Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1925, Page 75

PURCHASE OF NEW AUTO ‘ SPEED IN REPAIR WORK BEST SAFETY INSURANCE|[HAWING To EXPLAN YOUR SLIGHT. AR A IS GARAGEMEN’S SLOGAN | |ACCIDENT TO EACH PASSING MOTORIST | WHILE WAITING' FOR THE TOW-CAR— Obsolete Car Danger to Driver and Mechanics Are Urged to “Step on Gas” Public—Mere Newness a Guaranty. | L4 2 With Jobs, Saving Owners Added Carefulness of Owner Helps. | A < ; T 7" Time and Money. 3Y WILLIAM ULLMAN. man with a new car has a very lauda- 77 b b/ = / 1/70:% | 'BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. crade car manufacturers provides what v R ble habit of trying to keep out of ¢ 2 / / / Z [ H [might be called “convenient service.” the & but never has it been more | t2Kke chances, not merely because he | / / / ¢ 7 (4 to the moto; who has a special |, or njght. When the odometer shows cloarty demonstiatod than in the srax{1s thinking of 'his own " personal | Z ¥ ; / | loathing for troubles which necessitate | 14 450 miles, the car spends eigh Gt aves OF iter it \tures | safety, but because he doesn't want Z £ F - 7 s S — % leaving his car in the repair shop over | nours in the ‘shop, recelving more at s e e 2 ¥ to_smash up his new car. 4 4 A g = | night—soen may be the slogan of | fantion than average automobile Hlsensong Ereater security are widely | ™'t is reluctant to allow any one| [FH; 2 S 7 7 = | every service station. The increasing |is accustomed to receiving in a dozen NorealPratsed aud Eener | else to handle the car. When one | 4 y 2 / | number of cars being sent to the re | yigits Lo the sh safety device of all—a new | °ar is driven by a t-dozen differ- 7 : 2 % Z 3 Z 3 | pair shops demands that the repairers automabile—remaing. in. the ‘back. |ent people no one driver has much : 7 / / £ | “step on the gas” to catch up with | ; ” ox. | respect for it. Even the owner comes E . g 7, ¢ | ailing motors. If the car is in the shop for valve ground as though it had never ex- | l‘ l‘l o Sy oS | & 3 g | Progressive service stations are|grinding and carbon removal, for in Mi‘?‘ all the s made v to the {:wm\vnl‘:‘ xlnm:: the othacs AN of | - A ¢ < ., K ey adopting the 6 o'clock rule in an effort | stance, it tied up only s irs. In a IR GANS, AuSdn BEIR S e L ich Ak o mieil ihe) acclenE = > ? / 7 3 3 to turn out the day's work by evening |addition to the valve e automo. adoption of the electric self-starter | W1 v el Z 2 z / ; p / 2 2 s ) 7 I e o e mOr By SNTIE | 2ilo 16 sresd i, v thiews in were still in use there would be many | lsts. o ¢ / /Y Y/ g T | justment of the b er points, clean motorists unable to move their ma: Those stickers on the windshields | ] > 7 %, 78 | 4 with a new batch of work he s | Justment !" t be ak point rm’” chines out of danger should the engine | of new urging the drivers not | 7 VA Z \ | cost just as much as they have here. | Ing of spark plugs, adjustment of fan tall and refuse to start. If all the | to exceed 25 miles an hour for the e / 7 v i tofore, but they contain an element "';*”-' T o e, SE cars registered in 1914 were still in| fitst 500 to 1,000 miles do more to| & i 1) 4 s i 5 o / 5 / economy to the car owner, in that St Havetor i cateto: e use today approximately one out of |curb accidents than many a safety 7 % / / - time he is denfed the use ‘of his auto- | I of vachum tank screen, cleaning every 10 motor vehicles on the street | drive. A lot of motorists disregard 4 o/ / 7% O 7 Y mabile i reduced to a minimum. Not | of gasoline finc. inspe o would have brakes inadequate for |these warnings, to be sure, bu: it is s 4 & a few dealers under this system b £ P oS e Sl present traffic conditions, even if taken | interesting to note that once the| : /9 developed a service whereby they can i”m“; SNl o6 brale oot care of properly. | driver of a new car has vielded to A Z 2 = S | perform a valve-grinding and carbor. | tention el 4 If all motordom were still running | a temptation to speed and has scored = 2 7 Z 2 - removal job in three and one-half PR R i B S SR on the fabric tires of but a compara- |a cylinder or two he tries 57 N 2 s hours. The motorist payg just what |, = “op and service work tively few years ago blowouts would | up for the indulgence by treatins the | & s 7 2 3 it costs to have the car tied up al: day | f UP OF 4 e be playing a conspicuous part in mak- | car carefully. Sometimes it's a_mat- | = ¥ R : = S /4P A - in the average