El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
ADVISES MOTORISTS To STUDY
CARS To GET LIFE AND MILES
An Owner Who Has Driven $4,000 Miles Without Any
Accident Arrest and Who Gets the Maximum
Results From His Tires and Gasoline Gives
Some Pointers to Other Owners of Cars.

TTERE is the general scheme OF OPP
GRAFTON followed by an automo-
\ - bile owner who has driven $4,000
miles without the slightest accident
10 himself or others, without an ar
rest for speeding and with a maximum
service on tires, gasoline and lubri-
cants. He averages 1000 miles a month.
and his bills run about $50 a month
plus an average Of s11.16 a month for
tires. Last year bis tire bill was
4i'o'st ana the year before S166.6S.
The tires are 34Xf IL measure. This
owner has driven automobiles for
years, over the bad roads Of this conn
try and the difficult mountain passes
Of the Alps OF Switzerland, Austria and
ITALY, and the interview with him Is
given not from any technical view
point but merely that of the ordinary
citizen who may keep his automobile
IN excellent running order all the time
by the observance Of s few simple
rules that can be applied to every au-
tomoblle, whether the lowest priced or
the most expensive.
In the first place" said the owner.
Il go on the assumption that every
automobile is in running condition
when II is turned out OF the factory
and that If something goes wrong it
IS most likely my own fault and not
that OF the car.
Every One Wants Economy.
Every man, whether OF moderate
means or a millionaire, wants TO oper-
ate his autom Obile as economically as
possible. There are three chief access
series to watch, tires, gasoline and
lubricants.
Tires probably give the owner the
greatest concern L have tried every
suggestion on buying them. and find
u is an absolute waste Of time and
money TO look for bargains in tires.
There isn't any such thing. The aver
age good standard make Of tire lasts
Inc year and more. When new a
tire can stand the hardest wear With
this always in mind. start your new
tire In service on the right rear wheel,
even II YOU have to change another to
do so. This wheel does the hardest
work on the car. because IL IS a driv-
ing wheel, IS always on the repressed
side Of the roadway and has the great
est weight on it. From that wheel
work the tire around. taking &c from
the right rear to the left rear thence
10 the right front and finally to the
left front
Every man who wants to know II
he is getting his moneys worth in
tires should keep a small record book
Of his tires. List a new tire at the
top OF a page, with the name Of make,
cost, when bought, when mounted. the
mileage figure, when put on a wheel
and whenever taken off As an illus
tration find this memorandum: $4,000
bought April Is. June on right rear
at $40; (secOnd turning Of this speed
Ometer) July 20, off right rear at 1880
run 1920 miles. September 16. on left
rear at 11,144: October 25. Off left rear
At 1850. run 1905 miles. November
I. on left front at 1858. February g. /
off left front at 1913. April s, on
left front at 1857. April Is, off left |
front at 1885. run 29S. Tire blew up; /
total 1929 miles
Long Journey With No Puncture.
That record gives me a comparison 4
all through she life Of the tire with 1
other makes. 1 can also watch the
general performance Of the tires. L /
find one tire that gave a solid mileage |
OF 1910 miles on the right rear before 1
il first removal and Of another tire 4
that started on the right rear. ran /
1000 miles and then was put on the 1
left front wheel, where Il completed a 1
run OF O,466 miles without n single /