Evening star., 1922-07-30
The Sunday Motorist
An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners Edited by
WILLIAM; uIkNAN

for Speeding" would be a puzzle to
most drivers who take things literally.
Worth Remembering.
Getting stuck in the mud is usually a
n.igntmare for the average motorist
wnen ne let's in the clutch one wheel
spins around madly, digging deeper
ial.o tne mire. while the other remains
unconcerned. Or 1t may be that the
wheels elect to exchange roles. OF
course he can resort to wrapping the
cnains around the wheels to serve al
moo hooks, but that's a job for a mud
The simpler plan is to set the emer-
& HSncy orakss SO as Ito just bind the
enough resistance so that the power
dasnes back and forth from one wheel
10 tne other and is forced to actuate
eacn one gradually ra tfer than be d.
verted oy the differential entirely to one
This +. a sood tip to recall when the
How About Your 0wnH
catch the eye of any driver. no mat
ter how unobserving otherwise, it's
wabbiing hind wheel of q car ahead
or the crippled front roller" Of q
machine approaching. All who wit
ness these premonitions of danger
prophesy trouble ahead for the owner.
but the owner seldom learns the
truth about the condition of his own
wheels because he Is busy speculating
about the crooked courses the wheels
of passing cars are taking. Car own
ers who feel that the wheels are of
some account make it a rule to occa-
sionally jack up each wheel In turn
and spin 1t.
Why is 1t that these fellows who
claim twenty miles to the gallon
never find 1t worth while to keep any
record of expenses?
Did You Knowf
That the throwing of oil on the
right brake drum can be minimized-
and sometimes entirely overcome-by
driving more to the center of the
road? Travelling for a long distance
on hot day over a road that has a
the rear axle, like the rest of the car.
constantly slants to the right IL the
driver keeps religiously to the right
Of the road. If the washer of the
wheel bearing Is worn the thinned
differential grease will work out and
splash over the brake drum. Keeping
the axle on the level will keep the
grease where it belongs.
That giving the new fan belt an
extra stretch with the hand before
adjusting 1t will take out much OF its
early wearing stretch and thus post
pone the time when a second adjust
ment of the fan is necessary?
That steering is made easier-and
in many instances safer-by grasping
the wheel at the sides near the top?
With the hands in this position a
quicker. sharper and easier turn can
be made IN either direction. A full
right or left turn can be made with
one downward pull on the wheel by
the hand on the respective side. For
ordinary driving 1t may be more COM
Portable to keep the hands on the
bottom of the steering wheel rim. but
when tackling traffic or a winding
road the top Of the wheel is best for
top-notch steering.
Facts and Figures.
"Twenty-one less people killed by
automobiles in the first six months
of this year than the corresponding
period of last year" is the report
which the motor vehicle commits
sioner of Connecticut Is proud to
make. This has been made possible
in spite of the fact that cars increased
by 1916 during the fiscal year. This
ought to be Interesting Information