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Shannon News, 4 November 1927, Page 4

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“What steps would you take,” asked the inquisitive motorist, “if your place became full of carbon monoxide gas?" “Long ones,’ 'answered the wise garage man. p When going down hill Or driving on rough or grayel roads, do not step on the gas accelerator or apply too much power when traction is poor, as this may cause your car to skid badly. . Our idea of the champion absentminded motorist is the one that ran down a pedestrian, took the victim to the repair shop and drove his car to ; the hospital. iV When touching up the car with a little paint the greatest enemy you can have is dust.' A good pt-an is to hang up a few wet rags about rhe r garage. These will absorb quite a lot of dust which floats in the air. Lubricating oil is about the cheapii es t thing.used in the car, being about i two per cent of the running cost. ‘ That being the case, don’t fail to j'" carry out what the instruction book says: “Drain the sump at least every 5000 miles.” , f “Honestly, Mabel, I spend so much p,' of my time in my car that I just ;• can’t find time to read the books I ; , should read.” r ■ “That’s nothing. I haven’t even y time to read all the books I. shouldn’t read.” f, . - . Five hundred motorists in Summeri\ r dale, a suburb of Chicago, 111., missed jjbj their cars, after they had parked ' them in front of their homes sometime during the night. The police towed the cars to garages as they began to enforce a new ordinance against all - • ‘ night parking. \ Chamois leathers which have d'esrV : : teyiorated owing to long use, can be r -cleaned and made as good’ as new j; again by th'e method: — l ’ Wash the leather in distilled or fi.ltv/' sred water, sprinklp with powdered borax, arid scrub well. Then rinse in filtered water and dry well.