Evening star., 1925-04-26
POINTS OUT LEAKS
IN AUTO UTILITY
Packard Dealer Says Use OF
Other Transport Means
Extra Expense.

Where are the leaks in personal
transportation?
This is a question which Oscar
Coolican. local Packard dealer, thinks
should be asked by every car owner
who is trying to put his personal
transportation on a more profitable
basis. To this end he has listed the
various points involved with the idea
OF helping the car owner check up the
efficiency Of his transportation.
For what reason do you occasion
ally leave the car in the garage and
hire a taxi or board a street carp" he
asks. And what forethought on your
part could be employed to prevent
this duplication of transportation
material which is always wasteful?"
Tie-Up of Car.
According to Mr.. Coolican, many
motorists forget that an automobile
entails expense even when it is not
being used and that it is use of an
automobile that makes it profitable.
He further contends that the reasons
for leaving the car at home are often
fiimSy, some small obstacle standing
in the way of complete, and, there
fore, truly efficient, use of the car.
Are you enjoying all the comforts
which you are in a position to pur-
chase and do you realize what an i'm
portant part comforts and conven-
fences play in making your car more
useful?' he continues to query.
Thousands of motorists find a large
portion of the transportation rem
dered inefficient because they should
be driving closed cars, or because they
do not use a little system in having
their cars serviCed or because they do
not add such equipment as is neces-
sary to their safety when the ele-
ments are adverse to motoring.
Many car owners do not use their
cars in the rain, either because the
machines are not equipped with four
wheel brakes, with chains or with
windshield wlpers.
Afraid of Rain.
Some motorists have been known to
leave their cars at home for the
simplest of reasons, preferring other
forms of transportation for equally
simple reasons. One car owner, for
instance, does not use his car in wet
weather because he does not want to
put himself in line for painting bill.
1t so happens that he keeps the car
in a private garage where the after
noon sun pours in through the glass
of the doors and checks the paint.
Every time the car is not used
when transportation is needed there
transportation expenses. He is pay
ing more than he should in order to
get about. He is not getting the most
out of each transportation dollar. The
point. then, is to find the leaks and
stop them.
In the average modern automobile,
assuming it to be a closed car with
the newer features that nave been
adopted within the past year or so,
there is everything one needs for nor
NAL transportation for self and fam
lily. The car is ready for the long run
or the short one, regardless of weather
conditions. Therefore, the moment it
is set aside in favor of some additional
transportation form there is a leak.
The car is not serving the owner to
it's fullest capacity. or, to state the
situation more accurately, the owner
is not taking advantage of the trans
portation capacity of his car.
When this is the case efficiency
demands that he seek the cause of
the leak at once in order to prevent
a recurrence. Usually the determine
tion to do so is all that is needed to