Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1924, Page 45

Know Own Car First, Advice "Even to Experienced Motorists Every Machine Has Peculiarities of Its Own, Knowledge of Which May Save Many Bills and Much Worry Later On. BY FREDERIOK C. RUSSELL. 1 Car owners will find a practical sug- | Festion for the development of more | factory car ownership in the new- | est explanation of the reason for the inability of the average motorist to get frag his car the number of miles of service it should easily be able to give. it has now been determined that the motorist fails to obtain full value from his car, not because he does not apply | the rules of car care with which he | has become familiar, but because he scldom becomes aware of the care re- quired by the particular car he drives until it is too late. One car owner summed up the situa- n when he remarked that no mer had he discovered what specific tention his car needed than his inabil- ) give the car this attention in the terim had reduced it to old age. It the same thing with the next car e that. too, demanded specfal re of its weak points and pe- | Ynowle culiar Must Know Each Car. Most motorists are aware of the fact at every car needs attention to keep serviceable, but from results it would that few appreciate the variation | se needs as well as the importance | nowing the car intimately before | ng it the first mile s is weil illustrated in the case of an experienced owner, who thought that ¢ ho i new machine and know exact'y w do to it to make it serve him at t 100.000 miles without trouble. He 3t the new car, but found himself nd his perfectiy i car at the end of a to time | He had had so much experence with | burnd bearings, scored cylinders and | Feneral wear and tear as a 1t of insufficient engine lubricat with the advent of the new made s mind never to ha of regularly ided ‘a quart of oil, rdiess of | her the oil indicator suggested such | tment or not. He was going to| upon his experience, and in that - had become dicators that wi i Had Too Much Oil. s result of this treatment was| within a comparatively short | time the engine would neither rnr‘.‘ nor be cranked. Puzzled over the sit- tion he phoned for a tow car, went | vice station and there d hat there were fifteen qual «o much ofl with lhe‘ his crankeas in that it interfered mov of the pistons. It devel- oped that the engine was more eco- nomical on oil than any Viously cperated. A sequel to this story will serve to reveal the importance of he had pre- knowing | as well profit by my experience. | its life during the process. your own car first. When this owner met another party who had just bought one of these cars he very nat- urally told his story and added a warning against over-oiling. “These engines will do two hundred miles to a quart or better,” he said. “Be guided by the indicator. If it regis- ters full accept it as fact. You might The cars are identical in construction.” The newest owner, therefore, took care not to oil the engine too much, He often marveled at the high posi- on of the indicator and talked to his friends about the remarkable il mileage he was getting, but no one took the trouble to tell him that whenever the crankcase was drained off the contents revealed an excess of raw gasoline rather than old oil. Advice Proved Bad. A year or so later this same mo- torist was having his cylinders re- bored and new pistons fitted. He had been running on the worst kind of lubrication—oil dilution. It seems that through abuse in the delivery of the car the pistons did not fit as tight those in the engine oper- ated by his friend. Thus the advice did not apply. Not knowing the de- tailed condition of his own car, the motorist _simply proceeded He would have had trouble ignored tlte advice of second blindly. even had he his friend. Such instances are rapidly coming to light, and as a result of It engi- neers have roached a point where they urge a motorist to study the needs of his new car before using it. This means ignoring much of ths “ex- perience” he has had with previous cars and slarting out with no preju- dice for any special form of treat- ment 1t means, for example. giving the new car very careful study and atten- tion during the first few hundred {o = thousand miles of its use, pre- ferably before If the motorist can take the time to study its needs with- out running any risk of shortening He should test for compression, examine the contents of the crankcase frequently. He should be sure that the gentle- s of the clutch is not the result of slipping, and_determine this by voting whether the engine stalls im- mediately when he lots in the clutch with the car in gear and the brakes set. Among other things he should make sure that the front wheels are in line, as a precaution against losing a lot of tire mileage. The brake lining should be given every chance to offer maximum serv ice by