Dear Tom and Ray:

I'm writing to your cozy wing research department with an answer! I read in your column that you were trying to find out what "cozy wings" were. The cozy wing is the small, crank out window on older cars. The window's real name is the vent window. How it became the cozy wing, I don't know. As the owner of a 1956 Chevy, I refer to it as the cozy wing. Jack

Ray: Thanks, Jack. Now if you're right, all we have to do is figure out WHY it's called the cozy wing.

Tom: It could be because when you open the vent window, it makes you feel cozy.

Ray: Or, maybe the guy who invented it was named Cosmo Cozy?

Tom: Obviously, our cozy wing research department is still open. Write to us in care of this newspaper.

It's amazing how many bad driving habits and wacko theories have been passed down from generation to generation! Tom and Ray set the record straight in their booklet "Ten Ways You May Be Ruining Your Car Without Even Knowing It!" To order, send (check or money order) to Ruin, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. You can also order online.

© 1995 by Tom and Ray Magliozzi and Doug Berman Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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