The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-12-12

cesSible and that it is the work. OF
but a few minutes to adjust thenl.y
He may find that his car emits
volumes of smoke which becomes
extremely obnoxious to other mo-
tormen and to pedestrians; that his
engine and especially spark plugs
must be cleaned every few weeks,
while some other car with the right
kind of luDricating system. emits no
smoke at all and runs for months
and frequently year or two with
out even having the spark plug re-
He may find that the engine in !.
his car requires an excessive amount
of oil, perhaps a gallon to only one
to three hundred miles, while some
other car will run from 700 to 1000 4
miles on a single gallon.
He may find that when his car
needs attention from time to time.
that the dealer from whom he pur-
chased it is not familiar with its
construction or has not the facii-
ties, equipment and organization
to afford the needed aid, while deal
ers In other cars are always ION the
job to render any service required.
He may find that when he wants
to replace some parts that the new
ones will not fit without alterations.
while in some other car the parts
are perfectly standardized and inter-
changeable, or he may find that the
maker of his car has gone out. of
business and that he cannot get
them at all. Again he may find
that the supposed maker of his car
was not the maker at all but merely
assembled the car from parts
bought indiscrimidately here and
there and everywhere, and that the
maker of the parts is no longer
making them and that the assembler
OF the car has not the equipment to-
make them. With a car produced
by substantial automobile manu-
facturer the probability of such
difficulties and annoyances is obvi-
ated.
He may find at the end of a year
or two that his car has cost him as
much to keep going as was its origi-
nal cost price. while some other car
continues to. run year after year,
with only minor adjustments and
requirements here and there is stilll
in almost as good condition as when
new.
He may find that after year or
so his car has become so unsatisfac-
tory generally that he is glad to get
rid of it and when he does he finds
that he can get only a SMALL portion
of its original cost, while in some
other cars the depreciation is COM
paratively small.
These differences in motor cars
are largely matters of design and
manufacture. Ability in both lines
is at premium in the motor car
business. While no one maker has
monopoly on all the brains in the
industry, it is a fact that the de-
mands have been greater than the
supply of. men who know how"
The result is that many motor cars
today are in reality but little ad-
yanced over the embryonic ideas
of dozen years ago.
On the other hand there is the
maker who founded his business
and his product on certain principles
which were successful, and his pres
ent product is simply an evolution
and perfection of those basic princi-
pies.
/ Before investing his money, the
| purchaser should avail himself of
every opportunity to investigate
thoroughly such cars as he may
have under consideration. He should
make close inquiry among present
users of such cars, inquiring spe-
officially concerning those features
which may make the car satisfac-
tory or unsatisfactory according to
his individual preferences and re-
quirements.
i The Cadillac, handled by Rue
/ Stensvad of Redwood Falls, is pre-
eminently one of the satisfactory
cars, having every good feature a