CAUSED LOW MILEAGE.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 241, 14 June 1928, Page 7

CAUSED LOW MILEAGE.

WOMAN DRIVER’S MISTAKE. Here’s a story which throws considerable light on the interesting topic of getting better mileage: Recently a woman bought a popular make of car, and was delighted with it, except for the fact that she did not think she was getting sufficient mileage out of the new model. At frequent intervals she visited a service station to see what the trouble was, but after the best mechanics had failed to discover any, the woman grew angry and left m a "huff. , ' ... Shortly afterwards a travelling representative of the company heara

of the trouble, and, not wanting a dissatisfied customer, asked the fair | owner to take him for a ride. Her i very first move on entering the car astonished him, for she pulled out the choke to its full length and hung her handbag on it. Forty minutes was consumed on I the investigation trip, the choke do- j ing duty as a handbag-hanger all the j while. On the way back the repre- j sentative of the company suggested ] stopping at the service station. There | he suggested and had hooked up on the motor side of the cowl a spring to let the choke serve as a handbaghanger and yet not remain extended continually. To this day the woman owner does not know why her car gives much better mileage, the choke still does double duty, and everyone concerned is happy about this peerless bit of “ trouble shooting.”