Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1925, Page 61

" CAR DRIVEN SONE | BIVES ASSURANCE Dealer Says Buyer Is Fortu- nate if Vehicle Has Been Broken In by Expert. i i Motorists who condemn the practice | f driving cars in over the road as an | il that results in prematurely aged | be interested in the state- ¥ a4 Washington automobile | dealer fo t ffect that, more cars have been injured when broken in by s themsely | Royce Hough, lo- | er, who is responsi. | bie for this view, any damage that resuits a drive-away s due| to the refusal of some unworthy em- | ploye to obey orders, whereas any damage that results from the owner's | offort to break in the new car is sually the natural consequence of not understunding how to go about e job | For every careless new car damaged by a employe.” Mr. Hough de- usual experience is that e are damaged b rers | ine they are offering their| hines every consideration. | ve charged with the work driving the car in from the fac- | knows what will happen if he rot handle the car properly, | hing happens it is usually fuses to obey orders. r may be perfectly will- | ng to act upo the advice of the| dealer. but seldom really understands | how to carry out his plans. If he | happens to be careless in the l'll‘-: main, so much the worse. { Care in Early Stages. The inmpression seems to be quite | seneral that a car will benefit by any kind of treatment when new ex- cept epeeding. This has led to a number of evils. chief among which the habit of driving a new car so owly in high gear that it labors| helplessly. Another mistake is to drive it too fast in second gear, which s just as bad as speeding in high zear. “A competent employe in an auto- mobile establishment knows enough about cars to avold such mistakes. It is only in instances of willful neg- &ect where thers is any trouble, and | in such cases the reliable dealer stands the loss. “There is far less for the car own- | er to worry about in the drive-awa; plan than he imagines. As a matter of fact, many an owwer is in luck when the car fs dellvered to him | with the first few hundred miles carefully added to the speedometer.” | RULE FOR “SHIMMYING.” How Wabbling of Front Wheels | decision the motor starts. You quick- | |1y transter your foot to the ac May Be Lessened. | immy, or wabbling, of the front| wheels does not usually last for more | than a few seconds at a time, but the length of the annoyance can be greatly shortened by pulling hard in one direction or the other. Shimming is invariably due to “play,” or looseness, in the steering assembly, though there are other ex- planations in many instances. Def- inite steering in one direction or an- other will serve to take up this play temporarily and thus bring the shim- my to a quicker end. John Smith THE SUNDAY and His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. Jobn Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. is not selfish; rather he is a motori He ng martyr, a chap willing and glad to have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 10,000,000 or more membe: No. 90—Driving Practice. Tve " got show you,” something 1 want to Smith announced when | We happened to meet at the garage | the other day. He geemed quite mys- tified about something. 1 stepped into his car and said nothing until we had driven over to & section of the city where the streets were de- serted and the houses fow and far Dbetween. “Are you going to try to sell me some property?” 1 asked, seelng lothing else of int “I've Dbrought v watch that fellow," explained, pointing to a car that was coming along the intersecting street Just as he made the remark the driver of the mysterious car sud- here to | denly swung up on the pavement for no apparent reason at all, came to a remarkably sudden stop and drove (off again before we had decided what it was all about “Can you beat that?’ Smith re- marked, “He carried on Jjust as though a truck was going to run into him. Yet there wasn't another car on the street Driver's Queer'Antics, Smith ceased speculating for a moment as the strange driver turned into our street and drove past. Just as he was passing he suddenly shift- ed Into second in spite of the fact that he was going 25 miles an hour and the street was perfectly level. “I've solved our mystery,” I told Smith just a8 he was about to Sug- gest that we might be doing a kind act by notifying the authorities of the local insane asylum. “That fel- low is gn instructor in automobile driving. He's out practicing some of the things he teach “But, & heavens, he doesn't teach any one to run up on the pave- ment, does he?' “He teaches them how to'do with safety anything they might have to do in an emergency,” I replied. “He makes each one of his pupils come out here once or twice a week and spend an hour practicing how to drive better.” . “Practic Smith asked. “Don't we drivers get enough practice try- ing to get through traflic? Why, I learn all sorts of things about driving y day.” Yes, but 1t’s painful to think of the many things you learned but for- got the moment you learned them “What do you mean?” Driving Practice Needed. “Just this,” I explained along in traffic, and suddenly caught in & bad predicament, got we'll say that you stall your engine just as | a traffic officer gives the signal to go ahead. You set the gas control lever on the steering post about a quarter of the way up and step on the starter button. After a few moments of lera- tor, push it down In your eagerness to give the engine enough gas and fmmediately the motor stalls again You start cranking frantically, but nothing happens. Finally the traffic officer directs other cars to pass around you, and while you are watch- ing to see what he {5 going to do about it you cease cranking. When you discover that he has taken pity on you, You again touch the starter button and away goes the engine. “But what have you learned from this experience? You were so con- Coach Imperial at the touring car price | “You drive | rs of the motor clan, holding up :raffic thut you never yeal- 1224 that the refusal of the moter to siart was simply due to its being flooded with gas, The throttle was too far open while cranking. If you had been out here in this isolated part of the town practicing how to start a motor quickly when it has stalled, you would have seen your mistake.” You think that because you get out of difficulties in trafc you are learning. whereas you are merely finding solutions by luck. Making Detter Operators. “This automobile instructor makes | his pupils come out here and actu- ally imagine highway and trafe | problems. These have to be solved | by the most logical methods. When I'the right solution to a problem 'is found the pupil must practice it over and over again “There muy be only one chance in {w thousand where your brakes may fail you when going downhill and when your only salvation Is to get the car under control by shifting to second. But if you have never prac- ticed this, your case is hopeless. “You ought to practice out here in private for the same reason & mu- sician shuts himself up in a room when he is learning how to perform «w difcult selection. A planist might be able to run off something from Chopin if he had never seen it before, but he practices until he feels he can perform it perfectly without annoy- ing his audience with mistakes. But the auto driver thinks it quite all right to practice on the public. That is the main reason for the large num- ber of fatalities.” “Mave you got a halt hour to spare?” Smith asked when I had fin- ished “Why?" “There's no time like the present,” | he replied. “Suppose I try a little | backing while I'm here. Maybe I'd have w little better luck going for- ward.” Next week: “Explaining Torque.” (Copyright, 1825.) Do not have the tappets adjusted to normal clearance after grinding in the valves. Let them be free to ‘| pound down and get properly seated. | | Lacquer is hard. durable and wear-resisting. scratch, mar or scuff easily and will not chip or peel off. STAR, WASHINGTO Railroad Traffic Declared Boosted By Auto Industry Motor Shipments Total 2,000,000 Carloads, Is Marvin’s Estimate. Recent prosperity of the railroads is attributable in no small degree to the expansion of the automobile in- dustry, aecording to J. 8. Marvin, elstant general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, who estimates that 2,000,000 carloads of commodities, including sutomobiles, parts, gasoline and other items used in the manufacture and operation of motor vehicles, were handled by the carriers last year. This represents slightly less than 20 per cent of the total business of the railroads in 1924, Based on the statistics of the Inter- state Commerce Commission for t first nine months of 1924, 726,000 car- loads of finished automoblles and parts were shipped during the year. Tire shipments are placed at 50.000 carloads, Of the 7,780,626,085 gallons of gasoline consumed in this country in 1924, B0 per