vulnerable — to damp areas .in the engine compartment,
spray, them with a prop rietory damp inhibitor, sold at any good garage or accessory shop. Of all the “crimes” seen
' prevalent. Stand on any busy road
on the roads today, that of faulty lights is the most
for five minutes during the hours of darkness and you w’ill see -ample proof
ularly checked and covers kept clean. A layer of the sort of winter grime we are currenly .getting can turn off the power as effi ciently as a broken bulb filament. Being ilearly seen, by
of this claim. All lights should be reg
all drivers- tend to grow accustomed to faults such ’ as. this; allow for them, and thus ignore them. It can be fatal.
A-tricky one this . '. -
tions is touch and go, even with spot on brakes — but with pulling or snatching “anchors” it is
Stopping ,in icy condi . ;
hair raising. Which' leads us- natural
gilding’ the lily, rather than just conforming to legal requirements, can be more than prudent.
This is one are where ,
tread .(depth on a tyre is 1mm across three-quar
The legal minimum
ters of the tyre width blit the sensible minium, depth especially in recent conditions is double that . 2mm across the
entire width. That' goes for the spare as well! Efficient wiper blades
wash additive so that you are never deprived of fluid, both to clean the windscreen’ and lubricate the wiper blades. I must admit that the
are a must. A smeary, poorly wiped “ f ro n t window” is no place to be behind on a wet or snowy night. I f you1" WBper blades have seen their best days, retire them. Use a de-icing screen
,
ly to tyres, the only con tact you have with the
get the right mix. Good accessory 'shops stock a little instrument which will help you check the anti-freeze strength. If you are a member of
Hie Jal
. guaranteed rescue, should you run into breakdown trouble — but a little self help never goes amiss. Make "sure .that one
one of the motoring or ganisations, you probably, have the
-.reassurances of
comer of-your car’s boot is reserved for items to help you getrover such an •emergency. Stock it with a set of
' Tools . . . ? You don’t need the proverbial kitch en sink, but a good set of
spare bulbs to replace any that fail. Items such as spare plugs and fan belt are a must.
. spanners ring or socket tools, help. Don’t forget the car’s handbook. You won’t want to be
tackling anything major at the roadside but I always carry around the “vital statistics” of my car, such as plug and contact breaker clearances and tyre pressure, on a piece of paper in my glove box. Other items in that
handy little storage sec tion at this time of the year is a good torch; a can of de-icer and a couple of dampened mock chamois leathers. When the going gets
recent cold spell had me worried. The car was snowed under, or rather my garage was, and as sub-zero temperatures,
dipped ever lower I began to th in k a b o u t th e strength of the car’s anti freeze.
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heavier use. by checking that the terminals are clean and secure. Coat the terminals with Vaseline — NOT engine grease. Ensure that all the earth straps around the
other drivers and pedest rians alike, is essential if you want to’ keep out of trouble, so frequent clean ing sh o u ld n ’t be a nuisance, but a necessity. It could save a life —1 yours for instance?
TYRES
brakes are not up to it, or that they, are pulling to one side, get them fixed fast.
If you suspect that your changed is the name
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• should know, the time to do anything about anti freeze is before the ice man cometh. The new generation-of
of a fractured radiator — then, as the cold became even more chilling, came the nightmare thought of a cracked engine block. As everyone knows, or
I had visions, at first,
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really rough, the boot holds a broad shovel to dig out the car in heavy snow, but that’s in a real emergency when I have to venture abroad in it. When it gets so bad, it’s policy to walk.
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