Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1925, Page 69

FALL CAR BUYING RESULTS IN'SAVING Early Announcement of Late Models Reduces Deprecia- tion on Purchases. announcement of late models wesent purchasers &n opportunity to enjoy approximately six months' additional use of the new car without suffering a corresponding depreciation, according to a by the Washing- 1de Association. » have made a special study mobile trends and prices ad- | the oninion that the Fall is the | of the year to| ¥ offers hase of a new car Sy habit, in the s one that recent | o walt tor thrill before 1 ear, they contend, is economi- sound, even though It may be Iy desirable. Opportunity in Fall. “Car buying now demands a com- plete reversal of the pri reads the assuciation’s statement. “The Fall of the rear is the opportunity for the to save money e motor- d put his automotive pur- Jusinesslike basis should buying cally 1 p: | ideration the desirability : 15 months at | ired with using | at the same | d purchase. | wing busing | Spring can save n by buving now, ol u better price | | purchase of a new ced wit h it the risk .,‘ | c- | ext | ne motorist who buying practice, of the manufac- Iy a half year's tement further points out an who sells his| old car in the Fall i3 drivi trade-in 2 his old car is advanced as| ument in favor of the| early purchase of new modals. | In zddition to the economic sound- | ness of the plan advocated, the dealers | stress the point that pride of owner- ute of every car owner tisfled by the purchase of a ca i is not only actually new but also ne the It is a mavk of distinction, according to the dealers’ long experience in sens. ing the pulse of the motoring public, 10 be among the first to own the latest model car. value another TROUBLE PREVENTION TO BE EXPERTS’ TOPIC Will Be Keynote of Automotive Engineers and Auto C. of C. Joint Session in Chicago. Trouble prevention will be the key- note of the discussions at the joint meeting of the Soclety of Automotive Engineers and the Natlonal Automo- blie Chamber of Commerce in Chi- cago, November 9 and 10. Service manggers of car factories will present papers tending toward the education of car owners in ways of saving thelr cars from premature old age Among the topics scheduled are: “Maincenance for the Protection of the Car Owner's Investment,” *De- signing with Consideration for Re- pairsmen’s Tool Equipment,” “Cor- rosion and Lubrication,” “Diagnosis of Troubl uel from a Service Standpoint” and “The Year's De- velopment in New Devices for Im- proving Car Opemllm |AUTO THEFI'S GAIN 100 PCT. IN 5 YEARS Statistics Cited by Baltimore Of- ficials to Show Need for Lock- - ing-Device Law. BALTIMORE, October 10.—Add! tlonal reason for an automobile lock law in Baltimore Is seen by Police Commissioner Charles W. Gaither in statistics compiled by the police de- . which reveal that automo. bile thievery in the city has increased approximately 100 per cent since 1920, The total number of machines stolen in 1920 was 606. Of this number 413 were recovered. The first seven months of this year show a total of r8 stolen and 1,464 recovered. T G051 hese war stolen and 641 recovered in 1922, 1,258 thefts and 1.026 recoveries, while last vear 1,703 automobiles were reported stolen and all but 56 restored to their owners. Detectives assigned to the “automo- bile squad” say there are no organ- ize city. Most of the cars are taken by joy-riders and bootleggers. The lat- r, they say, borrow them to run uor In for fear of having thelr own confiscated. = WEAR ON SPARK PLUGS. Few Motorists Realize Results, the Experts Say. Few motorists seem to appreci: that the points of a spark plug actual- Iy wear out. This is in addition to the cracking of the porcelain as a result of ‘age. The point that comes down from the center of the plug, which is the one that carries the high tension positive current, will appear to be eaten away. Plugs at 10,000 miles often will show so much wear at the points that the gaps will be te | much too wide for perfect firing at low car speeds. The points can be brought closer together, but since the wear is uneven there is danger of not getting the right clearance. The safer plan s to install new plugs. "'flln .r_w r,J"R; bands of thieves operating in the | | the engine and vacuum THE ,SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO THE SUNDAY MOTORIST An Abridged Magazine for Car Ownzrs EDITED BY WILLIAM l'LLMAN An inventor Il working on a musical speedometer. At 20 miles an hour it will pla; b r Boat,” at 40 “The Anvl" Jhruu" and at 60 “Good-bye Forever. Comrades of the Highway. Nothing is more annoying than to get half way to one's destination and | then have the car break down It would be 80 much better not to start at all. It is very much the same way with the man who would like to hog the road. It would be so much better if he would go all the way with the idea instead of breaking down so soon. If he really felt that the road was his he would probably treat it the way he treats his own property. But he only goes half way with the idea. It the road were his own he wouldn’t tolerate carelessness. He wouldn't stand for the things that happen en “This is my road,” he would “measure up to standard or get There are a few motorlsts who be- lieve that the road is all their own. But they do not pass you on curves and razz you with that infernal horn They act