Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-25

whether the motorist Is buying
new car or planning to drive the oil,
one another season, trip to the au
tomobile show at Convention Hal
should include careful inspection o
the many new and interesting acces
series on display.
After the new car is selected add
ttonal accessories to protect and i'm
prove it are the first thought and b!
inspecting the new models the motor
list who is keeping his old car an
other year can discover a number o
ways to keep up-to- date by adding
accessories
This years show will reveal the
accessory as the important factor il
has grown to be. Not only will the
spectator see the accessory lin &C.
ton" on the cars, but in detail at thu
accessory booths. The accessory will
be featured IS a part of the genera
picture and closeup as well.
4 number of new and interesting
accessories have come to the fore
within the past year, and no motorisi
can afford to overlook them. Ever
the old-line accessory makers have
new models to reveal
Make study Orderly.
Having decided upon an efficient
automobile, the next point is to looh
into those devices which can make Il
even more efficient. This naturally
suggests air cleaners, oil purifiers
gasoline strainers. primers, heat indi-
Gators, fuel adulterants, spring con.
troll devices and a hundred and one
other things that save expense and
trouble. But in considering the ac-
cessories it is best to go at then
Systematically by dividing them into
nd FOL ~,
When you drift along the accessory
displays in an aimless way you are
not likely to get much out Of It, Some
clever device that Is more OF nov
city than a time, money or labor
saver may take UP time that might
better be devoted to careful consid-
Grafton of less interesting but more
important article.
To avoid all this little system Is
advisable. The first step, for instance
is to look for the new accessories or
the new cars that are exhibited. This
will give you some idea of how nee
essary certain accessories are con.
sidered by the manufacturers, and
the statesmen will tell you Just what
results they hope to obtain from such
installations. When you later steI
over to the accessory displays you
will be ready to talk details with the
salesman, particularly regarding
prices and service.
This holds true whether you have
bought a car generously equipped OF
have simply decided to hold your ole
car a while longer. No car is so com.
plete that it cannot be improved by
the addition of something else. Nc
old car is so old that an accessory OF
some kind cannot improve it.
What 10 look for on the new cars
and where to look for what, are the
next questions. In order to make any
consider the various points you keep
in mind when selecting the car itself
Comfort Is First.
Start by considering comfort, which
Is paramount to efficiency and cost
You want to be comfortable in your
new car at any cost, and so you want
to know what sort OF comfort equip
ment it is dressed with. Has it spring
control devices2 And, II so, what
kind? And why that particular kind
Just word Of caution. In consider
ing accessories from this angle be
sure to strike averages of opinions
rather, than being guided by equip
ment on one particular make or
model. Various factors enter into the
equipment of any one car, and in
order to gain true picture OF the
relative values of various brands and
kinds of equipment IT is necessary to
consider a number of cars OF various
price classes, and then strike an
average.
Remember. too. that you cannot
afford to pass up a new accessory
Just because you do not see 1t fea-
tured on the average new car. Manu-
a " IN
have to draw the line somewhere
With hundreds of good devices on
the market obviously they cannot
give the buyer everything, papticu-
larly when prices are rock bottom.
The policy of most manufacturers is.
therefore, to leave off those articles
which the average car owner can
easily buy and have attached him
self, If he feels that he could profit
by them.
Thus you are likely to find a manu-
facturer using particular spring
control device because his engineers
have found it to be best for the size,
weight and design of the car, where
as he may leave off an oil purifi or
or air cleaner, knowing that you will
have this installed if you want it
that is, you might install a spring.
control device that would not give
you the results the engineers have
Found are possible with certain
combination, but you cannot go
wrong with the air cleaners and oil
purihers now on the market.
Some Left to Buyer.
Certain articles. like motometers,
windshield wipers, mirrors and the
like, are found on most cars because
the cost is nominal and the manu-
facturer recognizes that he is offer
ing the customer a service by saw
ing him the trouble Of -shopping
around for things which he Will
surely want TO have The newer
devices, one must realize, are often
teft entirely to the buyer, chiefly be-
cause the demand has not as vet
become insistent. That is no rea-
son, however, why you should not
feel that a new device is Just as
essential as an older one
You will want to bear in mind that
in buying new car the least you can
DO by way of consistency is to buy
for 1t the newest equipment And II
1t is your old car you are considering
you do not want to miss the oppor-
funity to compensate for old features
by adding ultra-modern ones.
But back to the system Of grouping
accessories The comfort group is a