Evening star., 1933-07-09

Even traffic is inconsistent. The
green driver always gets the red lights.
A tire expert was trying to put over
the idea that the right front tire needs
special watching. Twenty-Five women
listened to him intently as he urged
taking a look at the tire every few
weeks.
Would you look at it when the ca
Is standing still?" asked middle-aged
member of the class.
L would" the instructor replied,
dryly.
Add to your list of reasons why en-
gines overhead in hot weather the stick
ing of fly-weightS in the automatic
spark advance mechanism of the dis
tributor. AS motor speed increases
these weights are supposed to swing
outward, like a governor. advancing
the spark timing as they do so: Let
them become rusty or sticky and they
motor then labors, becomes overheated
and gives you a good demonstration of
a miniature geyser at the radiator filler
pipe Make this suggestion to your
service man if he seems to be puzzled
over the overheating of your motor.
If you are in the market for new
car for the purpose of helping along
prosperity don't count yourself 100 per
cent progressive until you have aban-
doned the plan of trying to sell the old
car to the dealer for more than its
worth The automobile dealer has a
rocky road to travel. financially.
For every car he sells he has to
handle three used ones. Demonstra-
ton cost per car ranges from S15 TO
SlOO or even more. A dealer handling
100 cars during the year may spend $500
or Whereabouts forS "incidentals" such
as polish and rags. His phone bill may
run up to S70O a year. including tele-
grams to the factory to accommodate
buyers who wait five years to order
new car and expect its delivery within
"a hours.
A typical dealer sold 100000 worth
of cars and made theoretical profit
of $4,000 It doesn't take many excess
bids on trade-ins to wipe out this
profit. And you certainly want the
company that sold you your car to re-
main in business and give you the
service you need.
Have you ever ground up piece of
meat for hamburger? If So you know
how the pistons of an engine, whic-,
move up and down in reciprocal mo-
ton. nvey rotational motion to the
era it through the connecting rods.
Tn 1t crank and your arm illus
ira !e idea. And now that we're on
the s,:bject Just let me remind you that
your perfume atomizer is good ex-
ample of the carburetor, except that you
pump air through the atomizer while in
the carburetor the motor sucks the air
through to create the spray.
When following in the center late
don't accelerate SO rapidly while start
ing off at an intersection. One of the
cars ahead may suddenly slow down to
make left turn.
If you are troubled by overheating in
hot weather, and you cannot ind
plausible explanation for the annoyance.
possibly you will find that you are free
wheeling too much. The idling engine
is quite apt to overhead during long
periods of free wheeling. especially in
traffic where the car does not travel fast
enough to set up cooling air draft
through the radiator Sudden braking
in congeSted traffic also causes what
are known as surge losSes"-water
spilling out of the overflow pipe when
the contents of the cooling system are
tOrced forward.
Young girls are being given credit fer
having an unusually good grasp of the
business of driving cars They are at
ease, alert to danger and quick to re-
spond. Many Of them would put young
men to shame, and their accident record
is fairly good How could 1t be other
wise, considering their excellent back
ground Of tennis, horseback riding. trick
dancing and intensive study at school!
The weeks sermonette concerns the
Importance of not using the hand brake
for sudden stops. Your foot brake viii
do the work better. In case of hydrau-
lie brakes where the hand brake oper-
ates on the propeller shaft, there is dan
ger of tearing out the shaft If the
brake is operated too suddenly.
Three different kinds of brake lining
ore available and the motorist who de-
sires maximum satisfaction In her de-