exactly as though it w their private property. They are care- tul of it. They do not like to see the beauty spots ljttered with picnic rubbish. They like to see drivers taking it aver roush placy the deteriorating as possible. They ners and relish an o of intelligence in dvi Tt is their road and they treat it with as much respect as thev would anvthing else they own and value. The road hog is only k self. He breaks down tween here and nowhere. Dry. But Not Clean. A good way to court trouble is to fill up the tank without cleaning the line after having run dry of up fuel m drinks the dregs of the gasoline in th Invariably this means draw a lot of foreign matter into the line and carburetor. Refilling tanks with gasoline, therefore. just be a sure way of lot of difficulty. After running dr it is best to open the vacuu and the carburetor, flushing them out with clean gas. The line itself can praise Sood men slonal display may be blown out when the vacuum tank | { built up in the {mi | th is disconnected. Depends How ‘-Iou Drive. No set rule should be given for the amount_of “play” in the steering wheel. There is, of course, a certain allowable variation for different cars, but most of the variation in this ad justment should be scaled according | to the temperament of the driver and his habits. Many drivers steer fine. That is, they do not turn out to pass another car until they are rather close upon it. They cut in and out of things rather emartly. In short, thelr steer- the | cetting into a | ) tank | | | wheel L] reagon they should have virtually no lost motion in the steering gear at all. Drivers who take things easier and who desire maximum comfort in steer- ing can often obtain desired results by adjusting the gear for more “play” than is usually recommended. Never placing themselves in a predicament where slower action of the steering gear would present any difficulty, they can and should enjoy the advantages of a more reluxed steering gear. A little experience should show the average driver just about what is the logical adjustment for his needs. At ull events, he should not assume that ndjustment of the gear as he found | it when buying the car is necessarily right.. Did You Know— That nickel is being used in the cast iron of cylinders, pistons and piston rings? Toughness and weara- bility are said to be Increased from 50 ta 100 per cent when gray iron castings have nickel as one of the in- gredients? That the 10-horsepower, sleeve-valve Volsin, a popular French car, 1s the first machine to be standard equipped with the Lavaud “torque converter," or automatic transmisgion? That all V-eights are not deslgned for the same angle between the blocks which compose the V2 Some are 90 degrees, others are 60. Simple Yet Complex Sometimes the simple things are the most interesting. Take hydraulic brakes, for instance. Here is a fluid 4 in a line. The feot pedal on a piston in the master linder, which displaces the fluid, sending it with equal force into four tubes leading to as many individual cylinders, where the brake bands are drawn together. Nothing couid be simpler. Yet until Pascal discovered this phenomenon of liquid pressure back in the seventeenth century all the world found this sub- ject too complex its consumption. with motorists es cmbodying » principle, again it is evident that the simplest things are often the most to understand. car owners with brakes of this for inst know there is no pressure in the s ton in the master cyvlinder is not reed in by pressing on the brake annot be pumping in e fluid fro erve tank than Few owners realize there is nothing to be guined by pushing down the pedal several times iIn succession when aiming for the quickest possible stop. Al that is necessary for maxi- nium pressure 1s to press on the pedal and hold the pedal down until the car stops. Few owners realize that, while the fluid is well balanced against expan- sion and contraction by reason of its composition (half castor oil and half alcohol), nevertheless extreme weath- er changes will necessitate adding lquid to the lines from the re What is the Price of the Packard Six? SK five men the lowest price at which a Packard Six closed car may be bought and all but one will say four or five THE MAN WHO OWNS e ASK ONE thousand dollars. And, quite naturally, forit is hard to associate the beauty and distinction of a Packard with anything other than highest price. Yet, these men, and women too, are wrong. To them Packard offers in effect a $1500 reduction, for the price of the Packard Six five-passed including all necessary accessories. Furthermore, Packard cars may be bou'ght on a payment plan—both down and monthly payments being small. The Packard Washington Motor Car Company Connecticut at S ger sedan is but $2585 at Detroit, North 600 Reasonably prompt deliveries on most Packard Six models can now be made. em when the pis- | D. tank. This is a simple task, so sim- ple, as a matter of fact, that one is likely to forget it or to think that something {s wrong when it is merely a matter of giving the aystem a little attention. Extreme cold tends to con- tract the fluld, while in extreme heat there is likely to be slight loss of fluid through leakage or evaporatioh. Stlmng Up the Gas. Since air cleaners for carburetors have come into vogue some interest ing points in connectlon with the cii culation of air in the carburetor have come to light. Under some cond:- tions it has been found that normally air rushes into the instrument too quickly, while under other conditions more power could be had by forc'ng air into the intake. Different types of air cleaners are being found to cover these points in varying degrees, and the centrifugal type employing a small fan is said to handle all condl- tlons automaticz What's the Answer? 