his seeing to it that the brake: do_not_drag. He should be satisfied that the humming of the gears is due to the newness and not to being too tightl, or loosely adjusted. And, in par- ticular, he should mote wherein the operation, adjustment and care of the new car differs from its predecessor. even if he thinks the new onme is “just like” the other. The way matters stand the average Unusually Attractive Time-Payment Plan SIX Roadster. Pive-l’m;er"l';m:in‘g PRICES Seven-Passenger Touring Four-Door Special Sedan (Enclosed) . Five-Passen Four-Door Sedan pe . . . Seven-Passenger Sedan f. o b. Kenosha FOUR PRICES Roadster . Five-Passenger Touring Business Coupe . . . . Sport Touring . Carriole (5-Pass. Sedan. . f.o. b. ....) e AFTER PLOWING THRU TWO MILES OF MUD AND THEN GETTING STUCK TWO FEET FROM PAVEMENT AND SAFE GOING motorist goes into the era of his few | that this knowledge is not acquired car blindly, picking up suggestions | tarough understandipg of previous cars. In_fact, the only experience reganding its proper carc as he goes| (ATS T e e o D e e T e he Boee | worth carrying over for the benefit Tistaice he 15 reminded that I he had | oF, Ne New car s the knowledge that only known what to do in the first | PR"F URAOrS e o s Pince he would net have cut down | Needs of any car invariably dawns the life of the part in question. This|JUE about two vears too late. process continues until the results of | 5 MO S0 TR his mistakes culminate in the neces- | 3% s sity for purchasing a new car. (Copyright, 1924, by the Climan Feature Then he takes the wherl of the new Rervice.) one firmly conviced that he has learn- | T I S WHEN OLD CAR IMPROVES. ed how to care for it. only to discover car was a different ons That made The old car is never so complete] a vear or two later that the new | all the difference in the world satisfactory as when you've done a 'Know your cwn car first” {s the new slogan in motordom, but it|have decided that you must keep it should be qualified by the warning!another year. lot of tall thinking and figuring and/ hissing from the petcock and sparks when the engine is accelerated. Using lubricating oil in the gas TEST FOR SPARK PLUGS. j e ne (about one quart to ten gallons Petcocks on . Engine Should Be‘ of gas) will not disturb the function- ing of the carburetor. If there is a Used for This Purpose. | skip in the engine or a tendency to Petcocks on the engine should be | mMmiss on all cylinders for brief inter; = A . ‘ v ook to . valves an used in testing spark plugs. Short- ignition system. The carburetor will ing the plugs by holding a scrcw-ln t be at fault driver between the metal end of c-cn’ e plug and the cylinder head Is one way WORTH REMIHEBEVRINQ | of discovering which cylinders are not firing, but mechanics will invariab 1f the horn goes bad while trying follow this up with a test of pet-|to turn a corner in traffic and pedes- cocks. With a petcock open and the | trians do not take heed, try switc! plug of the respective cviinder firing | ing on the headlights an instant. It properly the regular firing of the | will very likely catch their eye and cylinders will be evidenced by sharp | their attention. Performance That Matches Higher-Priced Cars Just Drive This Carriole Here’s a real test. Just put the low price of the Carriole out of mind. Then get behind _the wheel for an hour. Actually,you’ll think you’re drivinga car priced a good deal higher. That's the way the Carriole performs. It hasa fine-car flexibility and quietness,and smoothness. Then think of the price and take a look at the way the Carriole is built. Mark how the body is made. It is of the all-metal panel type, finished in rich maroon. Note the highly inviting arrangement for five- passenger comfort — the restful appeal of the front parlor car chairs —and the big, roomy rear seat. Examine the stalwart chassis-frame. See the five rugged crossmernbers. Two are tubular. Just set a time fora demonstration. You'll enjoy a brisk spin in this Carriole. And it will settle all question as to its superiority. HURLEY MOTOR COMPANY 1522 14th Street Open Evenings and Sunday Phone North 6462 Seven Points Must B Kept In Mind by Auto Purchasers Automotive Trade Guides for Those Association Gives Who Acquire Cars on Time Payments—Urges Study Apropos of the opening of the au- tomobile buying season, the Washing- ton Automotive Trade Association has prepared a brief list of seven salient points for prospective pur- chasers to bear in mind. It is pointed out that car buying today is on a basis cntirely different trom that of yesterday, and that mo- torfsts should be abreast of the times in order to get the best results from their motoring, of which the purchase of the car is perhaps the most im- | portant featurz. Cars, the W. A. T. A paper says, are being bought more and more out of earnings rather than savings, and it {m here that the seven points appl “The trend toward paying as you ride is 8o pronounced that one's choice of a car now frequently repre- sents one's earning power rather than one’s wealth,” says the bulletin. “The first point for any ear buver to con- sider is that the car he buye will, in a sense, reflect his carning capacity There are still generous examples of extremes, in which people with small incomes purchase high-class cars out of capital. or in which people with large incomes purchase relatively in- expensive cars out of preference, but the averags buyer will do well to endeavor to make his purchase of a car conform to his earning ability. Car as Prosperity Criterion. “This means that he must guard against buying a car that will not give him the comforts his salary warrants. His social station In’ life and the people he associates with de- mand of him a car that measures up to_their standards. “Point three is to avoid being a codfish aristocrat. No automobile dealer feels comfortable selling a car to & man who I& buying way beyond | his means, for it is a foregone con- | clusion that the car will of necessity suffer through lack of attention and care. It will be an asset to neither owner nor dealer. ‘A clear idea of the uses to which the car will be put should determine largely just what proportion of the motorist’s earnings should go for the purchase of his car. This proportion should be more generous, for instance, if the car is to feature in_his busi- ness, for it can then be figured either helping to produce revenue or cutting transportation expenses. In effect this would be equivalent to a greater earning capacity for the mo- torist. Cites Point In Time Payments. “The fitth point is particularl lient a year in considering his pacity in it relation to power. As timo payments run to high as fifteen months, it is evident that one's earning capacily a year from date of purchase of car is equal- Iy important as his earning capacity sa- carning ca- ar-buving Unrivaled $1m f.o.b. as | One should look ahead at least | |now. Some buyers should fgure on 2 decrease in earning capacity, while others sheuld figure on an increas It avoids regrets at a later dats. “In figuring the proportion of earn ings for purchase of the car add enough to cover depreciation, eo that when vou buy another car in the fu ture you will have more reads for a better car. Every m wants something better, and it | natural for him to desire to | financially independent as poss | “Point seven is to allow a | proportion of earning for use of the car.. Nothing is mo necessary than to buy too much car #nd have tao little to operate it with The use of an automobile is one the greatest investments any one ¢ make, but you can't expec from your car unless you have th ready cash with which to put it into | constant and extensive servic | SHOW-SPACE RESERVED. | Sixty Exhibitors Line Up for De- | i | troit Display in May. [ More than sixty exhibitors to date | have reserved 10,000 square feet of | tioor space for the automotive main tenance equipment show which is to be held at Detroit, May 19-23, 1924. The event will demonstrate in ac tion the various kinds of machinery manufactured for motor vehicle re. pair shop work. The assoclations participating are Motor and Acces. sery Manufacturers’ Association, An tomotive Equipment Association, ervice ‘Equipment Associates, So fety of Automotive Engineers, the | ational Automobile Dealers’ Asso ciation and the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. S. A. Miles, 366 Madison avenue, New York, ir chairman | SHIP TRAIN OF AUTOS. Studebaker Factories Fill Record | Order for Hartford, Conn. SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 19.—A =olid trainload of cars was forwarded | today from the big Studebaker fac- | tories with Hartford, Conn., as their | destination, This is one of tne biggest single ent of automobiles made this Leaving South Bend. this train con sisted of ffty-two freight cars of ight and special six models. It wa routed by way of Detroit to pick up twelve more carloads of big sixes. Altogether the train contains 207 Studebakers valued at approximate 1y $300,000. - Quality , 75 factory CARRIOLE Five Passengers Five Disc Wheels and Nash Self-Mounting Carrier $25 additional Associate Dealers Myers Brothers, Alexandria, Va. Bi don, V von-Nash Motor Company, Claren~ Willismson & Robinson, Clifton Forge, Va. H. L. Lockhart, Covington, Va. Durant & Son Motor Company, Cul- r, Va. tand Motor Company, Danville, Va. A. B. Alexander, Draper, Va. Ni Garage, Gaithersburg, Md. W. J. Umstead, Kensington, Md. ‘Thomas P. McDonagh, La Plata, Md. Boyles & Hayden, Leonardtown, Md. Lynchburg Motor Company, burg, Va. Lynch- L. M. von Schilling, Newport News, Va. Beasley-Nash Motor foik, Va. ) White Auto Service mond. Va. Company, Nor- Companmy, Rich- Rutrough-Gilbert Motors, Inc., Roanoke, Va. Nash-Rinker Motor Company, Washing- ton, D. C.