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Show 'Make 'Em Last -That's Number One Rule For Nation's 32 Million Auto Drivers r -nl : . i'v ;; 5s , ; :) - t Cheated out of thousands of miles of service, these tires failed and were rejected at inspection station because be-cause of: 1. Bad wheel bearings, loose king pin bolts and badly worn tie-rod ends. 2. Loose front end. 3. Bad camber condition. 4. Boot substituting for tread and fabric. 5. Toe-in and low pressure. 6. Misalignment. 7. Loose and badly worn tie-rod ends, king pin bolls, drag links and bushings. 8. Camber error and loose front end. 8. Excessive side drag. Periodic inspection, proper care and adjustment would have Increased the service of any of these Ures by thousands and thousands of miles. The driver wh neglects his tires today will soon become a pedestrian. "Never mind us. Take care of the tires first!" That was the command gasped out to two stretcher bearers when (in a cartoonist's imagination) they attempted at-tempted to give first aid to the injured in-jured occupants of a badly wrecked automobile. The cartoon, published in a nationally-read magazine, may exaggerate exag-gerate the situation, but it demonstrates demon-strates beyond all doubt that 1942 will go down in history as the year when rubber became more precious than rubies. Talk of "rubber stockpiles," "crude rubber" and "carry-over tonnage" leaves the average motorist motor-ist cold. He doesn't understand all the technicalities behind the current rubber shortage. But he does know that when his present tires wear out, he will be forced to leave his six-cylinder, six-cylinder, 1937 Blue Streak standing idle in his garage. The National Safety Council, Chi-cage, Chi-cage, lists many DON'Ts the motor- Drive only when absolutely necessary, and then driva at a moderate speed. Start and stop slowly, slow down on turns, and park carefully care-fully to keep from grinding off the tread and nicking the rubber rub-ber off your tires. Use brakes carefully (shift into second going downhill), and make sure that your brakes are adjusted so that your tires will not be worn unevenly. Every 5,000 miles or so cross-switch cross-switch your tires to Increase total mileage. If your wheels are correctly aligned and balanced, bal-anced, the cross-switching will add miles and miles to each tire's life. Check the air pressure of all your tires each week. Have the tires and tubes inspected regularly regu-larly against future trouble and wasted rubber. Such suggestions will go far In helping you keep your tires as long and oil consumption of your car. During the past years a nervous condition hit the majority of the drivers in the U.S.A. This was noticeable no-ticeable in their attempt to get between be-tween two points in the shortest time possible. They sped from one place to another without fully realizing realiz-ing that a moderate speed will get them to their destination, most of the time, in as short a time as if they roared on down the road. Today, when gasoline and oil are necessary to help win this war, moderate mod-erate speeding not only saves you money because of a smaller consumption con-sumption of gas and oil, but also helps your nation. The accompanying charts, dealing with tire, gas and oil conservation, give you more definite proof of the value of moderate driving than would thousands of words. At a 65-mile per hour top cruising speed, as compared with 40 m.p.h., gas consumption was more than 30 per cent high- CHART I. TESTS ON CONCRETE STATE HIGHWAYS IN IOWA - IOWA ENOINEEMNG EXPERIMENT STATION 7s 1 1 j 1 ft j I I a 15 1 1 1 I M - i12 y 45 s !' TIRE S GAS S I 5 WEAR X 2 CONSUMPTION 2 OIL S 30 I I l -CONSUMPTION -p 5 ' s a 15 I j S a ol I ' ' ' tl I 1 1 1 - ol 1 1 1 ' If ii 45 M W If K f " M TOP CfiUSNG SP0 - MIES Jt HOUR 1st must continually keep in mind, besides a few important DO's. If he keeps on forgetting about them he is soon without rubber on his tires. ' Checkup by Experienced Operators. It is possible that more motorists are going to maintenance stations to have their tires checked than ever before. (This incidentally, is one of the essential DO's.) Motorists there will learn that their tires are unsafe (alas!) if the fabric, breaker strip, or outer body ply is exposed. Also that if the tire has cuts or snags greater than an inch in any direction and deep enough to expose body fabric, it is then in the unsafe condition. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, if the tire has a bulge it is dangerous to use, for patches or boots are not sufficient protection. Then, too, another way to learn if the tires are unsafe is either to look over the wheel and tire yourself, or have the garage attendant see if bolts, nut or lug are bent, cracked, or if the rim or wheel flange is defective. de-fective. Then after you have made sure that your tires and wheels are OK, your next best procedure is to get yourself in the habit of using war time driving rules to conserve your tires as long as possible. Here is a list of rules, compiled by the safety council. You, of course, can add to them. as possible. But the time will soon come when you will be thinking about having your tires recapped or retreaded. If you are one of those fortunate persons whose application was approved ap-proved by your local tire rationing board, then a few suggestions may prove valuable. Recapping, which is vulcanizing a tread surface onto a partially remaining tread, and retreading, re-treading, -which means stripping old tread off the tire and replacing it with a new tread and vulcanizing onto the casing, is done with the greatest of economy and safety when the following rules are remembered: remem-bered: Use only tire cases which have no cracks, punctures or flaws. Recap tires that are not worn through to the cords of the casing. Don't allow anyone to recap or retread your tires unless he can meet a high standard of workmanship. workman-ship. When you decide on a certain shop to retread or recap your tires be sure that their services are reliable, their material the best available, and the workmanship as good as, or better than, any other shop. Checking on Gas and Oil. Once you have begun to follow these rules and suggestions for your tire protection and safety you should center your attention on the gasoline er. Yet the average gain in speed was only 15 miles an hour, as the faster driver had to slow down more frequently, and with greater abruptness. Oil consumption increases at an even greater rate than gasoline consumption con-sumption when the speed was stepped up to more than 35 miles per hour. Almost four times as much oil is used at 65 m.p.h. than at a 40-mile top cruising speed. The difference is even greater when a car is equipped with an oil filter. If you want to be a safe driver and also conserve gas, oil, tires, besides lives of other motorists and pedestrians, remember these few rules for driving today: Start early on each trip so you can get to your destination without using excessive speed. Drive at a moderate speed suited to the conditions of the highway on which you are traveling. Don't pass any more cars than the number you observe passing you. Speed up gradually, but shift from one gear to another as quickly as possible. Slow down gradually. Warm up the motor before driving . . . reduce speeds on grades . . . against headwinds . . . and keep your car tuned up for greatest economy. Be smart by being thrifty with gas, oil, and automotive material. CHART 2. TESTS ON CONCRETE STATE HIGHWAYS IN IOWA - IOWA ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION 5imi i i i 7 I r i i i 5 ro AVERAGE COST OF -f K -AVERAGE SPEED OBTAINED S OAS, 011 1 TIRES FOR VARIOUS .0(000M.LES L - TOP CRUISING SPEEDS guo S5 -r- uo -y- : Siooo 5 S 2 ?l I 1 1 J J I I IS IS 45 ff M U if H Sf ror uisio speee m.p.h. top csushg speeo - m.p.h. |