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The Huron Expositor, 1974-05-09, Page 22DVICE TO WOMEN who DRIVE... ` andMEN,Too... Offered, byNoted Driver fhOM BE DE BENSON... • - a woman who•daes Dear Dede: fear for my safety every Can you help me win an time I go out in the car which is extensively used argument with my dad? in my calling. I do not want I've taken and passed driver _ to appear to be ungrateful • training and am ready to or to make it seem I am get my license. But my asking our congregation for father, thinks 1 am not moz;e Do you have ready for a license. Not be- ,money. any suggestions? cause I can't drive well (he THE PARSON admits that I do), But he (Town Withheld) insists I show -him I know 6Parson: how to change a tire and "Jump" Dear o ° From the woW your car start a car before Sp from 70 miles per he ll let me get a license. requires now - and will need says a young lady has soon; it appears that a dent no business taking chance of several hundred dollars of being stranded -with of th a flat would would be put in your budget. tire or a car that won't that's a large `start. I think he's -just using slIr". f s,,,,: of money fora min - this excuse forme not spare. But, don't ister.be i e - to drive his car. Can't you afraid of discussing the tell my dad he!s wrong $ matter with your Church' since he does read your Board. I am certain they oolumn. don't want their minister CHERYL V. _ involved in a tragic acci- Columbia, Mo. dent. Perhaps they can with a professional race driver,. know that he is make some arrangement , lzes,r• Cheryl: with congregants who are Your dad's attitude in the auto'repair business', ,may be unique but I can't say to .maintain the car. No .matter who must pay for I . completely disagree with the repairs, future high re - him. It's too bad. that more pair costs can be anticipated driver training classes don't by using armonthly savings-. spend more time teaching about car care, and -simple plan, that is putting aside repairs. Changing a tire and a certain amount of money each month exclusively for using a booster cable prop- car expenses. Some months, erly, should be easy for any- there will be a big surplus one in decent physical con- in the fund. Other months dition —male or female. you'll need to tap the till. Since you don't indicate you Respectfully suggest that are anything but a normally 'yaung your church set aside a healthy lady, why modest monthly stipend of 41 not give it a try. Show dad $25 or so each month to:, you can change that .tire maintain their car which and start a car with a cable., is on loan to you: Good luck..driving. Dear •Dede: I am•a minister in a small town which I do not wish to identify. Along with a small salary, I am provided with a car. I receive no allowance for, gasoline,t oil, or regular maintenance of the ca Frankly on what I earn,(I nnot afford, the new tires, brake job and newlshocks that the car . desperately needs.1 really . Fuel ' Squandered When Ignition' S ys tem Fails Any defect in the ignition systexn is likely to create misfire and a resulting in- complete burning of' the ' fuel., Thus raw gasoline will end up in the exhaust; both squandering fuel and cre- ating pollution. The role of the ignition system is to Convert about 10 volts of primary current from the battery to upwards of 25,000 volts at the spark plug firing end. Common defects that can lead to misfire include worn out or fouled spark plugs, deteriorated plug cables or '"pouts, distributor or coil malfunctions. If any of these compo- nents aren't 'working right, it is possible that the,elec- trical charge provided won't sufficient to fire one ­or ore spark plugs. The air/ uel mixture will not be ig- nited in affected cylinders. Sb, not only will gas be wasted in non -firing cyl- inders, butyou need to com- pensate for loss of. power by feeding more gas to the functioning cylinders. If there is a general de- terioration of the ignition system, the engine won't Mart at all (with a result- ant waste- of fuel trying to )start the engine) . Nx Ways to Stretch Mfleag'e Offered, byNoted Driver 2. Driving fast is the namb 1. Any car I drive, be it By JERRY GRANT of my gam8 a-ud I have thet the same on the road, you'll Champion Spark Plug Co. skill to do it safely. But I save gas. Try to"' "play" traf-, Highway Safety Team don't drive any faster than fie lights and don't tailgate Maybe you believe that a„ absolutely necessary to win. to avoid sudden stops ai'a professional race driver give And that's part of the secret ' starts. Ing tips on saving gasoline of driving with gas economy 5. None of you is apt 'pit is like- a vegetarian offering in mind.. to experience -.the stop htank is filled advice on how to barbeque educing your highway w your our a steak. I don't know g bout Sp from 70 miles per and tires changed in 20 the vegetarian and the hour o "50 can save you seconds: But avoid, if you steak. I do know that saving more t an 20 per cent in can, long periods of idling, fuel is becoming a vital fuel. � h gasoline' prices either ata service station or consideration to those of us the way ►hey are, you're env- any other place. who race at the Indianapo- iPg almost four gallons or It you have to wait in lis '500' and other tracks $2 or more per tankful by your car for more than a around the untry. cutting speed, few moments, turn off the, Since/ the Varied States 3. If you've ever ridden. engine. _Tftis holds true at Auto Club, s netiOning body with a professional race driver,. know that he is a •railroad crossing while waiting for. a, train or at a of Indiana lis -type racing, recently reduced the fuel you an extremely smooth driver. market waiting for someone allotment per race car, the both on and off -the track. to come out of the store. driver must be more fuel- He doesn't indulge in gas- As a race driver who needs conscious than ever.. Get- wasting jack -rabbit starts. every competitive' advan- ting that little extra mile- He-keelfs a steady foot on tage I can get to win and age from a tank •of- racing the gas pedal, *doesn't pass as a motorist who .loves fuel can mean the difference erratically or lane hop. driving, I am truly • con - between winning,A race or . All thepe_Maneuvers con- cerned with the fuel situa- being an also-ran, sume fuel unnecessarily. tion. You can bet I'll be Since it is my business to 4. The successful race driver always anticipates watching my gas gauge' more carefufly this year and know all I can about all traffic patterns. If you do I urge you to do the same. rands of driving, I can pass these fuel, saving tips on to you with confidence. 1. Any car I drive, be it at Indy or my. own private car, is in best possible s4gpe. I don't waste a drop of fuel because my engine isn't 7 tuned, my tiros itcen't prop etly inflated, my brakes are faulty or any other part of ` ,mcar isn't functioning the y, way it should. The averagemotorist ��.– 0 0 r can't ,say the same. If he .t has neglected maintenance. t Y he is .wasting costly and ti scarce fuel. "Do you keep hearing a horn tootiug?" , 4• U REASE J01 WITH, AN OIL CHANGE. Till the end of May Medd's oe-rtest. SHARON and LEO Medd Main and Goderkh 5VO. i @8 — TSE HURON EXPOSITOR, W FORM ONT., M&I 9, 1974 527 0311