In undertaking such an adventure, not only did she accomplish a personal achievement, but also a historical one.
On the way back, she stopped in Bauschlott and had a cobbler cover the brake shoes with leather — and thus invented the brake lining at the same time.
But none of the telegram messages remain.
A few days later, she returned home full of new ideas on how to improve the automobile model and update the patent.
Curious onlookers and, more importantly, inquisitive newspaper reporters came out to see the horseless carriage for themselves.
She had demonstrated that the motor car was fit for purpose on this 180-kilometer journey there and back.