Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1924, Page 51

The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 17, 1924—PART 3. out the lesson of 1915 will doubtless apply indefinitely. Worth Remembering. Do not shellac the cylinder head every one else is similarly aficted, they usually succeed. It keeps rel- atives and friends busy mourning at a time when the country ought to.be off enjoying itself. Let this forthcoming Labor day be includ- street is logical enough so far as vehicle traffic is concerned, but what of the pedestrian? Until there ar one-way streets for foot travel as well as for vehicle it's safer to look In both directions as usual. time you can think of it when pass- ing through a strange town, where the constable may be out for those who forget. When you are driving along in the dark and see nothing in your way, for it's a wise driver who suspects that he may not sece it all. ing his own horn? It would have | warned the driver of the first car, | and there would have been no col! lision at all. Just about this time of year a lot| 9 of people are rolling arcund in the. new car, t was traded - | who's crankini her now, king of the old car that and sing “1 wonder a day of rest for every one, ing the ambulance corps. If there is any work to be done let it take the form of a struggle for safety and sanity in driving. a¥ket when rep'acing the head after zrinding in the valves. Use hard oil, or grease. Shellac burns. So does the “grease, but the latter leaves a sort of crust that seals the gasket exceptionally well. Use white lead tor water gaskets and hose connec- tions. Do’ not Places to Use Horn. Sounding your horn at tlons, curves and blind all Speaking of Horning. Do you ever think to horn tor the course—but where else? Some drivers | man who forgets to use his own? If save their horning to annoy,|not, why not? The other day a third people they try to pass on the road,|car was in process of passing two but a lot of good horns go to the|cars ahead of it. The driver of the junk heap along with their wrecked |second car was are of the proce cars without having had a chance to|the driver of the car at the head prove their worth, the line wasn't. The driver up head | Here are a few places where it|suddenl made a left turn the pays to horn: Ai the top of a hill, | third car was in process of sing. where some Indian may be cc ning | There was a collision in which all over the other side and on the wrong | three drivers and cars played a part. side of the road. When p. ing by | The driver of the third r should parked cars, a precaution ainst | Lave sounded his horn, but why the man who may start W from | didn’t the driver of the second car| the curb without looking Every help to avoid the collision by sound- e EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. intersec- s—yes, of They talk driving, but w if it's sane it" bout safe and sane they mean is that fe. jerk a lot in in pickin’ up. 1 tried the car and found that she was geared pretty low, so advised him to start in sec- ond gear when she was warmed up and running on the level. He tried thix and found the idea solved his problem. But then he added his own ideas and killed it completely. Start- ed in “sccond” with the engine cold Started it that way goin’ up hill, with a load or regardless of condi- tions. Th; his car over in the cor- ner. We're relinin’ the clutch plates. he repair man has had enough ex- nce to know wi to recom- mend and if he Zives a tip the owner ought to be contented and not try to put any frills on it. Any idea is good up to a certain point. When you ex- ceed that limit vou're due for fine. And we're the fellows who col- lect it. . startin’ and be slow Did You Kifow— That in buving an oversize tire for a regular size rim you must also buy in the valves. Let them be free to |#& tire of an inch larger diumeter? pound down and get properly seated. | A 33x4!3 tire, for instance, replaces A straight side tire can be removed | & 4 from a risa with much less exertion [ That you can save a little more gas if the motorist will first loosen the | DY attaching a stronger accelerator bead of the tire thoroughly betore |SPFiNE? A sensative accelerator is unlocking the r If the head 18 al- | @ 848 waster. lowed to stick to the rim much dithi- T culty will be encountered. More Truth Than Gas. bt e, front wheels wihen|. detting It in the neck wan mestly Dolte, This takes the wereht ot the | demonstrated In a recent instance in Ar off the bearings and. meane. that | Which a woman and her child found Tierer reaulte A e e it | themselves upside down when she e are had from the oll- | yri.i to Kill, by main force, a bee that 5 & had parked just above the husband- - | driver's collar. Snow Removal Result. TR Neaee o 5 s atisticians advise us a e } When you complain against the |cjuze of the year that 1’:;1p:‘ (‘al"fl chopped up, T sme of the | have been stolen the reason will be northwestern states this summer re- | niivent. How many cars are worth member that it is largely u complaint | (e atter owners have Teft them aalnst your own desire for snow |gut all nigit, ruincd the engines and SinoNs el pants NOW | scuffed them up cral? been established that cleaning high- remEUp N gentral ways of allows frost to get into base and create up. in the spring. The motor attend to the rest. Apparent- ¥ it's a matter of profit and lo: You gain one way and lose another. he solution obviousl 8 in the development of highways that will withstand fros h. have the tappets adjusted e ‘ to normal clearante after grinding Soon Just Memories. Motorists who stili get a laugh out of recalling the days when friend wife sat on the rear seat all dressed up in her linen duster, her goggles and her veil while father proudly nursed a doubtful one-lunger with the hope of reaching the next town with- out the assistance of a team of horses might do well to remind themselves that many of the commonplaces of today’s motoring will some day be as definitely relics of the past s the hand crank. the acetylene lights and the bulb “honk-honk.” Did vou hear that shrick as driver of von car slammed on his brakes? Well, let that sound make its firm impression upon your car- drums, for it will soon be one of motordom’'s memo! The da of the locked brakedrum is over. The sensation of catching the tires in car tracks passed into memory | when the balloon tire made its :nx..l prarance, With this development | nd the growing popularity of spring control devices, the motorist is duc | 1or an era in which rough roads will | be nothing mere than the nightmare of forgotten days These days are