Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1923, Page 54

The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Maghsine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN . Dumb animals are mot so dumb. Just motice the' dog im the automo- Bfle. He rides always prepared to Jump. 3 : _ Safety in Road Signs. There s still. much to be learned about . sign-posting. New England has solved the routing problem -by. mumbering telegraph poles to cor- rospond with well-knqwn trips and routes as given in the various auto- mobile tour books. But there is still ah-urgent demand for safety in signs— 2 demand which has hardly been recognized. Any one who notices strangers drive when they are touring will appreciate the fact that there is considerable danger in the way In- formation s handed, via direction aigns, to those who ‘are unfamillar with the route. The stranger comes the way to the crossing at a twenty-five-mile- | an-hour gait and s suddenly advised to make & sharp turn to the left. His attentlon beinz - directed to the Toute rather than the traffic, he obeys the signs and has a close call. When lucks 1S not with him he promptly ident. e all other accidents, the sign 1f directions the crossing rveached the course taken by the stranger would be far less abrupt. He would have several hun- re g sctually dred feet tn which to preparé for| the act of turning, and during this space therc would he sufficient inter- wal of time {n which to look out for the other cars and for himself. The urrow, tacked to the telegraph pole, proclaiming *To -Millville,” is dangerous. A sign 500 feet from the crossing, stating *“‘Turn- righ next crossinz for Millville” would add a touch of safety. It's just a atter of common sense and psy- chology. ~ Here's a “rm One. She was traveling close to for! miles an hour when the motor officer drew up &nd placed her und arrest for speeding. ‘Il just follow me.” he we'll run down to the station and bave this matter settled.” ’ woman was amazed at idea of it. “But. offic ven't ot & moment to spar dreadfully late already!” The officer admits he couldn't re- sist the temptation to let her off, but e-docsn’t advise any one else to try iL. The 0ld }imhnic Says: “YTou ma be goiln' through the procedure’ of greasin’ your car. but are you really greasin’ it? -I'm 'eays surprised to find how many conscientious car owners fail to get the lubrication where it ought to go. “One gar owner reicently com plained of hard steerin’ and upen examination 1 discovered that the steerin’ gear bearing was badly in need of grease. It seems that the owner thought this greasin’ was taken care of through the plug lead- ing tnto the gear Itself, and belicved that the grease cup for the bearing was intended to lubricate some of the accclerator assembly which hap- pened to be carried on an arm from the steerin’ gear housing. Te is | at the! “One motorist who thought he was ollin’ the horn motor was simply spitlin’ oil around the ofl hole in the Somewhat the same condition existed with the generator, starts motor and fan bearings. High pres- sure lubrication has soived a lot of this trouble, but car owners stlil seem to belleve they have greased the spring bolts and universals If they have forced ih ‘some’ grease. These PaTls are never genuinely greased un- til you have forced out some of the old " lubricant. Don't merely &dd | when you grease, replace. Foresight in Buying. What a motorist pays for his car nowadays s very largely a matter of how well he can read the future, for just as neglect of the car in- creases Its actual cost, so also doe | poor judgment in considering the | yarious propositions put up at the Y time of purchase.y ! Motorists have heard a lot about “orphan cars,” but now that the Natfonal Automobile Dealers’ Asso- | ciation has issued a statement to the jeffect that the average business life of the automoblle dealor is 3.1 years, perhaps buyers will be more inter- eited in Investigating thepermanency of the dealer before purchaging. It simply means giving the busi- iness to the reliable dealers who deserve it, which is just another way |"" stating the fact that a little fore- sight in this connection will greatly ! {increase the re-sale value -of the | {car, thus cutti the actual cost. is particularly important that 1t the motorist know the trend of auto- i mobile design and be able to differ- { entiate between fads and logical de- velopment. The nmext few véars are going to. reveal . some important {strides in deslgn, and the motorist {must use foresight to forestall the jpossibility of being caught with a car that is out of date. But, on the | other haud, every wave of develop- i ment has its freak ideas (n body and | chadsts desigi. Good judgment isi{ | the only guide. No motorisi can be expected to be a ind reader, but judging