| Show FOOL TRICK OF EVERY OPERATOR good percentage of automobile owners start cars with brake not released TREAT GEARS VERY ROUGHLY pressing Preset ng starter when motor Is already going Is also common mistake better plan Is to touch accelerator every motorcar operator has his pet fool trick even though he may pride himself on his careful driving for ms instance tance it Is safe to say that a good percentage of automobile owners start their cars with the emergency brake sot ot completely released this Is of a bad practice since it cuts lown town the motors power and causes excessive wear of the brake linings when engine Is to unheard did you ever think you had stalled your four motor and press the starter button when the engine was still going but its sound was drowned by traffic 1101 noises ses chances are that you have more than once yet it Is a bad thing to do and doing it too often will in time make it necessary to have the starter drive or flywheel gear replaced A better plan before depressing the starter button in such a case la Is to touch the accelerator and listen to see if the engine responds every one has at some time or other tried to shift gears without throwing out the clutch but a few drivers eem seem to ha habte a habit of trying to do this impossible stunt persistence in doing this chips off the teeth and will make replacement of the gears necess necessary arv throwing gears forward another bad habit in this connection Is to throw the gears into a forward speed while the car Is still moving backward or vice versa tills this Is equivalent to trying to mesh gears going in opposite directions any one even not mechanically inclined can foresee what the result will mill be last but not least Is the careless practice of a few motorists in putting the car in the garage for the night and leaving the ignition or lighting switches on A visit to the battery re charging station the next morning Is the worst result however that the motorist can experience tor for bis his neg elect in this particular |