1. How much carbon must be in the cylinders before knocking wiil be- come an annoyance? 2. Why do some cars have but one | universal joint, the front one? 3. Aside from freedom from ad- Justment and noise, what is the chief advantage of the sleeve-valve, or Knight-type, engine? 4. Showld the engine be idle or | running when reading the oil level indicator and adding lubricant? 5. How effective a brake is the en- glne If you leave the car standing on . a hill in second gear? (Think these over during the week | and look for the answers in this de- | You muy be | partment next Sunday. wrong.) 1925.) (Copyrisht. More than 2,onn‘oon American auto- | mobiles are estimated to have crossed Into Canada thus far this vear. Closed Car Comfort At Open Car Cost CALL Columbia 5276 ACME DUCO CORPORATION 1421 Irving St. N.W. €., OCTOBER 11, 1920—PART 3. MIXTURES THAT SATISFY. One of Most Difficult Features of Carburetor Adjustment. One of the most difficult features of carburetor adjustment is to find a suitable intermediate speed mixture that will be satisfactory for the great- er number of conditions. The inter- mediate speed mixture is that mixture which a carburetor must deliver be- tween car speeds of 10 to 20 miles per hour. It necessitates a careful blending of the low-speed .and high- speed carburetor mixtures. At pres- ent many motorists are experiencing trouble at the intermediate speed, and many repairers are advocating richer mixtures as the cure for & sort of intermediate speed hesitation. The latest thought, however, seems to be that the solution lies in making the | last year. mixture very much leaner. The reasons ere too complicated and numerous to state here, but the plan is worth trying if one is troubled with this particular carburetor ailment. g Much More Encouraging. According to the latest available statistica there is one motor vehicle accldent for every 160,000 miles of motor vehicle travel, as against one accident for every 18,000 miles of rail travel. This is encouraging. The Natlon pletures the automoblle as a HARD TO ADJUST WHEEL. Operation Requiring Care But Little Skill Discussed. Finding the power adjustment of a front wheel is an operation requiring care, but very little skill, provided one knows the rule. A front wheel must spin freely on its axle, and {f the nut 18 too tight the bearings will not be able to operate at their best. On the other hand, the motorist must be care new and greater hazard than any oth- | ful not to have the wheel #o loose it er form of lard transportation, yet it | Will wobble at the axle. {8 comparatively safe Private automobi carried 152,501 this year, as compared wilh | graduaity bac tourists Into Yosemite National Park | 101,990 | ivalve will be at the bottom. The way to be sure about this is to Jack up the | front axle and tighten the nut on eack. wheel. Then spin each wheel, in turn. ing off its nut until the wheel {8 s0 free to turn that when {t comes to rest the dust cap of the tire NASH The Magic Carpet and ‘swiftness.” Sales 1423-25.27 L St. N.W. Main 7228 ° —of Arabian Nights fame rode the clouds no swifter, nor with greater case nd Abdullah was carried with great ease the new Special and Advance Sixes smoothly and silently glide along the highways of today. Even vew “Sixty Years of Satisfactory Service” Ay Nadir and comfort than an wonld envy the Kide one and Rnow R. McREYNOLDS & SON Service 14th and Park Road N.W. Leon S. Hurley, Mgr. Col. 2619 “The Country Has Gone NASH” Point by Point a Better Car The New Paige Landau Sedan has no equal near $2395 OF all cars in the Paige price and quality class (5 in number) there is not one that equals the new Paige Landau Sedan in physxcal quahtles ‘We mean qualities that make a fine car fine. So that you may have the facts upon which to judge we arelisting below an impartial comparison of Paige and its nearest competitor. The figures are authentio——havmg been publxshed by a leading automobile trade journal Equipment—the same except ae noted 'l‘mhd sun visor, cowl ventilator, n-'vk'linw. dicator, rear traffic signal, $2395 fl'nuiun are uu:glm front and rear bumpers, shock absorbers, auto- signal, dash gasoline gauge, clock, door Paxge Landau Sedan lead:l In horsepower. In fashionable appearance. In roominess. In upholstery. In wheelbase—weight—spring length and tire size —therefore riding quality. And in price—the final deciding factor, $190 less. A trial will prove to you as it has to others that “figures don’t lie.” We will be glad to help you make a similar comparison between the Paige and any other automobile you may have in mind. ALEXANDRIA MOTOR OOMPAN'. 117 N. Fairfax St., Alexandriy, V: Wholesale and Retail Distributors WASHINGTON-VIRGINIA MOTORS, Inc. 16th and You Streets—Potomac 772. PaigeJewett owners appreciate the value of our Wasson Motor Check, which is part of our service equipment OPEN x'vm; EVENING UNTIL 9 MOTOR SALES AND 83 New York Ave. SmVElCE CO., FRAZIER MOTOR CO‘\IPA\\ 518 16th ST. N.E. WASH-WESTCOTT CO., 2114 14th ST. N.W