Arizona republican., 1918-03-24
ADVISES THOROUGH
 UNDERSTANDING OF
 ENGINE MECHANISM

Every owner will find it to his ad- vantage to thoroughly know his car, the inside workings the proper care of its under the surface parts, as we'll as to familiarize himself with what it will do under all driving conditions" says Joseph MacAleer, the local Kis-
 selKar dealer.
 ITO a great extent cars efficient | performance and economy of opera
 ton depends on the owners technical
 and driving ability. You hear of this
 car making an endurance record, or
 that car an economy record and an-
 other car getting through where oth-
 CTS have failed. Pretty often such
 performance is due to the man or wo-
 man knowing the car, what it will do,
 and what it will not do.
 Right now the public press is full of
 articles and editorials telling how Uncle Sam is badly in need of men, and women too, who know how to drive
 and properly take care of automobiles,
 commercial cars, motor ambulances, | etc.
 That is another reason why I think
 it would be a splendid idea for every
 automobile owner to pas sa strict ex-
 animation as to ability to properly handle and take care of a car. The
 United States would then have an in-
 exhaustible army of experienced and
 trained motor drivers, not only more \ than sufficient to meet all needs Of
 the government over there.' but in
 the great industrial army over here Another important matter every
 owner should pay attention to is that
 of developing motor flexibility. Much
 has been said relative to the throttling down of an automobile engine. To the casual observer, the ability of a motor to run smoothly at two miles an hour in high gear, without knocking Or jerking may seem of little import ance, but in reality it means reducing to a minimum the necessity of shift ing gears, thereby reducing wear and strain on it.
 Through the constant shifting of gears the mechanism receives unneces- sary hard usage Thus if the motor can be throttled down to the point where it is almost unnecessary to shift greas unless steep hill is encounter ed, ii will stand up much longer and run much quieter. Noisy motors and rumbling timing gears can usually be traced to the habit of improper and | unnecessary shifting.
 "Another important result of owners | knowing their cars is the ability to stop sliding or skidding, affecting a | great saving in gasoline consumption and tire wear, as well as eliminating a cause of trouble.
 If the tires lack a sidewise grip, skidding results. It sometimes hap pens on a dry road, but that is gen. orally due to excessive speed, especial ly in rounding corners. Usually 1t IS most bothersome on wet pavement of asphalt or other smooth material.
 "Often owners find that their cars skid every time they put the brakes on, l especially on a wet pavement. The cause of this is usually both brakes not being adjusted to the same ten sion, one taking hold sooner than the other, causing a retardation of one wheel, which naturally wears off the tread, and tends to cause the car to swing around because of the one sided resistance.
 Sometimes however, the same thing happens when the brakes are adjusted alike. In this case, two things may
 be wrong. The. driver may be apply ing the brakes too suddenly or the
 brakes may be locked.
 Owners will be surprised how much easier they will be able to handle then cars, how much more proficient al driving they will become, as well as get much more efficiency and economy
 out of their cars, if they are on speak ing terms with such driving pointers as hinted at above"