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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ( DECEMBER 9, 1923 PART AUTODEALERSPLAN | The Sund - | [ Wipe Off Chalk [xciiihissir s BENT RIMS BLAMED |5, i il o v e un ay Otorlst On Tires Before i s Fufim, hes FOR MANY BLOW—OUTS W > hits a frog or|stead of inviting dicinterested @ street car track or a|to the hospital, the police siat 5 : hole in the road there is a tendency | the rep: shop wi: hen SAI.E UF USEU EARS An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. Leaving Garag {otieay oy yremiessive adulta: rods ey e et l",‘r‘r);‘"r«\l:‘r'vafi' e 44 . is underinflated. The rim's sup- | 192 Motorists complain of a law : = i -| port, however, is essential to the life i | EDITED BY-WILLIAM ULLMAN {_In many clties it is a rule of thethat permits little children to ride bi- Motorists Should ave Tires In-|Jpch Loweynw o fosenii 2 does | 19 ,‘,‘,fi;‘;:figf,‘,mgsl’gl‘lf;?w i . 4 police department to decorate trects with mo- | gnected Fortnightly to Avoid | n0%,f¢ the nd allows the side| “ANE KEnE MANAKES RADIATORS i walls to the motorist may Ce 1 tires of cars with chalk marks as a e b t may| Gores lnstalied in any maks ; 3 § tors compl: £ know tha is to be expected | WITTSTATIS ki Ston and (rale stops with you: | more damage is done. This isw't at{means of checking up parking viola- |cul voiding children o Trouble, Say Experts. | unless ho tales Immediate precau- | 819 18th | F. G e WonEs | skid and youm skid alone. all nec ry if the owner will use & | tions, drivers who clutter up | 2 - Point Qut Buyers Can Save ) - . | il ¢ ays when pilots are 1 and truing-up their rims motorists, Y u ' ¢ ’ e . The officer on the beat makes a|wakime of @ @ ¥ o th > B 3 ok s what T would call compensat- | T} taking: off Ains are & ¢t cause of rim |ccoraing to the Miller Fubbar Com- Money by Purchasing -Be : Let's Have Serviterias. Ing for the trouble. Here's a car with | Deriodic round of the nelghborhood i Hapt dimsiane Sldlisstsause Sl e e e . a leak in the radiator and one In the | chalking it o - cuts, of tires blowing from the rim 4 ¢ 3 pans It was a practical psychologist who c ind o wlking cars which appear to need s ’ ! I tire trouble, And half the pleasur = fore Spring Season. | aintoyes & practical peychologist who | pump, for Instance. Thats trouble ! watoning. PP A Highway High-ena. and of the breaking of the wire|ar motoring 14 frecdom from . ¢ wnthmgzhgns R BODIES. A ercd that if a restaurant man |ehough for some peopl Al - ! Motordom recognizes o type of driv- | cables at the base of the tire. Often-|trouble. A~ good rule to follow s 4 ile You Wait, could strip his establishment of all e | cars ihe chalk mark on the tire of |y who belleves: that high | v | times motorists cannot understand |0 have hoth tires and rims inspected Taranto & Wasman That the s Ned use r problem | the frills and overhead, get right (|”““l in B C n, nevers atches that 30, 40 k) ortnightiy, When rim trouble is 1017 NEW YORK AVE. N.W. 4 | formance is the sum t 5 St 5 the engin being in- | O inutes later, whatever thej 0T : 5| why tires should “blow” when the aen e darreits 1s really the probl The LAt bushes, offer good food and quick v od for Ihok of water © " I regulations are, the owner of the ear | Virtues. He wouldn't drop into hy tin W Wl ¥ | found ‘it n usually ‘be corrected . - - pokhe S ally the pro : ; : L were sliding backws .| are driving along slowly, The facts|by careful tapping with a ball ham- WHOLESALE AND RETAIL o theiontnion O < | ¥ervice at low prices the public would | _“He just kept in mind the fact t Is pre vith & summons. . g ding ba o b s 2| me is the opinion i Sl L if he attended to the matter of fillin| It is & good plan, therefore, to erase |° e’ is & hich-gear Hound | of the case are that the overstratued| iy rd against s B can of the Washington Automotive Tra 1s indire radiator more frequently it would j chalk marks on the tires each morn- | -F e iy has reached the lmit of its . keep out of car tracks and ho Association in announcing & . the ‘:'w' ';'I | nsto xf"'- the n»: .\r‘ water o b‘n;‘r;,lr. mi:‘m:nu..u“rl.