The Washington times., 1922-05-09
MOTOR EXPERT
To GIVE ADVICE
THROUGH TIMES
First Of Ray McNamara's Ar
ticIes Will Appear Next
Sunday.

Raw Mcnamara, whose articles,
More Miles Per Car" will appear
in The Times beginning next Sun
day, has not only had more applied
experience than any automotive
driver in America, but he has driven
an automobile farther than any man
in the world.
Most of the better known au.
thorities are experienced writer's
with a theoretical knowledge Of me-
chanics; Mcnamara lays no claim
TO writing ability, but rather ex.
plains his subject as though in per.
sonal conversation with the reader.
The average automotive authority
gets his facts from blueprint
charts and his touring experience
from road maps and an occasional
"official ne" Mcnamara is not
what 4. ffown as an Indoor au-
thort-S." but gets his facts. and ex-
pSGence by driving and encounter.
ing the daily routine OF the average
owner. Rain or shine, he is on the
road nearly every day in the year.
Able to Reveal Secrets.
As he explains: I'm the past
twenty years / have spent many
thousands OF dollars for various au.
tomobile factories, experimenting
and applying my theories Of econ
omy and operation. Today 1 am in
a position to reveal many valuable
secrets to automobile owners. for
which great factories have spent for
tunes to obtain"
AnA io ling 1nnh
secrets every Sunday to automobile
owners in all parts OF the United
States. Several million readers are
guided by his weekly column, and,
judging from the volume or mail he
receives. thousands Of owners have
found them profitable.
In Detroit, where his articles are
featured by the Free Press, they are
not only followed by individual mo-
torlsts, but have attracted hearty
commendation from engineers at
many of the foremost factories.
Last week Mcnamara was stopped
by a stranger on the street, who
stated that fifteen of his friends
have clipped and pasted in scrap
books every article he has written
to date. This is most unusual COM
pliment In Detroit, the home OF the
motor car industry, where every
second citizen, at least, secretly be.
lieves he could design a better auto.
mobile than any car on the market.
Rejects Racing Offers.
Fabulous sums have been offered
Mcnamara to enter the racing
game, but he has never advocated
speeding and has spurned the chance
OF making easy money in spectacu-
lar fashion. A man of his nerve and
moderate habits would have fought
1t out with Barney Oldfield and
others for the speedway horors
years ago. But Mcnamara has
sought his goal through other chan.
nels and does not believe that the
experience of the speedway king
can be Of much value to the private
owner.
Despite this policy, he has on Ger.
tain occasions hung up great records
of speed and endurance and also
smashed existing ones. But in
every case the objective was to
demonstrate what extreme punish.
ment a motor car can endure II prop
erly handled rather than any de-
sire on his part to taste of speed.
MCNaInaTa mas no patience with
the owner who abuses his car to the
limit and then abuses the manufnc
turer or dealer because OF his al
legged inferior product. TOO many
people," contends McNamara, drive
mile after mile with never a thought
OF adjustment or attention, and
when something goes wrong they
cuss tho man who built the car.
Many a breakdown in July could
have been prevented by a litrls care
in April"