Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — Cut Out the Cut-Out. [ARTICLE]

Cut Out the Cut-Out.

An expert, automobilist recently said to the writer that the cut-out on cars, by which the exhaust gases are allowed to escape direct into the open airj without first pass ing into the muffler has become one of the most used —and abused accessories of the car. Its abuse has become so flagrant that many towns and cities have enacted ordinances prohibiting its use and it is looked upon as one devise that is setting at naught all the efforts of the designer and builders toward the production of the silent car; In Michigan it is noticed that the smooth, careful driver of a modern up-to-date car never uses the cutout, for the simple reason that back-pressure does not dimish the power of his motor and the further fact that he does not want to annoy the people with a nerve racking noise. The driver who knows how to handle a car as It should be handled very seldom uses a cut-out. The theory that it is necessary to work the i| cut-out in order to keep an engine working, is not true in the good autos, nor with the good engines. They are used mostly by the smart alecks and the noisy boisterous drivers.—Exchange.