Evening star., 1935-12-29
USEFUL AUTO TIPS
GIVEN FOR WOMEN
Light Oil Advised for Winter
Use to Prevent Blocking
or CIogging.
BY FREDERICK G. RUSSELL.
Motorists move In mysterious ways
their blunders to perform.


easily in cold weather 1t is well to
use light oil. Heavy lubricant Is
likely to be blocked on its way to the
oil pump If dirt clogs the screen. Light
oil will get by in spite of restrictions.
If oil does not reach the pump in
sufficient quantities there is trouble
ahead. Usually the remedy is to clean
the screen and refill the crankcase
with something better suited to cold
weather, but service men often add
another precaution by cutting a V-slot
on each side of the pipe to the pump.
Oil can then enter the pipe direct in
event that the screen clogs.
I've said it before and I say 1t
again: Do not make the mistake of
striving for too lean q carburetor
mixture. It will be false economy.
With a higher percentage Of air in
the mixture the flame Is hotter and
valves are more apt to burn. This
| fact should answer the question as to
whether there would be anything
gained by installing smaller jets in
the carburetor.
Within few years it may be pos
Sible to use leaner mixtures without
this risk They are working on the
problem feveriShly because in the next
race at the Indianapolis Speedway the
rules will make it necessary for COM
peting cars to do nearly II miles to
the gallon. The problem is largely
one Of developing valves and pistons
that will stand the strain.
If you sincerely want to save
money, cutting down on the gasoline
bill without increasing repair bills, the
shorte path to your goal is through
better driving Unwise handling of
their cars is forcing many drivers to
pay nearly twice as much for their gas.
1t is doubling the charges for brake
lining and cutting tire mileage in half.
Speed costs money, while haste Is
evel more costly. One of the finest
cars in the world gave an average of
only Az miles to the gallon in a recent
contest, even though its operator drove
over a protected course and did not
have to apply his brakes. Many peo-
pie who drive only moderately fast
pile up operating costs because they
not only obtain poor gas mileage, but
build up speed where they cannot pos
sibly use it. This means they must
waste additional brake lining and tire
tread in killing excess momentum.
| Guard against those unnecessary
starts and stops if you want to save
money awheel. During the warming
up period the engine may use five
times as much fuel as 1t would in
ordinary running
According to survey of selling
there are some 100000 single women
with good incomes and no dependents
who can we'll afford to buy auto
mobiles. A million and half women
are in professions, two million in
the higher type of off1ce work, while
a quarter million are in retail busi-
ness. OF these nearly three quar-
ters of million live their own free
lives and ought to want automo-
biles as much as any one. The only
hitch is that automobile men have
failed to cash in on this important
market.
If you are one of these independent
women-and especially if you are one
Of some 100000 who are the top
in retailing or who own their own
ShopS-be prepared to interview a
number of car statesmen this coming
year. Automobile row is well aware
Of the way most women influence
car sales in most families; now mo.
tordom Is going to see how women
pick cars when they have none but
themselves to please. What the mo.
tor trade doesn't realize is that these
women, being business minded to the
nth degree, will probably ask many
unusual questions. Milady may yet
provoke such discussions as are
needed to correct many abuses in the
business. She will also be more sym.
pathetic to the automobile trade, be.
ing herself very much aware Of the
difficulties which all retailers face.
Just one other thing to look for
when the cars radio persists in pick
ing up unaccountable interference Is
to have the tires checked to see if
they are filled with dust. I recently
saw car undergoing dust removal"
by order of radio expert who claimed
that the noise picked up by the set
was due to static electricity gen.
Grated as a result of the dust toss
ing about inside the tires.
The woman who goes touring In q
big way says that the new styles In
cars is certain to create a new mode
in travelling luggage. According to
her view of it we shall shortly dis
cover new ways to make use Of the
queer spaces revealed when swinging
open the back of the modern car.
This will call for new shapes In
luggage. If nothing more fitting ma
terializes at least we shall witness
vogue of flexible luggage which can
be adjusted to fit into any given posi-
ton. And probably new kinds Of
clothing that doesn't resent being
crushed into any accommodating shape!
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