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Show I MOTOR iS ! II MISUSED: 1 TOO MUCH PRIDE here arc many ways In which a car may be unintentionally mistreated, just as there are many ways in whih one's own health may be violated to the injury of one's system. The first point is quite familiar to most motorists, and that is the que3 tion of proper lubrication. Still every dealer known that cars continue to be brought In with bearings burned out, king bolts badly worn and other parts of the car in more or less damaged dam-aged condition from under lubrication. Oil should not be used too long because be-cause after a time it loses much of its lubricating qualities. This is an especially es-pecially important item to watch now, because good lubricating oil is not always al-ways available at all filling stations Another point is the shifting of gears and the use of gears in hard pulling and also the kinds. It should be borne in mind that all motors have excess power because of the extent of which the valve-in-head principle of design has been developed, and because of this surplus power drivers, as a class, gradually form the habit of not shifting to lower speeds, bat do everything on hi"h After a time they gradually grow to hate the idea of dropping to lower speeds, as if it were a reflection on the car or on the driver's ability. This is a con-ditiqn con-ditiqn that should not exist. Engineers, in putting the excess power under the hood, had in mind the elimination of most of gear shining shin-ing necessary in the average car, but I as to the avoidance of shifting, U carried too far or simply for the satisfaction sat-isfaction of doing something that the other fellow's car cannot do, puts unnecessary un-necessary strain upon the motor. This means that a certain amount of serviceability that was built into the motor Is wasted where it could be saved to the medium of mechanical power incorporated in the transmis sion. It is like asking a man to lift and carry a very" heavy load, instead of dividing it into two or three parts that he could easily handle. In the first case he would still be fresh and ready for other work. That is what the transmission is for to conserve the serviceability and lengthen the life of the motor and its Intelligent use should be studied by every motorist. Another bad practice is that of letting thing go The old Baying Is, "A stitch in time saves nine." and it pays to have little thmm attended to promptly. It really does not take much time to take proper care of a motor car, and every minute spent in doing so spells conservation in capital letters. Right spring clasps will prevent spring? breaking and they work loose occasionally, especially on a new car. Mud caked on and left there will injure the finish. A scratched fender or any metal part may 'rust along the scratch and undermine un-dermine the enamel These same ideas apply to practically prac-tically all of the little things that may happen to motor cars in general er vice. A weekly Inspection will do a great deal toward getting the utmost serviceability out tof a car. The owner own-er who does not have time or inclin ation to attend to these things himself will do well to see that they are done by some one who is thoroughly competent com-petent They do not take much tim and the man who is mechanically in-dined in-dined will derive much pleasure in ! becoming more familiar with thr various vari-ous working units of his car. A j-'ood motor car responds wonderfully wonder-fully to good treatment, not only from the standpoint of satisfaction, but also from that of giving the owner the full amount of transportation that has been built into his car " |
