El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-22
KEEP DOWN THE
CARS EXPENSE
Motorists Often Fail to Heed
Common Sense Ideas of
the Manufacturers.

The expense Of running an auto
mobile is up to the man who runs it,
/ says a well known distributor
After giving this important item
/ particular attention for years I have
( found that in nearly every case COM
plants OF owners Of motor cars as
/ TO the expense Of owning one are due
TO faults Of the drivers and not the
car. Only a certain number Of owners
realize the importance Of giving the
car the proper attention with respect
20 the small things, which, in the long
run, cause the big troubles and expense
Il know Of owners who rune their
cars for months without looking 10 see
whether this place or that needs lubri-
cation. and when the car begins 10 rat
tie, squeak and pull hard, they wonder
, why it does this. In fact. some owners
don't understand why a car should ever
get out Of order
The Motors Work.
If car owners would only stop to
think what wonderful work the mo-
tor and running gear really perform
mechanism which does this. the speed
and power with which it will take the
car and its passengers over the road.
with all the severe shaking, twisting
and bouncing 1t receives, they would
know that the moving parts Of an auto
mobile will not run for weeks al q time
without proper attention regardless Of
how much was paid for the car OF how
well ii is made
yet this is just what is being done
today and as rule the manufacturer
and the dealer suffer for the state
ments made by such people who do
not take care OF their cars and ex-
pect them to run forever without at
tentiOn-
Keeping Down Repairs.
II car owners are interested in keep
ing down their repair bills they must
realize that ii is necessary TO oil and
grease the places which the makers
have provided. according TO the in
structions in the instruction books.
great many owners only oil or grease
the places which can be reached easily,
railing to give attention TO the oil and
grease cups which are under the front
footboard and the tOnneau floor, brake
ROD connections. universal joints, etc
quite Few say they haven't the
time to take care Of these things, and
consequently the first thing they know
something will get out Of order will
break or wear out and the result is
Dig repair bill If il is too much
trouble for the owner to take care OF
these things himself it would pay in
the long run TO have them done.
Tire Situation.
Another important item Is the tire
situation, which every owner is inter-
ested in. Few car owners take care
OF tires properly.
The efficiency and economy Of the
car depends on the man behind the
wheel Only few owners keen tires
properly inflated and run their cars
TO save the tires I have been riding
Win men who apparently do not con-
slder tire expense, judging from the
way they handled the car. As an IL
Iustration, went riding with one man
who would run up to a street car eros
sing full tilt and when within but a
rev Ieet Of It would apply the brakes
50 hard the wheels locked and the
tlres slid This was done a number Of
times.
Another person with whom was
rlGing recently in the country paid alb
solutely no attention to sharp rocks
glass or ruts, but drove on Just The
same Now, do you wonder why such
drivers have heavy tire expense2
Cutting Tire Bills.
The man who keeps down mis- tire
bills and receives the longest life from
the tires is the man who keeDs them
properly inflated. keeps his eyes on the /
road, turns out of the way Of anything
winch VIII cut the tire and applies his /
brakes gradually.
The best illustration I know OF TO 1
Impress one with the Importance Of /
taking care Of car is the locomotive
which IS run by an expert driver on Il
I smooth track for a distance OF 25O
niles before it is put into the shops
TO be creased and oiled and made |
-eady for another run of the same
distance Yet people drive automo-
piles over all kinds Of roads for thou-
lands of miles and do not give them |
lne-th1rd OF the attention"