Evening star., 1933-05-14
Milady's Motoring
By FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

sense a midget umbrella but covers one
as completely as does a man-size UNI
brella, only without the cumbersome
long handle. A special case holds the
motor umbrella in any out-of-the way
position you desire. 1t may be over
the windshield or at the back of the
driving seat. Some women prefer 1t
directly over one of the doors or over
the rear window.
It Is one thing to be willing to an
swer a mechanics questions and quite
another to be able to tell him what he
needs to know about the symptoms Of
the trouble you're reporting. A woman
who wanted to cooperate said, in an
swer to his query, that she noticed a
good deal Of smoking from the exhaust.
That led him to decide in favor of an
expensive piston-ring job. As a mat
ter Of fact she had mitaken for smoking
merely the customary steaming from
the exhaust on damp days.
One rule that invariably applies when
you are eager to keep the car as clean
as possible, in spite of having to take 1t
out in the rain, Is to drive slower.
Speed kicks up slime from the road.
Also leave the car standing in the rain
for while before putting 1t away in
the garage. Nature offers o handy
shower bath.
Some idea of exactly how much more
1t costs to travel faster can be had
from published reports Of gasoline con-
sumption. Rolling along at 80 miles an
hour with no traffic, test car Showed
26 miles to the gallon. At 40 the mile
age dropped to "a. Later he dropped
the speed to 20 and found that the car
did 80 miles to each gallon. One of the
interesting features Of the test was that
in heavy traffic with stop lights to up
set things the car did "a miles to the
gallon at speeds ranging from IS to IS.
demonstrating that 1t is just Is expen-
sive to hit your touring speed as II Is
to founder around in trafac.
II you are taking out one Of the new
cars for a demonstration bear IN mind
that your greatest danger today lies
in slip in steering. You will find that
the new cars are so quiet you will be
driving much faster than usual with
out any conception of speed. To stop
in an emergency you have but to press
lightly on the brake pedal. To get out
of the way of trouble at almost any
speed you have but to touch the ac-
celerator. But remember that If you
take your eyes of the road for just one
second at so you will be 88 feet nearer
something else. Let it be straight ahead
on the road and not of into the ditch.
There is a great temptation to look
around or to steer bit carelessly. Gone
today Is the roar Of the motor that
used to be effective in making you grip
the wheel at speed.
Speaking Of speed reminds me to sug-
gest that If you are not satisfied with
the way your car stops you may need
to suggest to the service man that he
alter the distribution of braking force
front and rear. It is customary to pro-
vide more braking force on the front
wheels than on the rear to compensate
for the. way the rear end lightens when
the cars weight tips forward, but this
dif1erential should be regulated in ac-
cordance with the speed you ordinarily
drive and the characteristics Of the car
II the rear wheels habitually slide and
the car tends to skid In . sudden stop
there Is not enough brakmS 1orcs @
the front wheels.