Evening star., 1924-05-25

one myself"
He named over a few makes which
he said his friends owned and found
to give perfect satisfaction.
| perfect"
/ Because / can see it for myself
The owners glide past me like birds.
You never hear them complain about
| anything. Why, they don't even have
repair bills to worry about, 1t makes
fellow sick to drive a lemon and
see all his friends riding about in
good cars"
Scheme to Right Smith.
! listened to the story for a while
and then decided to put on my think
ing cap. Smith was all wrong in his
ideas about the perfect cars other
prove to him that his car was just as
good? Luckily the mechanic who had
been working on his car sheared off
q stud from the transmission cover.
He didn't have duplicate, so that
gave me an idea.
III Smith Is to use the car tonight
we had better get new stud right
away. Let me see. my car is down.
town-that won't do us any good.
Guess we had better hop a street
"Tll take you down." one Of Smiths
friends volunteered. I'm going that
way-no trouble at all"
My plan was working out nicely.
When we had taken seats in the ma
chine Smith informed me that this
was one OF the motorists he had always
envied. Jones never has any trouble
with It," he confided. But that re-
mained to be seen.
Excuse me for being critical" /
ventured at length. but 1t sounds to
me as though your differential needs
greasing. Mr.. Jones. Unless you're
sitting back here you are not likely
to notice it. ] have frequently been
saved lot of expense and trouble
by having friends tell me when it's
time to grease"
Jones Hands a Surprise.
Don't I know it?" Jones replied.
Il ruined one pinion gear just be-
cause I didn't pay attention to the
grinding noise. I'm not likely to
paying the bill What you hear now
is the humming caused by the new
pinion meshing with the old ring
gear. The noise will wear away in
time, they say"
brows. Here was confession
straight from a motorist who claimed
that his car had never given any
trouble. But Smith was not yet con-
vinced. He preferred to consider this
an exception.
Later l noticed that the engine
was skipping rather badly. The
streets were level and with a car of
| it's size a little matter of running on
| five cylinders occasionally didn't make
| much difference in the speed. l de-
cided to approach the subject deli
| cately.
Ever try these leakless piston
rings, Mr. Jones?"
No. Have you?" came the reply.
| Il haven't needed new rings" / ex-
| planned. But friend of mine whose
engine pumps oil on the spark plug s
as yours does tried them and hasn't
had any trouble since. They give him
better mileage and more power on
hills because they increase the com
preston"
Engine Trouble Admitted.
Here was Jones forced to admit
that he was having engine trouble.
If he had tried to convince me to the
contrary he would have been simply
lying. Few motorists go that far.
br~ 1t is a peculiar fact that few of
them will admit they have any trou-
BILE with their cars unless they are
| forced to. You ask them how their
cars are running and they answer:
| Fine! Never ran better before
! chances are E>e cars have just come
from the repair shop.
| The trouble win this falling on
the part. of our motorists is that a
|
admit their trouble feel that they
are out of luck. They become dis
satisfied with their cars and want
what their friends have. never realiz-
ing that their friends have just as
much trouble-perhaps more-but
don't tell about 1t. The finest cars
| need most attention, and because cars
are driven by human beings the hu-
man factor enters into the cars to
an extent where the best of cars can
| be made to give trtouble. The owner
of $4,000 car can be just as for
| getful as the owner of secondhand
| fiiVYer. So long as cars are driven
| by humans it will always be that
| way.
AS 1 told Smith, after Jones had
| involuntarily revealed some of his
motoring troubles on the way down
town, the best thing to do if you
think your friends cars are superior
is to take ride with them. 1t makes
you much more satisfied with your
own.
Next week: Building the Garage"
Copyright, 1923. by the Ullman Feature
Service