from the ob-, us mistakes car buyers ars constant- making it rather looks us though a {little common " sense in buying would bring about results that would be satis factory enough. . New Policy Model. | People who drive in glass autos ed not worry much about the ! ¢ any windshields or broken, for a new | Insurance indemnify | | uwners now being | written. This doubtless reflects once again the trend toward the closed car. Did You Know— l {: That in testing"and adjusting the | | horn tone it isn" to touch | { the horn button? ngfe-wire | | system, merely short one of the Lorn, connections with.a screw-driver or it saves a lot of steps. |” That if the right brake band L i throwing grease. and there is ni time to clean it off with gasoline| and insert a new washer in the hous- ing, the particular band can be re- {tored to nearly normal efficiency by } taking up a turn or two on its ad justment? This will serve to com- pensate for the slipping of the drum iroken glass | wrench. due to the grease and will alxo help || iburn off the grease. spring pressure will slip when going ovér rough -road evom t&o&nl may operate perfectly for hill b- ing and normal rapnin; ‘This ha, Thls specd, and the & s sp and the re- sult is that the clutch with & weak rlnf. or too delicately adjusted, will slip. This, if continued, will tend to burn and warp the And, owing to the action of the differentlal, the resujts are just as sérious if only one of the rear wheels bounce at & Greasing Differential. In greasing the differential par- ticular caution should be tal see that the grease plug clean when it is put back. If the greasing job is done out on the driveway it mple matter for a pebble to in the plug. Covered with grease it might pass unnoticed, until it formed a fine abrasive to wear out the ring and pinion prematurely. Year of the Bull. The popularity of red as a fashion- able color for sport cars is being somewhat upset by his majesty, the bull. Quite a few motorists have already found it somewhat embrrass- ing to plenic jn rural districts with “fire-engine” and just recently a vexed bull actually mopped up the road with two snappy-looking red motors. - With the feminine contingent going in “strong for red shoes and stockings. and ' with more women driving, it ought to be an active year for the bulls. Perhaps if some of these motorists with red cars would allow thelr neglected engines t6é run when being attacked the clanking of he loose valve tappets would agt as sufficient h majesty. Usage of the Road. A point to introduce In defending yourself when charged unfairly for a mere technical violation of the speed limit is the term, Yusage of the road.” Regardless of laws there are certailn things which practically everybody daes in driving a car, and speed In excess of the technical limit is one of them. To single out any one motorist, therefore. ls an_in justice; and = pdrticularly so when such “usage of the road” may be entirely justified. The whole thing discouragement to comes under th‘ head of common law; and as m offcial: ! it the motorist who ha to be held for a hearing would do well to raise this point. Light o the-Hip. Tail lights for n ¢ Motorists complain those who would D triank cannot attract the motorist's attention. A -battery -in the hip pocket may replace flask yet. Tested Parking Tips. worming in and out of space to keep the car movin only just creeping, when tugging at the wheel. Advance the gas = little when starting to back into the tight park+ ing space. It saves a stall. Enameling the Fenders. There 18 a trick in ensmeling fend- ers, and the car owner Who aspires to touch up the old boat ought fo know it. Enamel is merely finishing var- nish with lamp black to give it celol Varnish at: !u:’l .}t bubb] being applied, and also has runn‘!‘ into hills and dale plying it, therefore, put it on in gen- erous quantities, then brush it cross wise. This keeps the enamel from running. Phe final step is to dry the brush, and by running it lightly over the coating of enamel break all the air bubbles. If this is not done the, ob will be speckled. Think a Bit First. A common falling of the owner of a new car is to rush to his dealer the moment’ hé doe quite understand something in regard to its operation. It copsumes his time—and the deal- er's—and {s the best argument for giving the matter a little careful thought before inquiring. One driver recently complained to his dealer be. cause they had not given him a key to the door of his new closed car. It developed that the ignition switch key was also the door key. The owner might have saved himself a lot of annoyance if he had figured it out for himself. (Copyright, 1923.) — |, Monks in the middle ages possessed not a kingle articlé of thelr own. Don’t Wear Shabby Clothes Do YOU? Then why have a shabby, leaky top on your car? Tops not over 23/ yards in length. .