Evening star., 1927-11-20

| traordinary merit. as every one knows
| It's introduction has seen the pronlem
| of pulling through snow filled or mud'
| dv roads reduced TO relative simpilc-
| ity Narrowing skids that were the
| hana of every motorist few years
ago have been virtually eliminated by
| these larger tires used in combination
with four-wheel brakes. OF course
the modern car will skid even with
these more effective tires and brakes.
but many mishaps of this character
| are to be laid at the door of the mo-
torist himself rather than blamed
upon the car.
Four.wheel brakes kept in proper
ladiustment--that is, eQuall5ed IN the
proportion specified by their makers
reduce the chance for sliidding to
minimum.
Visibility Is Poorer.
Rain and snow. together with lower
ing skies, provide the Winter motorist
with poorer visibility. Where his
vision may be clear for mile or more
ahead during other seasons. it often
is reduced to a few yards during WIN
ter, particularly when ice collects on
the windshield and. in the case OF the
closed car. upon the windows.
An ordinary windshield wiper Will
keep rain from obscuring ones view
ahead, but when snow begins to
freeze upon the glass in front OF the
driver the cleaner quickly becomes IN
effective. However, there are two
ways of forestalling this eventuality.
At small cost one can purchase one
OF the chemically treated cleaner arms
which assure surface upon which
water and snow can find no footing.
Another method is to rub the wind
shield with a thin film OF glycerln,
and in many respects this is the most
effective plan. for while the special
wiper arm will keep the tmlll surface
it serves clean. the rest nl The wind.
shield may quickly become coated in
such a way that Visibih>" ts reduced
to zero.
Indeed, the motor car makers have
placed in the hands of millions of
owners machines that may be driven
with comfort and safety. But the mo-
torist himself has certain Responsible
ties He must make his care of the
automobile and the manner in which
he handles it conform to Winter con-
ditions That is, he must keep the car
mechanically up to the minute. Now,
some car owners for a great many
years have not quite measured up to
this They have looked upon over
hauling as primarily a matter to be
deferred until Spring, when the car
once was on the eve of the hardest
driving season. But conditions have
changed. Today there is no doubt
that the car gets it's most severe
usage during the months when the
mercury is low.
Overhauling, of course. is not what
it used to be. In the case of the mod
ern car there is little necessity for
tearing it down and building it up
again almost completely, as in an ear
lier day. This being true, the owner
who decides to send the car to the
shop to be put into tune with Winter
conditions need not anticipate an un-
reasonable expense. About all that
will be found necessary beyond a gen.
eral tightening up will be check of
the cooling system. with particular ref
erence to the Enthusiastically operat-
ed radiator shutter, perhaps a slight
adjustment of the timing-for it's a
big factor in Winter starting-and a
change in the carburetor adjustment
to bring It to its maximum efficiency.
The oil pump and line, too, may re-
quire slight repairs to bring them up
to standard, and it may be wise to have