‘-lr lru"l‘:‘. A the car “0;;1 atarto v“"l'[‘,” ! | endurance from previous abuse and the depression allows the reoling With . ating places. Hence | : lere was to it. You | lire covered with marks o or “sec SHe P s t of the car to rest on the method of grappl ith wi teria. And hence the following sug. | C0Uln°t call that inconvenicne revious days not only increases the | the H the ‘modern hiehs | Ebven);awa It is also advisable to avoid FOR ALL CARS clared to be motordom’s most aggti- | b OWINg SUE- | compared with the annoyance of tyin' | chances of a summons through error, | f1d_hls S e date | Many motorists, were they to ex- stanting jolts of the wheels | SERVICE TIRE C vating questio gestion: |up the car just when you need it |but leads a cop to believe that the car | |/\s S€"Ta! ApREarance, al « 1 ¢ | amine the wheels ou their cars, would | igainst curbs. fispecially CO. Under this plan the dealers will | ds of cars go about the [MOSt z 8 the sort that needs watching. with high speed on t | be surprised to notice the rims are nt to carefully cross Z 1336 14th St. N.W. transmission job is another T bent along the edges. These bent | tions of car track otier their complete st a e ing t rapidly simply | of what I occasionally find SRR e average car owner fs|The washer at the front is shot, and | If the tone of the horn is not adjusted To build your top. Gypsy 3 2 | e nt to send his car to the repair | the result is that grease been | teo shrill, the flat rate charges. Tanging {romfciop or service statfon until ho has | werkin out hers at o svost rate. Am | ! Curtain, Oblong Glass, 7x 18 inches: double-ply ma- 569 to $282.50, which, it is said, must her ¢ the owner did was to keep the grea You're Ever Shopping. terial. Washington’s Daylight Garage Real Garage Service We take a tremendous personal interest in having you appreciate this garage more than any you ever stored your car in. dded to the cost of used cars car- The ar gun loaded, and periodically an ried by the dealers sut the | . € a heavy over, | off the grease that was thrown out Prospective buyers of motor cars LAl here is something about | and fill up the transmission with new. s always advised to look around The plan is to be effective for one | 1P —the idea of blowing him- | Compensation! A little bit of an an- | -carefully” before rushing to the Bl LA W morning | 610 10 a big spread of repalr a nothin' compared with |49tted Liie. This Is undoubtedly good Sle com Ldnarniy hat helps to keep him away. = 5 just when yowd give j#dvice, but for the wide-awake clti- L 5 zen it's superfluous. The streets of Duzing. ¢ Eige dealer erpris . S today are the bes s SUAE it prising ay are the best sort of salesrooms, Srticipit = e ! g i the idea of a pract 2 - for they show the latest models in '."‘llthl rs into their salesroon where “gaod * repair. work can | ‘We Want Two Cars. Rotusl Jperations anf the it i i m‘muy'fl;‘ the A\r;.n: Ccar own Once again the converti briolet lmc!l is «IWa_ u]nr‘unsclously shopping o s tag, ertinent | o oing to be an enthusiastic cus- 5. e stra = as he walks along the street, %top- information reg e - temer: Hell do a little of the work | Nas demonstrated its popularity at|gp, o, SCHE MO0E, e SIEECt BtoDs cluding the pric. Himenit, holdine the mechanics as he | the Paris auto show, but again serves | inspect. (nThE Plan is the sy goes ; to point to the fact that the failure | Much time in the actual process of nvestigation « J ¢ It won't be a royul spread of serv-|of Americs churers o buying a car could be saved by using ton by the used e e 0T e But a ot of aflments will bt | oF lean manufacturers 10 adobt|gome uystem In this preliminary i the association. and conforms to the | o\ved and the car will be a lot better | this type simply indicates the trend | spection of the cars on the street. idea that the public ! n iy T | toward two cars to an American fam- ' Proud owners of new cars are always part to play in this work of stim i& the habit of having |1ly.. The Amerlcan people are finan- | &lad of the opportunity to explain the ing the demand f TER gx attended to when they should Ily able to own both open and |high poin of the “best buy In Amer Ccars, e car owner will rapidly grow to | cl . Cars. That's explanation | fea’ and even where there IS no one Siotape Emcreanesiivriee. elate the importance of having | enough for the slow progress of the [to conduct the tour personally the ettt e ot s i I of service now and |convertible