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Show NEGLECT OF OWNERS WILL INJURE AUTOS Proper Lubrication Is of Utmost Importance. Drivers Gradually Form Habit of Do- ', Ino Everythlna on High Speed In Shifting Gears Inspect ' Car Every Week, There nro mnny ways In which a car may bo unintentionally mistreated, mistreat-ed, Just as there are many ways In which ono's own health mny bo vio-lntcd vio-lntcd to tho injury of ono's system. Tho first point is qulto familiar to most motorists, and that Is the question ques-tion of proper lubrlcntlon. Still every Jlenler knows that cars continue to be brought In with bearings burned out, Icing bolts bndly worn nnd other parts )f the enr in moro or less damaged con-jdltlon con-jdltlon from undcr-Iubrlcntlon. Oil should not be used too long, becauso jaftcr a time it loses much of its lubrl- I fcatlng minlltlcs. Tills Is nn especially jlmportnnt Item to watch now, because) pood lubrlcntlng oil Is not always available avail-able at all filling stations. Another point Is tho shifting of Igears and the use of genrs In hard fulling. It should bo borno In mind Jthnt nil motors have excess power b- fttuse of the extent to which tho vnlve-n-head principle of design has been do-. Vclopcd, and becauso of this surplus power drivers, as a class, gradually fprm the hnblt of not shifting to lower Hpeods, but do everything on high. After a time they gradually grow !o hate the Idea of dropping to lower speeds, as If It wero n reflection on tho ;nr or on tho driver's ability. This Is i condition thnt should not exist. Theso snmo Ideas apply to practically practi-cally nil of tho llttlo things thnt mny happen to motor cars In gonernl service. serv-ice. A weekly Inspection will do a grent deal toward getting the utmost ' serviceability out of a car. Tho owner own-er who does not hnvo time or Inclination Inclina-tion to nttend to theso things himself will do well to seo thnt they are dono by some one who Is thoroughly competent. com-petent. They do not take much timo, v nnd tho man who Is mechanically Inclined In-clined will derive much pleasure In becoming moro familiar with tho vnrl-ous vnrl-ous working units' of his car. A good motor car responds wonderfully wonder-fully to good treatment, not only from tho standpoint of satisfaction, but also from that of giving tho owner tho full amount of transportation that has ' been built Into his car. |