Evening journal., 1911-11-18

~ The average man VINO decides TO |
purchase a motor car, particularly if !
it be his first experience, has had a
somewhat perplexing problem to solve.
A hundred or more different makes
. and types are offered for his consider
alton and every salesman has just the
car he ought to buy.
To the average first purchaser, any !
automobile is an automobile. He sees !
all makes and kinds and sizes, vary
ing in price from a few hundred to
several thousand dollars. They all
go skimming about and appear to be
carrying their occupants smoothly
along on business or pleasure bent. So
far as he can see they all run all
right. His first desire is simply to
u own an tomobie-something to
ride in.
But after he has had his car a while
he begins to be more critical. He
begins 20 notice the existence and
absence of things he had not thought
Of before.
He may find it hard to crank and
start his car while some other car
can be started with ease or perhaps
It may have an automatic starter.
He may find that It requires about
all his strength to push OUT the
clutch or to put on the brakes" while
in some other car, only slight pres
sure of the foot is all that is neces-
sary
He may find that his car starts with
a jerk and a lunge while some other
, car moves off with the smoothness of
an ocean liner.
He may find that his car is hard
TO steer, hard to keep in the road,
while some other car seems almost
: to steer itself
He may find in a few months that
the wear on the steering gear per-
mits excessive play or lost motion,
making steering uncertain and un-
safe and that there is no provision
made for taking up that lost motion,
while in some other car such danger
is not possible
He may find that the changing of
gears is accompanied by crash and
q grind while in some other Car the
change is hardly perceptible.
He may find that his car runs
smoothly and quietly when new, but
I soon becomes noisy and shakes and
rattles because IL has no means for
adjustments 60 take up wear while
some other car, after months and
years of use. runs just as smoothly
and quietly as when new.
\ He may find that his car runs all
right on level streets and roads but
= when it comes to sand and hills Il
has not the power to make the pulls.
He may find that after fe months
or even weeks that his engine is los
- ing power and. do what he may. he
cannot restore It. On the other hand
he sees cars which not only retain
?. their original power, but actually inn
prove
He may find that in order to keen
!, his car i'm running order he must be
( continually tinkering with one part or
another while the users Of some other
car seldom have OCCASION to open the
I tool kit
He may find that his engine heats
and water boils while the engine in
some other car never overheats
He may find after few months
running that the engine bearings have
worm that no provision at all has
been made for adjusting them Or
he may find that even though adjust
ments gre provided the engine has
practically to he taken down TO get
At them. while with some other car
these bearings are readily accessible
r and that it is the work of but few
mirrfes to adjust them.
He may find that his car erits vol
umes of smoke which become ex-
tremely obhovious to other motorists
b and to nede9trians that his engine
and esneciallv shark plugs must be
cleaned every few weeks. while some
other car with the right kind of lu-
= bricating system. em'ts no smoke al
all and runs for months and fire.
ouently a year or two without even
having the shark plugs removed.
He may find that the engine in his
car REQUIRES an excessive amount ol
oil. perhaps a gallon to only one tc
three hundred miles. while some
1 y other car will run from 200 TO l,00C
miles on a single gallon.
He may find that when his cal
~ needs attention from time TO time
that the dealer from whom he pui'
chased it is not familiar with its con.
% struction or has not the facilities
equipment and organization to AFFORD
the needed aid. while dealers in othel
4 cars have the facilities to render an,
service required.
He may find that when he wants z
replace some parts that the new ones
will not fit without alterations. whil'
In some other car the parts are per