shop, but he can weil | ghe 100 O 0 few hours at a ing for automobile @ s and fatal- [ter of necessity, since the 3 3 5 afford to do so. A 2 ities. If the ystems on cars were | speeds will hold for him oniv a series 5 where they wer many seasons | of annoying knocks froma under the - % 2 lona o ago fire would be ant source of | hood. 3 ” A - x With the development of the pro-|io pay hazard, offering a serious handicap to| When a motorist cashes in for a| 7 Z gressive shop and the adoption of the | Valve grinding used to be a Spring safety. new car he unconsciously pledges | A i % - » = 6 o'clock rule, the hourly basis of |time activity, but times have changed Safest Because New. Dl 1o Bie Satiie Saw ok & S0 | AN L N7 ’ | charging customers is being discarded. | With many motors efficiency is Dos The safest safety pledge of the mo. | Te8ardless of whether he makes good \ = Even the so-called flat-rate system has | sible only . by valve Sinding. evers e it stands to reason the new car will W\ 0f == N Béen fmproved upon to & polnt whers | 3.50 blrs T ment is the dotted line on the orde; - % unpro Do a point e|2,500 miles, which, for the bus . °’ |be safer because it will stand mor W > ~ e = = the rate paid for a repair job not only t s 2 o Blank for s new car. The new cars e : R £ > ate p or & re job not otorist of today s a trip to ey mr arS | neglect before giving trouble. = & etae The “Chi o e A o > o g not only offer new things in the w E X E Z sury 1 ar owner again in- | the servi tation about four times g ¥ : | The results of brake inspection have 0 3 ne v delays in th k. but also e » is interestad of additional safety, but are inherent % necessary delays in the work, but also ja y jously he is intereste 5 g been such as to prove the relation of = E rieesind e ; o [ havis 1o ol and Iy safer because they are new. o 3 . hore 1s Z ¥ sures the autom ler against | in ~having job done well ar With four-wheel brakes, balloon SIS £ N Dot i, loafing on the job in his own organi- | speedil tires, flexible power plants, better bl Sl i zation. There is a pronou o Visibility and mere hecnrate controls | PUYINE a new car and thereby acquir —=r— e = G | dency to pay mechanics on Speed Up Painting. the motorist who buys a cz hp i L R L e R = the quantity and quality of work the: i s also being speeded up year is assured many ‘cc 8| e R S e i 5 | turn out, each job being guarantee . because the 3 - every unit of the car. Few people R _ - 5 con rts” which he has never before ~ st v 9 - by the repairer as well as the 3 p but because. realize that acceleration is second in g 7 | : v y e, B s exy enced, but the me fact that importance only to deceleration, and - )< Improved construction of en es in | once & @ finished or refinished he is buying a new car is the greatest | trre o2 noo, OTY o Gecelerstion, and AN, HOT SPNGS — " X euspes some of the new moded is an im-|in one of the trade-marked lacqu safety factor of all. You can't take | s « W portant factor jn redueing the time re- | finisk ance of the e Gl . improvement along these lines. When —| 5 % £ s more ss ent throughot the wheel of a new car without im- |an'enzine reaches the point avhere it quired for repair work. On one of the | is mor less per nt throughout mediately appreciating this. ¥ ., = g o . - affic s 2 1 15 = 2, 994 97 'w models the cylinder head may be | the balance of ife. This is quite . . - has to be “‘nurse it has reached the E Rl slGNAls street traffic has passed ‘When elec- | license bure here. So far 4,970 | s . = = + C the former wlts largely matter of baycholosy, | han o e ipurssll It has resched the | F) FOT g e el potcementare rc.| 224,970 MARYLAND CARS. [licenze burenn here, So far 224570 |50, [oQlSr (nc e time. the vaiven o aifferent Story from e forme ut plain logic nevertheless. A new | el to sell it to some one who would ‘ leased for duty at their proper work, - peunce -Eha g an s Job, shomd : e suciii car is always a cue for driver to i ok s icl . y 4 with 195,429 during the same period | hour’s work. Spare heads, includin n d then repaintin 2 {use it off in the backwoods, and pick BEST As TRAFF'C AID.