Word: motoring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...good condition once again cost its owner $61.15 more than she first paid Snell for his repairs, and this amount the Consumers' Aid Bureau of the Student Council forthwith threatened to sue the "automotive engineer," as he calls himself. The dispute was referred to the Boston Motor Corps branch of the AAA, which returned a decision that the repairman was entirely in the wrong. After consulting his lawyer, Snell finally agreed to pay the balance to the car owner as soon as he was able...
Casual inspection at this time revealed that the choke and throttle rods had been improperly connected so that it was impossible to run the motor, and that the damaged engine heads were leaking exhaust gas and anti-freeze. Furthermore, an external part was found missing from the air-cleaner assembly, and was later discovered in Snell's shop...
...final report the Consumers' Aid Bureau summed up this matter in a statement in which they accused Snell, among other things, of attempt to deceive by the use of excessive gasket-maker to disguise the damage done to the engine head, by leaving the motor running upon delivery of the car to conceal the fact that he had worn down the battery, by suggesting a "motor-flush" cure-all when the engine still rau poorly after all his repairs, and by "general lack of respect for the intelligence of the customer or her agent...
...eight hours' sleep every night, too. Dean's Office or no Dean's Office, this was Vag's night off, and he didn't know what to do about it. All the girls he'd called were spending the evening either learning about the innards of automobiles for a motor transport course, or boning up on incendiary bombs and blackouts for the A.R.P. exam. He'd seen the movie at the U.T. He was about to run down the list of in-town movies for the third time, when his roommates rushed in and dragged Vag, protesting...
With the exception of some "deal spots" in lower Manhattan, the blasts were heard over a great part of the city, with sound readings running between 95 and 105 decibels. This compared favorably with the sound of an airplane motor at eighteen feet, which measures 115 decibels...