cent, or 6,226,000,000 gallons, were for automobile use, After allowing for deliveries from refineries, balance is e carloads. “An instance of collateral business that helped the raflroads” Mr. Mar- vin says, “is the movement of road building materials, cement, sand and gravel. Much of this materinl goes in the building of rosds and bridges. “If complets segregated data on this whole question were available, it 1s estimated that 2,000,000 carload shipments eould be credited as the annual contribution to the rail car- riers through the manufacture and use of automobiles.” SUSPECT SHIFTER FORKS. Not all the trouble one has in shift- ing gears is due to the dragging ac- tion of the elutch or to an inability to balance the speeds of car and en- gine with proper meshing of the ro- tating gears. Sometimes the shifter forks are &tiff, and the locking device which holds the gears in whatever speed to which one shifts may not be working smoothly. A little plain en- gine oil wdded to the heavier gear Tubricant will loosen the stiff parts und probably solve the problem. AUTO LACQUER It will not Lacquer retains its [uster no matter how often it may be cleaned—the harder it’s rubbed the more it shines. | Heat that would blister an ordinary finish has no effect upon Lacquer. cquer will not rain spot. Battery acid will not hurt it. | Oil, grease, gasoline or alkali have no harmful effect upon the finish. Wiping mud from it dry will not scratch the finish—it helps to polish it. ' Dust, grit and grime won't hurt a Lacquer finish—an occa- sional cleaning always restores its beauty and luster. | Work Guaranteed for One Year Gardiner & St. John | 1217 23RD ST, NORTHWEST icerned with the fact that you were | = PHONE WEST 2808 A new success added to ten years of succeeding 'HE New Coach Imperial is enjoying a notable public reception. Already it seems destined to be the most sought after Chandler in ten years of Chandler history. It is the only closed car that combines at touring car price the luxury of Fisher body craftsman- ship and the impressive Chandler performance. Itis the only Coach that offers the Pikes Peak Motor and the Traffic Transmission. The durability of the Chandler chassis was proved at Culver City, (The Traffic Transmission is built complete in the Chandler plant under Campbell patents) Cal., February 4th, when a road- ster covered one thousand miles in 689 minutes, an average of 86.96 miles per hour—the fastest 1000 miles ever made on wheels. Chandler success is the just reward of ten years of sound method; ten years which today find Chandler selling the best car of its history, amply financed, strongly entrenched with a grow- ing dealer organization, and basing growth on conservative policies that give due regard to new economic conditions prevail- ing in the industry. JUSTICE MOTOR CO. FRANK N. JUSTICE, President 1515 14th St. N.W. . Franklin 5174 CHAND THE CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY 4 CLEVELAND D, C, MARCH .22, ENGINEER ADVOCATES COOLING BY BOILING Believes Steam and Vapor Systems Will Be Adopted in Future by Auto Makers. Cooling the engine by bolling ix ve- ing advocated by a number of autor motive engineers, according to N. 8. Diamant, & consulting engineer of Detrolt, and it s likely that the gu- tomobiles of the future may have en- gines which will be “cooled” in this manner. Quick warming up of engine when starting In cold weather, a uniform operating temperatyre under all con- ditions of weather and engine load and slow cooling down after the en- gine is stopped are accomplished by application of the so-called steam or vapor system of cooling, according to Mr, Diamant, Most of the systems advocated, he says, have resulted in as satisfactory performance of the engines as when they are water cool- ed In the usual way, providing the steam systems are designed properly and as properly incorporated in the| vehicles. “This system comes probably as| somewhat of a shock to most driv-| ers,” sald Mr. Diamant. “They gen- erally become alarmed and stop quick- ly when the water in the radiator begins to boil. They fear either that the pressure will open & seam in the radiator and cause it to leak, or that the water will boll away and the en- gine become overheated and dam- tem, known as the steam or tive system s described as a eans of cooling In which the parts f the engine to be cooled are water- Jacketed in the usual way but no special provision is made for appre- | ciably cooling the water. The water