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Show TRIPS OF FEW RODS CAUSE RAPID WEAR The average motorist, who la constantly constant-ly complaining about the high cost of operating: his car, probably does not stop to consider that he is largely responsible for such a. condition. 'He would do well to study the problem and see if there are not ways and means of effecting a saving sav-ing of gasoline, oil, tires and lessening the geneva wear and tear on the car. After sixteen years of experience In the automobile business, the writer has picked out some of the mora important causes of the high cost of motoring which can be overcome by each individual. The motorist who has his car at his door practically all the time, and who Jumps in and uses it to run 100 yards down the street, or on quarter or half-mile half-mile trips to execute little household errands er-rands or deliver messages, must realize that such driving can produce nothing but waste and high average cost of depreciation. de-preciation. With gasoline soaring as it has lately, it behooves every driver to cut out short trips. It is said that the biggest expense ex-pense in running a train is the starting and stopping. The same is true of an automobile, and the larger the car the more expensive it is to start and stop it. Again, economy can be effected by an amendment of driving methods. The economy is secured by moderate driving, by careful starting and stopping, and by close scrutiny of the road. Drivers who are in the habit of speeding up between street Intersections and slowing down . abruptly at the street crossings are abusing abus-ing their tires. A maximum of twenty-five miles per hour, when such a speed is permissible, is judicious driving. It has very wisely been said that any oli car can go fast, but It takes a good one to run slowly. |