car here prospect is likely to see many things JeElorstotort; it od out, e has) the more complete shops - which might escape his attention s S il case of getting the right re- 2 when lulled by the soothing murmur oft on the purchae o d cars until| (06 trom pulling the right psycpolog- Is Your Horn Safe? | of the dapper salesman. P chirper thious St Heal wires No motorist is any safer than his| You're always shopping for a car, of matags chpert b - . If it doesn’t blow when he|Whether you aiready own the bes bpressited roal ec ¥ b | needs it most he is as helpless as 3 none at all. ers are therefore i as. to | So He Walked. | tho his brakes f ¥ ; s worth the time spent RN A e v you going my T ¥ reuit in th 3 of | @ § pretty close to de- the .\DH}I\K the wares, , ¢ just what you should have o dealer @ < sparkling new coupe?” sly obviate the next tme you buy. ng the car your business, sir!™ she said, | dunger of this p. v by alwa vared for during th H And went upe b s horn before the 3 1 b Iways looking this charge is nec b ex= . 1 to do = His early at- W for “second.™ 58 of what It would cost th it to keep the car himself through- | The 01d Mechanic Says. t Lo rarn the pedestilan or 8l nishes him a margin i out 1he o Ive @/t o el Sl Clean the Under Side. When r | the car | g o bis, but here g 1t's abo s bri v about cleaning the under side vice [t gettin' along with ca oubie until afe horn, however, is the |of 3 casionally? A chair-| fhere is o conven to have it |kind that does not respond promptly | E under side of tixed. o any further [ to the touc of the itton, and its Poatiee dami n th failure in this connection is invaria- | 0f the to be in rather b the extra cost of the i A vners either inconve bly due to need for a slight adjust- | dition. otorist wouldn't think of simply reprosents oo the moment son ment th be attended to in five | allowing the visible part of the tire iCars sehing {thing goes wrong, or make the minutes' time. When the horn does | to become covered with mud and ofl from $£1.0 suffer with its troubl a4 1ot not respond the instant it is needed | @nd remaln that way, yet the neg- out for ex the remedy Is to turn the adjusting | lected lower sectign has to do as | screw eup “so that the motor shati|much work when the spare is used as de i et- | presses tighter a nst the horn d ny other part of it. to handle the used- hragm. Otherwise the motor has | = hod cortain to spin over awhile before it gets up ; . pringt when thousands of | speed eaough to press against the Did You Know. motorists will want to - | diaphragm and produce sound. It is That a lttle light lubricating oil ase new models. in this interval that all the trouble | Such as would be used for sewing Nution-wide t n is new bei brews. ! { added to the soapy water Saves Money Now. | " ar qu portant when making the | used washing the car will help effect,” Mr. Ja the | et but it is |adjustment to set t ljusting screw | retain the luster of the paint? is such that if a £ Dhas | pred at the sound | with the lock nut, otherwise the horn | That line should not be used nind set upon s . 1 rineiple involved in the ng- | will be likely to fail at the very time | for cleaning the leather top of r a used car in April 1 uy i 1 idea will ins when it is needed most. Also if the |car? When dry-cleaning the top brush { e machine he wants now re motor ssed too tightly | it with whisk broom. Water with Those who b o i . represents . 2 m the horn may {a little a a i may be used mented upon it eneours until it is jarred into a new |to clean though to hellef that it v e the now. w e position forced to change its posi- | keep it as watertight a »ssible an sands of dolla ¢ -|tion when the bhatters’s strength | after dressing of lin and tur- | ises. < not likely to happen | pentine, in the proportion of two to 0000000000000 00000000000000000000000 As Low As— $20.50 for small to medium cars Our moderate rates make it ill-advised economy to d : : PARK ROAD leave your car on the streets during the winter nights. M<> >-0a0Mmo Sedan tops recovered, $9.75 up Ford Top Outfits. ... $6. REBUILT TOP CO. | 3412 Ga. Ave. N.W. 24 hours’ service on the things that are indispensable to every motorist. L STREET GARAGE 1705 L St. N.W. » . connos, wer. 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