The MOTOR

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 100, 25 October 1930, Page 27

The MOTOR

». BY "AUTOS." /y

I.■■•LICHTING-Uk TIMES SUNDAY - . ...... 7.23 p.m. MONDAY, ....'-;. 7.25 „ .....:-. 7.26 „ WEDNESDAY .'. 7.27 ■ „ THURSDAY, .;■..'.■. 7.28 „ 'FRIDAY ~;..... 7.30 „ '^SATURDAY .... 7.31 „ liv'tie ;earlx days, of ..motoring the seatiog^aceonHijodarion was such that one sat on, rather than in tlio body. Exposed to every wind that blew, and to every kind of weather, {he stalwarts who drove them knew nothing of the luxury which now prevails, but one ad-, vantage- they had. a very .definite one. The3renjoye"d;aii'uni-estric.ft'd:-\-ic\r ) not. onlytof.-she-road aheaiVand behind, and the wti;ole-slurro.uiidmg cpunftysidc, but also ifcpivld- see 'the bounds oi:'their ni.udguardsi' -.:'; They, could see at a glanec tho precise location, of the wings, a matter 25 years.'ago -not nearly so important .a;s:-i't is,tb-d.ay, for then tho roads werer''somparatively deserted and crowded pVrking places in the streets were unkiio.}ni.' : - • ... v W.it&tlieadxaiice in motoring came tho ttenVind for protection not" merely from'-badiweather, from good. Men :did:npt. ]ike being sunburnt any more'-tliqii they. Jilted getting wet; they

!for the modem car that it can'stand such treatment without flic windows iain.mhig or the electric-.' bulbs blowing out: ""-In conclusion, I should .like tv give oar owners-a valuable hint. ■ When sending a car "back to the service depot take card, to see" that it is ■'clean, and spick and span. : '.Human nature being .what''itis, mechanics--and foremen will take more: interest- and greater'caw of such "a cni- than one that is'sent-in dirty and iiefflectod. '•Service as rendered by the motorcar agenj;' or. motor-car dealer covers many things, and it is often given' ungrudgingly and free-6f .'charge where, ir the article :■ concerned- were anything than a car, the owner would find himself with a heavy bill.1'