Evening star., 1932-03-27
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

Einsteins discovery that even parallel
lines eventually meet ought to be some
consolation to those who collide.
The woman bargain hunter should
watch her step when she is investing in
replacement parts for the car. There
are what the automobile industry calls
pirate parts. These can be avoided by
going to authorized service stations or
by yourself buying the necessary parts
at the authorized dealers parts depart
ment and taking them to the garage
man who may be doing the actual work.
Bargaining for cheaper parts is dan
gerous. You may get a part taken
from junked car.
She may be claSsed with the spinster
who looks under the bed each night In
the fear, or hope, of finding a burglar
but maybe it isn't such a bad idea for
her to flip on the tonneau light and
take look at the rear of the car be-
fore taking the drivers seat following
prolonged period of parking.
When the service man comes to your
rescue with rental battery be sure
to ask him to tighten the connection
where one Of the cables is grounded to
the frame. This easily comes loose and
often is the reason behind the battery
failure.
Women are naturally shrewder bar
gamers than men and for that reason it
is natural that they should be a bit
skeptical when the used car salesman
races the motor of the machine under
consideration in an effort to show that
it is knockleSs. Milady takes this as a
sales stunt and feels that she could be
more sure of this if the car were in
operation. Give the salesman a break
this time. Invariably a raced motor will
show up it's weaknesses more quickly
than when it is running under load,
except when there is loose bearing.
Such trouble is rare among used cars
because it is not difficult to talk I'D on
loose bearings. The noises that are
crowded with meaning are the lighter
tapping and slapping noises which in
dicate the need for new piston pins,
rings or reboring.
A woman writes this department to
say that she is unable to start her car
without a sharp clicking noise at the
rear. The irritating part about it is
that her husband is able to do the job
without a sound
Probably the results are not so def
nitely marked as this report would have
us believe. but it is my guess that the
clicking is due to loose rear wheel
and that the husband is more gentle
in engaging the clutch. In other words.
he makes the clutch plates do the slip
ping rather than the wheel.
Which reminds me to add that the
reason women generally are rough about
engaging the clutch is simply because
the men who taught them to drive had
habit of commanding, Take your
foot off the clutchl" Milady naturally
got into the habit of handling the
clutch more deliberately. Has hubby
tactfully used the word engage" when
ordering a connection through the
clutch she would doubtless have caught
the idea Of the thing A woman knows
better than any one else that an en-
gagement means going cautiously.
In booklet on safety we read for
our edification the following:
Women can be as efficient drivers as
men. Don't try to take advantage OF
them; you'll find it both painful and
costly Their sex permits them to
change their minds. and they do it
often"
Is it any wonder girls leave home?