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(With apologies to jolts Giaealvai Whittier)
The sun that Brief ntvenaber Da '
Rose cheerless over hills of gray;
tniid the coldness and she snow
My ear was stuck, it would not go.
And as 1 cursed the warenthless sun
1 thought of things 1 should have dour.
If I had had ray engine tuned
1 might not be here lost, marooned.
What's more, if 1 had fixed my lights
These winter days would not seem nights.
Anil had my tires been up to snuff
1 wouldn't skid through slush and stuff.
And hew wish that 1 had checked
My cooling system, now ii tortrArd;
And wipers so that 1 could see
The other ears ahead of we.
But 1 was prettsing on my lurk,
So now 1 sit here, cold and stuck.
The wisest words, nay friends, 1 trots,
Are "'Move it, buster, do it now."
Cars in warm weather
regions not immune
The agonies of snow,
shivering and skidding
may not plague motorists
in the warm winter areas.
But a fourth unpleasant
4S` is as much a problem
in Miami as it is in Mirme--,
volts, and in Vancouver,
B.C. as it is in Montreal.
And that is Starting
Trouble.
According to the most
recent Champion Spark
Plug Company study of
hard starting problems,
warm weather area motor-
ists continue to )save as
much trouble as their col-
leagues in frigid clhnes.
Percentage -wise, cars in
the Paine Coast regions
cf the :United States were
the leading victims of
"can't starts." Three out
of every Hi cars experi-
enced at least one starting
failure during the whiter,
The -best record wasset, by
motorists in the cold New
Ragland states where a
25 per cent failure rate
was registered. Cars in the
south averaged 4 27 per
cent incidence of starting
trouble, only slightly bet-
ter than a 28 per cent diffi-
culty rate in cold northern
states.
The Canadian story was
similar. The warm weather
area of British Columbia
had a 29 per cent rate of
starting trouble. Cold Que-
bec had a 28 per cent rate.
Part of the reason for
the discrepancy is tune-up
purchase, Champion re-
ports. The New England
and Quebec survey areas
had the highest rate of
tune-up purchase.
Canadian experts . . ,
Wouldn't skid you
To the motorist who
lives in cold, snowy winter
weather, getting a car out
of a skid is hardly more
than a routine annoyance.
However, motorists used
to driving 'on normally
dry pavements can run
into prohlems should they
be traveling in frigid areas
.411: be ...,confrOnted by a
freak um* Starlit thome;
Therefore, „the Rubber
Association of Canada
shares its experience in
safe driving on bad roads -
With the reminder that
stopping on a wet road can
take four times the normal
distance as on a dry road.,
the association urges re-
duced speeds. Also dis-
tance between your car
and the one in front
should be doubled.
On starting out and with
no cars around, test the
surface by braking the
car lightly. When braking,
pump the pedal, bringing
the car to a gradual stop.
Jamming on the brakes is
likely to lock the wheels
and put the car into a skid.
Should you start to enter
a skid, take your foot off
the gas pedal. stay off the
brakes and steer in the
direction of the skid. When
the -cor is straightening.
out, pump the brakes gen-
tly to slow down.
The association offers
these tire care tips to help
avoid trouble. Keep the
tires inflated properly. Un-
equal pressure in the front
tiresLpromotes instability
on bad roads.
Another important rea-
son to check tires fre-
quently in cold weather is
that tire pressure drops
approximately one pound
for every 100 drop in tem-
perature.
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