\\hh-h is guarding the safety of the ] i . | - B power 2 Tow leaf in his driving. |3 new one from the current crop. general public, and-are not required to | Number Expected to Pass 240,000 | iast year. A o Rry, camiel n il bt i motordom benefits by the develop- | Most Safety for the Money. pend their time turning traffic signs. by End of Year. The cars'in use at the end of the| ™y (0 oustom compares with the for-| caps to t t i toward e According to Commissioner Gaither, i s aat 2 e : 4 ment of a better driver. He realizes| Safety is the one thing worth hav- | 200 policemen are assigned to trafic | BALTIMORE., September 12— Mary. | Y¢2% It 18 estimated, will represent|mer method of removing the cylinder | speeding up of service. One of these at to drive in his customary dub|ing at any price. That is why wise imore Police Commissi by, In Hilthnire: andl Giosh of Shats S s 5 one for approximately every six of |blocks in order to scrape out th r esigna as the “small ion would not be exxactly suited | motorists not only buy new cars when SR o ey work could be performed machani. | 1and’s automobile registrations will ex- | "y (4o oo inhabitants in the State, |bon, the flat rate for which is | ist. often to his new role. He has a horrer of | new cars are needed, but often buy| Gives Opinion of Methods for |cally. ceed 240,000 by the end of this vear,|The fotal of registrations will be al.| At @ cost of approximately $15 a|i D Sl wevet making a racket with the gears'and |new cars before the old ones have according to estimates made the | most double what it in 1920. | montk, the branch of one of the high th Page.) having people suspect that it is his|actually outlived their usefulness. | Regulating Street Travel. R first car. | Any safety accessory will make an | Front End Support Even if he has never won any |old car better, but why not go the Ty e y | medals for his contribution to the n v | ar, add additional ALTIMORE, September 5 (Special). It is often important to know what | simplicity of traffic and is unable to|safety equipment and make the new Slectric signals are the only prac- | type of front end support is in one's grasp those detailed tricks of car|car better? R ble device for the control of traffic | car. The popular arrangement is manipulation that make for profes-| This puts the matter of depreciation |in Jarge cities, in the opinion of Charles | known as a trunnion support. A bear sional driving, he still finds that with|in an entirely new light. ~Motorist| )~ Gaither, police commissioner of |ing holds the front end of the motor the acquisition of the new car he|frequently are advised not to turn in| Baltimore. and allows it to adjust itself to torque, gets better results from his driving |their cars for new until the loss by | ““‘Whether taxpavers like the idea or | twisting and other conditions. There because the ecar is easier to han depreciation is minimized as much as|not,” Commissioner Gaither said, “they | is provision for lubricating this point s of whether he is clever (possible through maximum use of the|must recognize the fact that the day-{ with grease and it should not be over. smmonplace in his driving, the (Continued on Seventh Page.) of the semaphore as a regulator- of | looked. Gone Over Completely Hourly Basis Discarded. erage SRR TR il — ur Service Station--Moved to 24th and M Sts. N. W. Our former quarters, at 633 Mass. Ave., were outgrown— but now that we are in our new service building—with 50,- 000 square feet of space—we are prepared to take care of ALL Hudson-Essex service in a first-class manner. Several added features in our new station are worthy of 4 : Chevrolet has now built 2,000, powerful economical motor and 2 ~ 852 5 b : e 000 cars—the first manufacturer ~ disc clutch, bodies of beautiful P i your inspection. e g / ; of automobiles with modern slid- ~ design, closed models by Fisher, Roadster - 525 : g ing gear transmission to reach = Duco finish,interior of cars beau- Coupe - 675 Our Phone Number Is Now West 1134 e this tremendous production. tifully and substantially uphol- Coach 695 —Jot It Down Now In Your Notebook i This achievement has been made ®tered and fully appointed. i : Sedan - possible because Chevrolet has B e to see these cars that have e = 775 met the great public demand for S 3 » 425 . eved so great a degrée of pub- Chassis - - - a quality car at low cost. lic favor—and learn how much B tanis - 550 Sales and Service---Hudson & Essex Cars Ry g o A e T TS FLINT, MICHIGAN LAMBERT--HUDSON MOTORS CO. LUTTRELL CHEVROLET 629 H Street N.E. > - > £ L Salesroom Phone Service Station : SALES CO. AERO AUTO CO. 1100 Conn. Av'e. West 1134 24th & M Sts. N. w. 14th St. and Rhode Island Ave. N.W. llol\ ing St., Alex-ndrfu, Va.