Evening star., 1927-05-01
MOTORING
soothing giving the
engine its when it's running dry
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

Racing a cold engine is still the
best way OF burning out bearing or
| scoring a cylinder.
The right side of the right front
| tire still receives the greatest amount
of wear on any part of the front
| tires.
Most squeaks still originate in
the springs and are cured by lubri-
eating the spring leaves very spar
ingly with the same old spring
| lubricant, graphite.
Most "Slow leaks" even in balloon
tires. still are due to worn valve in
sides-those little things which are
SO easily replaced and SO easily for
| gotten.
Changing the oil every so many
miles remains the most logical
method of caring for the engine.
Engineers always have and continue
| to advise the motoriSt to change oil
according to use. More changes in
! Winter or for short runs around
the city than for Summer or touring.
Oil dilution is the reason.
The list can probably be aug
mented by the motorist. once he
looks the situation over for himself
and notes how many things there
are in motordom which haven't been
discarded or revamped to meet the
newer conditions.
1t is the day of improvement and
of change But there are reasons
to believe that there is danger in
assuming that everything has
changed over to newer basis. Ap-
| parently many of the motor matters
simply have been running around in
circles and are now back to where
they started.
Some revolutionary changes are
abroad in automobile headlighting, a
survey of the equipment on some of
the latest models reveals. Perhaps
the most significant is the arrange
ment whereby headlights cast a GER
tain amount of reflection upon the
automobile to which they are at
tached, thereby enabling the ap-
preaching driver to tell what sort of
vehicle he is about to meet. This
should prevent a great many acci-
/ dents and obviate a considerable
dlliOuIt Vi JuuSDlCuts
Because the beams of light thrown
| by new types of headlights cover the
sides of the road, as we'll as the road
itself, it is expected that thousands
of highway signs will be made doubly
useful. In many cases important
warning signs along highways are
not seen at all by the night driver at
the very time when it is most essen
tial that he should know the condi-
ton of the road ahead.
And, of course, the absence of
glare in the new types of headlights
is welcome change. With the
newer headlights the glare is greater
the farther one is from the approach
ing car. At the crucial moment,
when the <wo cars come close to
each other, there is virtually nothing
to interfere with ones clear view of
the road.
1t occasionally happens that a car
out OF control, gets into place
where no one possibly could drive it
and, almost niraculously, without in
| jury either to the machine or its oc-
cupants. An accident that happened
recently orIa country road illustrates
| this point
The cara heavy, expensive one
was being driven down a slight grade
at about so miles an hour. The
driver applied the brakes suddenly,
and the machine spun around twice.
| slipped off the road between clump
of trees and telephone pole and
turned, gently, over on its side. That
it. struck neither the trees nor the
pole was beyond the comprehension
of the crowd that gathered at the
scene. Actual measurement showed
| the machine to be slightly wider than
the space between the pole and trees.
The driver says his recollection of
| it was that two of the wheels were
off the ground, permitting the car to
go through at sharp angle.
Although the machine was equipped
with windwings, one of which was
sunk inches in the soft mud, moth
ing was broken or scratched. The
three occupants of the car were un-
hurt.
Mysterious, at least, if not miracu-
lous.
I
Many applicants for automobile
operators permits find the hardest
hurdle they have to clear is that of
parallel parking, according to motor
vehicle officials and city traffic au-
thoritieS. The man or woman VINO
can pass every other feature of the
test often fails on parking.
| This report contains an interesting
lesson TO new car owners. 1t means
that parking is one OF the har lest
| jobs a driver is up against, and the
one who would learn to do it we'll
must practice assiduously.
Even experienced and veteran
drivers find themselves in all un-
pleasant predicament at times ne
cause of misjudging their angle Of
approach to an available space along
the curb 1t is one matter about
which one cannot afford to be care
less.
| According to a veteran motor trav-
eler, progressive State is one that
keeps its highway signs freshly
painted so the tourist will have little
difficulty following his proper route.
| Another veteran disagrees with
this definition. He declares the pro-
gressive commonwealth is one that
realizes that speeds above IS miles
an hour are not necessarily danger
Gus.
Either definition may satisfy the
average motor car owner