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Show !i 1 j A UTO NOTES , With the arrival of the flrsl few days I that betoken the approach of real spring, it is well to bear In mind that the 'wr-i 'wr-i buretor may ri- l readjustment The OC- caflouaj blgbcr atmospheric temperatures tempera-tures of late winter seldom are high enough to warrant reducing the temperature tempera-ture mi the mixture at the carburetor bv Shutting . down the Jacket or warm air j connections, but it maj be nee teaary to niter the tension i the extra air Inlet spring. It la well, tOO whenever a warm day comes to remove the mask which frequently Is carried op the front of the radiator jn vary cold weather. it has been computed that American cur owners spend more than $200 000,000-per 000,000-per year louring In ISufope This enormous enor-mous expenditure suggests the reason why the People- k abroad to tour. They go because they have roads Over there and because there are things to see i The front wheels should not he adjusted adjust-ed BO loosel) that they are allowed tu wobble Neither should mils he screwed up so tightly thgt there la an excess amount oi friction caused by the pres- j sure created When the Wheels begin I ( to give signs of plaj it is time that the 1 1 required adjustment be made. I 1 Makors of wire wheels In England are I having considerable friction over . in- frlngement of one another's designs b--cauae of similarities in the grouping of - the Spoke." tie- COnillg and the location of the spoke ends The automobile promises to figure prominently In the presidential campaign tins summer, Virtually ait of the leading candidates on both sides are habitual users Of car., and a number of nutomo'uili speaking tours are already being mapped ut. A common cauas rf oveflieating, fre-queni fre-queni with carelesa drivers, is allowing Ijie supply of oil io run below normal. Tins is the meal serious offense of which the driver Ol car enn b( guilty It Is the Surest way of Bpolllna :he motor. S1k.ii3 the driver feel the motor to he IrreaponBlVe to the throttle or sparlc and at the sume time hear a groaning sound. It is- time to slop tn motor and allow II to cOOl Off It Is ;:lso time to Use the extra supply of oil which might he along with the oar. if this warning be neglected neg-lected tin p!s"ns will soon seise In the cylinders and the cm- in a short time will be seen being Ingloriously towed t a repair shop. |