$90:2 The following cars’ Bulck, Oldsmobilé, Auburn, Dodge, Essex, Cleveland. Overland, Oakland, Chevrolet F. B.. Hupmobile. Includes top and rear “curtain, Nash, Elcar, R 18%7-inch bevel plate glass eo, window, new rear straps, hidden binding and first-grade demble- texture material. Covering pads and bow Gypsy’ style rear curta £250 extra. Ford Recovers, complete wi: , sometimes necessary, $7.50 extr: Ins, not standard on the above th- fasteners, Installed, $8.85 We Are Open Day and Night Through the Week—Closed Sunday. REBUILT 3412 Ga. Ave. N.W. That a clytch adjusted for too little TOP CO. Call Columbia 10-0-82 The lowest priced SIX in the . ‘world—and a new GENERAL MOTORS product = = = =~ Heleisevqydlingl:u siced in a closed car. The new Oldsmol handsome, fo the matchless perfo: Six Coupe gives youa ur passenger body by Fisher, rmance of the latest type six cylinder engine, sterling mechanical features approved by General Motors, and Touring 4750, Roadster 3750, Sport Touring 9= Cab 8955, Coupe 31035, TheG: M. A C. extended paymsnt plan makes buying easy. Allpriceas. o. b. Lansing. Teox ad + Closed Car Show Space 8 1 OL - 1835 14th St. the beauty and refinement traditional with Oldsmol . All this st a price which is nothin‘;honofmdom{nNoeqully» good motor car has ever sold for less than ' $300 more. Prepare for a when you visit our " Potomac 1000 ~ J Sedan Bt big surprise o 11095 SERVICE 1625 L St. N.W. .1923~PART. 3." by forbtdding, in cities, any but sig- nal hesdlights. e ———. tional highweys at night. With |to light his own section of the road olume of trafic which will in-| With an {llumination which causes Exactly as the Post Office Depart- | eviably flow over natioral highways | 2°cldents: : ment maintains beacons to guide ita|between great centers, it wil) be] Fon FUTURE MGED matl fiers at night, so will the na- !?:r.a:czmmul to u{m them from - tional government eyentually light to permit the motorist “Legislate Against Glaring Heads T light Fiend,” Is the Plea'of e Motorists. - SAFE ROAD LIGHTS If stralghtened out, an ounce of spider web would extend 350 miles. All the wonder of the good Maxwell at the new reduced prices afilies as completely to enclosed as to open mode! Underneath bodies of en; baut{;‘:ich finish and equipment remar! J comp! is, of course, the same expertly designed and soundly built chassis. All ‘the remarkable features that led motorists to declare the good Maxwell touring car at the reduced price of #795 to be the world’s greatest motor car value can count on absolutely in the enélosed Is—no matter which you may choose to meet your needs. pen Evenings and Sunday H. B. LEARY, JR. Distributer MAXWELL—CHALMERS 4% Service and Genéral Offices Phone North 27 161222 U Street \ “Legislate against the glari headlight flend,” says the motorist. But legislation doesn't cure the.evils of ‘glare, mainly because the law which cuts down. the glare s0.it is “safe” also cuts down the light so much,_ that its use is unsafe Comparatively speaking, lights can be, and are, made, but their use requires a sclentific ad- justment of the lens, refiector and lamp, each to each and the whole to the running plane of the car. Such an adjustment does not remain permanent; variations in tire pres- sure alter it, and jars, jolts and looseness of the parts alter the rela- tions of the lamp and the reflector. For the present, better designs of lenses, greater strictness in regula- tions as to the tilt of headlights, and pewer and better designs of head- lights must be depended upon to if not cure, evil. But larel -A hundred years ago cl were unlighted, or, if lighted at all, were flluminated. In thou- towns today the street lamps are so few and far b tween that WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SERVICE RE CO. 1336 14th St. N. 3 Salesrooms 1321 14th St. 1612-22 U St. 0 " 812 14th St. NO AMERICAN MOTOR CAR, REGARDLESS OF PRICE, EXCELS THE NEW PEERLESS EIGHT IN PERFORMANCE. DEPENDABILITY. BEAUTY AND COMFORT A 65 7 There are two things we can quickly dem- cnmmwuw:ih:cNW nnm luxurious comfort of its riding qualities. in motoring. It is pec ly ¢ of the New Peerless. 3 This is a fact that can not be proved in > demenstration.- But look over the _testi- other factors, that are of pri- in buying a motor car— —— it among the four appearance and is not excelled at any price. THE PEERLESS MOTOR. CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO PEERLESS MOTOR COMPANY (Washington Branch) 14th Street at P - [, “ L) “ > ' “ “ “ o) « “ “ -, “» ) », (L) &) o - v Main 8077 QA 2 Open Evenings 55 New Prices 826901084090, f.0.5. Cleveland, dependent on the style of body you sslect. The Peerless line of bodies includes touring cars, coupes, sedansand limousines. T8 5 5256550 BOOBOOO0