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The Signal -Star, December 3, 1970 --- Car Care Supplement -- Page;2g
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Care Needed
Importance of Service Will Grow
As Manufacturers Produce More
Sophisticated Automobiles
By DOUGLAS W. TOMS .
Director, National Highway Safety Bureau
Not long ago we heard a prediction that the next few years
would find the U.S. auto industry building caws- that will be
totally. garage -proof — serving out their useful life from
assembly fine to' junk heap without need for servicing.
The prediction made no mention of "Car -Care" -•– that
'eOsential responsibility ,of the owner, spelling the difference
between risk of life and investment and the security of both
during the' life of the vehicle.
Most of us remember when a good garage mechanic could
tell,by the sound and feel — by the seat of his pants as the
saying goes-- what ailed the family car. Matter of fact, most
of us bids could take down an engine and do our own valve
and ring job. -if we had to.
But. it isn't true any more. Fe* would try it on a "modern
automobile. Few of us would relish the job of • stripping air-
conditioning, power -assist systems and a dozen other modern
extras — let alone try our do= er's line on the other.
it -yourself skills. on those But , no matter which you
temperamental "horses" un- buy you will drive. in a world,
. der the block, and at speeds, demanding
Yet Car -Care— even if it's better Car -Care — more of it.
passed beyond the average avid more often -- to insure
owner's home grown skills — the ' safety and satisfaction
is more important tham ever.- tomorrow's driver not only
And predictions notwith- ought to have, but will be
standing, it's going to be requi•
red to guarantee for
'more and more important as a others on the highway.
the automobile takes on a
degree of sophistication far
beyond today's level. •
Maximum' Power Response
In the first place, many
experts question what kind
_ of power plant will be doing
the job in "tomorrow's" autos.
atever it is, we know
that future energy conver-
sions will answer to a series
of computers; insuring fuel
consumption without pollu-
-tion to -._atmosphere, ith_ot
waste, and with maximum
response in power and ma-
neuverability.
We are looking at drawing
boaidideas and devices near-
ing production status which'
will need—for proper servic-
ing and tune-up — advanced
.and specialized equipment:
The future , probably holds
some form of radar brake
control, guided highway
lanes and a whole family of
integrated, automatic safety
devices.
The goal will be maximum
crash=avoidance and •inaxi-
mum crash -survivability;
and not the least of the ideas
under serious consideration
are devices capable of "sniff-
ing"" or screening out the
Douglas W. Toms
irresponsible driver — . the
drunk or the addict — who
becomes a killer, behind the
wheel.
Both Kinds of Cars
So vital will the role of
professional Car -Care be-
come, many experts believe,
that the auto . showrooms of
tomorrow will feature both
kinds of autos --- the sophis-
ticated "automatics" on one
side, and the do -it -your -self -
_
Pedal Pumpin 'Patty Learning
may to Make Her Motor Hum
By JODY CARR
Pedal Pumpin' Patty was
her name. A cool kid from
Kingston who thought she
knew what her car should do
when she turn-
ed the key.
But Pedal
Pumpin' Patty
had a bad
habit, one she'
couldn't -kick.
Sfie thought
the harder $he
tromped on the
gas, the faster -
,
aster`, 'She worked the
pedal, the bet-
ter Old Bessie ought to start.
It was, like with the old
church organ Patty, played.
-If • you want to get things
movin', pump it up real good.
IC worked on the player
piano, too, so why not with
Old Bessie?
One day Pattywas on- her
way to recital, the big one.'
Big Dad Dalton, the cabaret
owner from Dude City, would
be there. If Patty played
right, Big Dad would discover
her. -
So Patty slid , behind Old
Bessie's wheel saying, "Come
on, Bess, take me away from
all this. We're gonna give a
fine performance, and we'll
be headin' for Dude City and
fame and fortune."
•
She gave Old Bessie a cou-
ple of extra pumps for' good
measure, because it was a
cold December night. But Old,
Bessie just groaned. Started
smelling like a gas 'station.
Then she ' wouldn't even
groan any more. •
Young Tom Sharp hap
peried by just then, the clever
boy who worked at Parson's
Garage. -
"You've flooded it, Miss
Patty," he said ."Takes a good
battery and ignition system
to fire up the kind of raw gas`
you're pumpin' into that en-
gine. Old Bessie's tired. Needs
points and condenser May-*
be spark. plugs. You've just
socked it to the old ' girl too
hard this time."
Too ,bad, Pedal Pumpin'
Patty. Too much pedal and
not enough kindness when it
counted. ' Now you've missed
your big change atPude City.
When the chips were down,
you had them all on Old Bes-
sie and she said, -"Nope!"
Bessie has plenty of com-
pany. If any of you out there
is a Pedal Pumpin' Patty,
Peter. or Paul, remember the
stakes. Too much pumpin'
and. ..not enough attention
blew Patty's big ,chance.
Don't blow yours.
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