Evening star., 1932-01-31
1882 MODELS RATE AS GREATEST
PLEASURE CARS OF INDUSTRY
Variety in Control and Design Seen as
Appealing to Experienced Driver
and Newcomer Alike.

Transportation may be the main
goal Of the millions OF motorists who
will purchase the 1882 cars, but pleas
ure will figure more prominently than
for a number of years. Proof Of this
is found in the enthusiastic state
ments Of those who are trying out the
newest creations.
While a vehicle Of increasing utility,
the automobile continues to be pleas
ure car. This season sensational new
features of control have served to in
ject new element Of interest In driv-
ing These conveniences are not only
thrilling in their offer of escape from
conventional practice but offer means
Of obtaining entirely new types of per-
formance.
The "kick" the motoring public Is
getting out Of the new cars Is serving
to upset many a pet theory that the
automobile is merely mode Of trans
port Automatic clutch controls, COM
binations of transmission features,
manual adjustment of the shock alb
sorberS from the driving compartment
and new responsiveness Of the brakes
and steering gear hold forth visions Of
banishing the humdrum Of driving.
Motoring Is slowly emerging from an
era Of Standardization. When standard
shift became universal on American
makes of cars the pendulum had swung
to an extreme. 1t is now on the back
swing, gaining momentum with each
new model announcement. Variety Is
the spice of motoring for 1882.
Drivers who had accepted manual
operation of the clutch pedal as part
Of the ritual of operating car now
find that they can eliminate pedal
work altogether. Those who had never
quite learned how TO shift gears prop
erly, on the level, uphill or down, now
discover that they can do almost any
thing within reason with the gears Of
the latest cars. There are new, and
often startling, effects to be obtained
with the aid of the gears. Braking
can be varied to suit each special situa-
tion. Motorists try the new jobs and
discover that they can, literally, make
their own roads!
Never before has there been so much
opportunity to get real enjoyment and
relaxation out of driving. 1t is being
freely predicted in motoring circles
that the new variety and simplicity in
controls will lower the bars so that
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comers can join the motoring ranks
People who have wanted to drive just
for the pleasure they might get out
Of it are encouraged by prospects of
being able to manipulate the smart
est Of the new group Of cars without
using the clutch or knowing anything
special about handling the gears.
Like the element of variety in con-
tract bridge the new schools of thought
IN driving are injecting sporting note
in motordom. Whenever motorists
meet the conversation quickly turns to
heated discussions of variations in con-
troll The thing has taken on the
elements of a game. Automatic coast
ing has as many proponents and op-
ponets as the forcing bid.
Across the bridge table the man who
ordinarily worries for fear his wife
will trump his ace now Slips in re-
minder TO hold the left foot steady
until the gears have been shifted 1t
sounds like deep mystery to those
who have not as yet become familiar
with the new cars, but it's a part of
the new lingo in the new art IN
motoring.
Where to free wheel, and when, are