Evening star., 1923-02-18
Bl WILLIAM ULLMAN.

What are you doing to make it
easier to care for your car!
Automobiles must have proper at
tcntion, and since all car owners are
not blessed with a convenient George
to shoulder the responsibility, many
must carry their own burdens. Or
course. there are complaints about
the seemingly insurmountable diff
oalties III the progress of car care,
but complaints never helped to grease
a. universal Joint or initiate a tire.
If it's getting to be a problem to
Keep the car the way you would like
10 have it, then why not take Sat
urday afternoon off to ptan some way
Of making each job 100 per cent
easier? lis q logical way out. when
A task begins to get beyond you it's
time to find short cut through it.
There's only one answer:
Efficiency.
should BE Prepared.
It's a high sounding word. but if
its head sometimes scrapes the
clouds its feet are always firmly
glued to terra frma. When you go
to the garage, find tire low, but
can't wait to attend to At because
your way to a banquet, that's inef-
ficiency.
Efficiency in car care is just the
reverse. You have things so arranged
Ihat the tire gauge is always in the
side pocket where it belongs. and Il
pair of inexpensive gloves are al
ways handy. SO that the argument of
keeping your hands clean will not
have d chance TO interfere with the
work of keeping the car up TO
scratch.
When the public garage is crowded
the average moturiSt simply gives up
the ghost when he finds his tires
need infiating. for he finds ii neceS-
sary to he somewhat of contortion-
list in order to reach the tire pump,
or apply it to the tires. If perchance
he happens to be clever At such sand
wich work. The efficient car owner,
on the other hand. either sees that his
car is equipped with pump or finds
out what hour OF the day the. garage
is likely TO be the ltaSt crowded. He
makes il a rule TO fiji up the tank
with gas and buy oil At such times.
One Dull Hour.
Investigation Of d large garage. typ
seal of conditions generally. showed
that the hour between and y m.
was particularly duh. Most men pre-
fcrred waiting until after dinner be
fore putting the ear up particularly
If there was any possibility of after
dinner engagements requiring the
services OF the car. There are other
duh periods around the garage dur
ing the course OF the day. but the
business man seldom can avail him
self of the opportunity to make use
ef them. So. on those nights when
there is no need to use the car after
dinner the eaicicnt motorist takes
n few minutes before eating TO give
the car some of the attention which
is not SO convenient for him when
cars are coming i'll or going out.
If the average motorist wanted 10
be truly efficient he would invest in
a complete extra set Of tools, includ-
ing tire Jack aud other things, which
he carries with him in the car. The
extra set he would keep in a locker,
or simply oil the work bench. II the
garage is a private affair. The ad-
vantage of this plan would be that
ne would have everything in the
tool line handy without rurmagiug
through the car for this and that
and forgetting 10 put it back.
Haven't Time. Usual Excuse.
This would b" strong incentive 10
d" necessary jobs. which are inNarl-
ably neglected. When its convenient
to do "a job that's half the battle.
Nine car owners out of ten, i'll TAX
ing the car out Of the garage, know
there's somethiuS about 1t which re-
uuirrs attention. les usually some
out raising the hood. But they let
IT slide" because they haven't time.
What a car owner really means
when he says he hasn't time is this:
lie hasn't time TO make preparations
for handling the job.
Whatever attention the car needs is
only a matter of minuteS---provided
one is prepared. The motorist who
takes the detours with his car care
is quite likely TO neglect an inacces-,
sible grease cup because a long reach