is aliowed to reach its boiling point, after which the heat rejected to the Jacket vaporizes the liquid at a tem- perature which depends on the prese- sure exerted on its free surface. Va- por or steam given off at the free sur- face {s led Into a condenser or radia- tor, which condenses it and returns it to the jackets. RIDE 1 S RV 1925—PART 3 e A Tonic for Your Motr-- , | MOTOR FUEL | 25 L0385 % MoRE PEP-NORE POWER-MORE MILE There’s a Filling Station Near You ~Look for the Sign How easily does your car start? How responsive is it in traffic? How much power has it? Fill Your Tank With LIGHTNING MOTOR FUEL and You'll Have the Answer 0 FUEL OIL Our Fuel Oil Department specializes in quick service oil for all type burners—Phone Franklin 391 - Penn Oil Company Rosslyn, Va. Phone Franklin 331 or West 166 00000 A mlmmmnuummnmlwmmmuwmammwmmuunuwm ON BALLOONS! No Matter the Make or Model of Your Car It Will Pay You to Equip Now Recent records on Full-Sise Balloon Gum-Dipped Cords: The 1,000 dhn-% ‘economy rus at Culver City, ifornis, sveraging over 70 per hous, New Mt. Wilson Record — 34 mie- You'll find that Gum-Dipped Bal- loons save you money. They deliver longermileage—protect your carfrom road vibration—reduce depreciation .=—increase re-sale or trade-in value. Practically all car makers equip their new models with Balloon tires. Firestone Gum-Dipping made Balloon tires possible. This special process insulates each fibre of every cord with rubber giving great strength and flexing endurance to the cords. ‘This makes light, strong side walls of extreme flexibility which avoid punc- tures by yielding to sharp objects that often drive through the stiff, bulky tires of higher air pressure. Firestone Balloons grip the road even at high speed—holding the car steady and sure on the dangerous curves. See the nearest Firestone Dealer. Let him show you how easy it is to equip your car—and how inexpensive. Don'’t put it off any longer. Begin now to enjoy the comfort, safety and economy of these wonderful tires. MOST MILES PER DOLLAR BALLOON GUM-DIPPED CORDS ABSHER'S GARAGE 1311 E Street SE. AKRON AUTO SUPPLY CO. 509 7th Street S.W. BENNING SERVICE STATION 3300 Benning Road N.E. Benning and Anacostia Roads. BROOKLAND GARAGE 1080 Michigan Avenue N.E. CAPITAL RADIATOR & FENDER CO. 215 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. HUNDLEY’S AUTO SUPPLY 3436 14th Street N.W. HARRY KATZ 514 Four-and-a-half Street S.W. M'CURDY & LIPPHARD 600 New York Avenue N.W. 4203 Ga. Ave. N.W. MIKE’S SERVICE 2203 Nichols Avenue S.E. MOBILE AUTO SUPPLY CO. 1012 H Street N.E. MODERN AUTO SUPPLY 917 H Street N.E. MUTUAL TIRE CO. STAR SERVICE STATION 12th and C Sts. N.W, SMITH’S SERVICE GARAGE 216 Warren Street NE. SOUTHEAST AUTO SUPPLY CO. 629 Pennsylvania Avenue S.E. SPEEDWAY AUTO SUPPLY 332 14th Street S.W. STAFFORD & GRANT 4601 14th Street N.W, TRUCK TIRE SERVICE CO. 1324 14th Street N.W. UNITED TIRE STORES CORD TIRE SALES COMPANY 1th and V Streets N.W. CROSSTOWN AUTO SUPPLY CO. 1801 14th Street N. DUKE'S TIRE SHOP 1207 9th Street NW. DUPONT TIRE SHOP 2002 M Street N.W. EDWARDS MOTOR SERVICE CO. 1503 Rhode Island Avenue N.E. HERBERT'S TIRE REPAIR SHOP 1230 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. NORTHEAST AUTO EXCHANGE GARAGE 60 H Street N.E. HIGHWAY AUTO SUPPLY CC. 2106 Rhode Isiand Avenue N.E. JOHNSON'S AUTO SUPPLY 2101 K Street N.W, AMERICANS SHOULD PRODUCE THEIR OWN RUBBER.. J8E. 908 Penmnsylvania Avenue N.W. NORTHWEST GARAGE Rear 1213 13th Street N.W. O’'DONOGHUE BROS. 14th and Irving Sts. N.W. PLAZA AUTO SUPPLY 401 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. POTOMAC SERVICE CO. 612 H Street N.E. 14th and P Streets N.W. POTOMAC TIRE CO. 2731 M Street N.W. REESE TIRE HOUSE 702 R. 1. Ave. N.W. SCHULTZ GARAGE 1496 H Street N.E. SEATON GARAGE 45 Seaton Place N.E. 306 Rhode Island Avenue N.W. SECURITY AUTO SERVICE, Inc. 11th Street and New York Avenue N.W. FRED D. SHEPHERD 3220 M Street N.W. 2601 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. ECONOMY AUTO SUPPLY CO. Capitol Heights, Md. COURTHOUSE SERVICE STATION Clarendon, Va. SHEPHERD & BRO. Clarendon, Va. LEE HIGHWAY SERVICE Rosslyn, Va. MONTGOMERY GARAGE Rockville, Md. MAKELY MOTOR CO. Falls Church, Va. STAFFORD & GRANT Silver Spring, Md. MINUTE SERVICE STATIONS Georgia Avenue and Upshur Streets 10th and E Streets N.W, 17th and L Streets N.W. Pennsylvania Avenue and 21st Street N.W. Linwood and C Streets S. W, 1705 L Street N.W. Florida Avenue and 3d Street N.E.