now going by <o rapidly that the average mnlun*-lL can hardly Keep up with them. A Jot of owners still regard the old @l can as a mere commonplace and | do mot realize that it will soon !nl relegated to the limbo of the pust. With the advent of simplified chassis lubrication and the development of dealer service many owners are using the oil can for the last time with- out realizing it. Today's customs in motoring will | n be as much of a joke as yester- duy’s, and the wise motorist steps| into the procession of progressives without making the fatal mistake of vell, this is good enough | would be cheaper for| and safer—if many of customs were already mem- the ARAGE BUILDERS—that what we are. We give a consideration and have made a study of GARAGE BUILDING, which is reflected in the GOOD GARAGES which we construct. HAVE A GARAGE BUILDER BUILD YOUR GARAGE. And—if you decide to let us do the work—WE ARE POS- ITIVE YOU WILL BE MORE THAN ANNO' lN‘ :ING PLEASED — THINK OF THESE TERMS: G i That Saturation Joke. One of the best cures for the fear of a “saturation point” in the sale of | automobiles is to be reminded that in the year 1915 people were saying just what they say today about the automobile situation. Overproduced. Market for cars glutted. kvery one has a car. And so fourth. The end of 1915 found nearly two and ne-half million cars on the | streets. It was terrible. The world | had never seen so many ca at one time. People were going gas buggy. It couldn't keep up. Too expensive to own cars, “saturation point” was impending. It Then despite an interruption by the |of Labor day motor trips, but if greatest war in all history and its mple of what is to be ftermath of business turmoil the it is not too early American people managed to add be reminded that any Scptember about 13,000,000 more mGtor vehicles | would be greatly improved without to those already in use. the mourn Like a flash it was done. Fifteen or day to many thousands of [stop in a car's length. It's just as million cars tead of two—and no L8 seems to suggest working |easy, and a whole lot safer, to also end of it in sight. »mplish an accident. The trou- iznal your rate of deceleration. is that being so energetic. and | The rule of looking in only one di- ng so energetic at a time when rection when crossing a one-way Three Traffic Tricks. Doing as others do i by in drwving a Many drivers get away rant violations in tr: se the tratlic officer i the back of his ad will turn! This applies par- ticularly to those cities where there 1s still some doubt regarding what is permittea and what isn't. ‘When you signal your intention to Stop try to con some idea of the rate of your slowing down. Some drivers put out their hands excitedly when they uare merely easing off, | while others signal languldly and {offer no hint that they are going to poor rule ¢ just be- got But Less Septemhér Mourn. may be a little early to speak The Opening saturated with the So long as the ! Hicks Flint Motors, Inc. 1607 14th St. N.W. e s B A S Fourteenth St. Representative ; of the Flint Six Motor Cars All Models on Display l W. 1. Hicks Jess motorists. The dealer's associa- President Motordom turation bugaboo. public prefers to ride ple arc born, so long z-2zo0 3 1t = up to e is an AN WO possible ten- thousands of who own cars an individual WILLING TO NTAL, which is in more than » quote—CALL US AR—Is a there are in Washington cannot get HEY AR A FAIR R most _instances monthly terms w ON THE PHON BUNGALOWS GARAGES WASHINGTON CONSTRUCTION CO. Phone M. 7984 Room 1210, Continental Trust Building - S - - - Proved JEWETT PAIGE BUILT sIiX “ONE BILLION MILES BEYOND EXPERIMENT men PAY tion is to be congratulated for takinyg & definite stand against wildes accident prevention ideas which cropping up at an alarming most unnecessary rate. To impr & car because its owner made a fool of himself is about as sensible as burning down a house be use the last man who lived in was a criminal The N. A, D. A. will be doing Rreat rvice to motorists if it will extend its condemnation to include other half-baked auto schemes, - ¥ |An Acknowledged -y Leader mobile dealers throughout hed country have been warned that “an utomobile should never be sold with # down payment smaller than 33 per | cent of the entire sale If over- extension of credit undermines credit structure of the auto business, what does it do to the credit structure of the average car buver In all seriousness an ness man and motorist that “nothing would ducive to safe drivi than to prevent the highways by Ford: obody loves a Lizzie (if they drive a bigger car), but the attitude is obviously unjust. Motorists who drive other cars seem to figure that a Ford has no r for existence. A man will be red with rage just because he c get by a Ford, but if the vehicle ahead of him happens to be a Rolls- Royee, he lolls back in the seat and sniffs the sweet aroma of its exhaust fume rd drivers in many in- stances are purposely nasty to their svperiors, but can you blame them? Now You Know Why. The idea in keeping the crankcase filled with good oil in the case of motors lubricated by the circulating system is to insure better v for every drop of oil that 1s plashed upon the walls t the vlinders or fed to the bearing: T'he oid dip pan or troughs, hold but omparatively 41l amount of lubri- ant so that if the is enough o1l to prime the pump the engine will have enouzh oil to work on even when there are but two or three quarts in t crankcase, but because there is 80 little oil its qual will be cut 1o the danger point. WO quarts o 0il would heat up so rapidly to bLreak down as a lubricant and seri- ously damage the motor. When the c is gencrously supplied with oil all the lubricant operates at a lower temperature and is thus able to with- stand heat and adequately lubricate the motor. The 0ld Mechanic Says: Don’t try to improve npon your repairer's advice. It simply means that you turn a good idea into a lot of troubl It always reminds me of the way some people tr, to improve upon their doctor's suggestions., If he tells ‘em they ought to walk a little more for their general good health they promptly walk all their flesh off. If he tells 'em to drink milk and e more eggs they think it's a good idea to go the limit and get bilious. They're doin’ the same thing with their cars around here. I told a tel- low to drive with his spark a little further advanced if he wanted a ht- tie more speed on the level and bet- ter mileage. He tried to improve upon the idea by drivin’ with the spark all the way advanced all the time. 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