Evening star., 1932-02-28

Many q driver who aims to please
gives q sac exhibition Of craftsmanship.
Good news on every hand for the
woman who has never felt quite equal
to the task Of driving q car. Now she
can take the wheel and completely
forget the clutch-one of the most
annoying of the elementary controls.
Shifting is merely matter Of pushing
a lever to several easily remembered
positions, effortlessly. Starting requires
merely Tipping the ignition switch and
learning simple rule about handling
the choker. The rest Is just a matter
Of feeding gas with the accelerator,
stopping with the brakes and steering
with the feather-touch wheel.
Cynics say women don't bother about
red lights, but anyhow one manufac-
turer has gone ahead and changed the
ammeter and oil pressure gauges so
that they have been made the simplest
Of warnings. A woman doesn't have
to be versed in the gauge reading to
know what it's all about. II there is
a light under the red lense Of the oil
or the ammeter indicator the situation
means trouble. Stop and investigate.
Invariably when q woman tells a story
of some trouble awheel it turns out to
be another of those cases when she
would have been better OF had she run
her car squarely into the obstruction
instead of trying to swerve out of the
way. The latest concerned milady who
looked down to the floor when shifting
gears. Looking up again she found
herself headed for a barrel Of road tar.
Had she collided with it there would
Iiff1n than liant
fender. AS matters stood she went COM
pletely of the road, down an embank-
ment and has never had courage enough
to drive car since.
To cure herself Of the habit OF dr1v-
ing away with the hand brake partly
on a woman who Is making steady
progress in her motoring has hit upon
the logical plan Of making sure to set
the brake lever more firmly when park
ing the car. AS result Of this fore
thought the brake simply stalls the
motor if she does not release the former.
Believe 1t or let it pass, the experience
Of several women has demonstrated that
the faster you go downhill the slower
downhill speed the more oil Is drawn
I'D from the crankcaSe into the cylinders
ard the more carbon IS formed. Carbon
Is q powerful brake" when you need
uphill performance.
One Of the constant readers Of this
column has sent in three questions,
which she thinks would interest women
who are earnest about mastering the
automobile. I have abbreviated them
somewhat as follows:
l. What makes my car shimmy
more when there are passengers on the
rear seat?
2 What Is indicated when the am
meter pointer shows discharge with
everything switched of?
8. Is it all right to pull out the
choke to help the motor when climbing
q hill?
Women may ask foolish questions,
but an actual query from gentleman
raises the point as to whether motor
has to be cranked by a starter or
cranked with a handle in order to
When I showed this to a
friend she suggested that I ask the gen.
tleman if one climbs" stairs with hands
or by foot.
Here goes for another brief descrip-
ton of those new developments, which
are attracting so much attention at the
present time. Digest the facts care
fully and give the man folk surprise
at til dinner table tonight.
It's about automatic starting. You
flip the ignition switch these days and
the engine Immediately starts to crank.
How Is this possible?