The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-06-29
HAGELsT1NE or STUDEBAKER
TALKS ON AUTOMOBILE
SERVICE

AXh0 YIN AL
SERVICE
"One Of the biggest needs of today
in the. Acknowledgement sis for owners
Of cars-all owners, / mean-to give
some attention and care to their cars,
says Max Hagelstine, service managed
Of the Studebaker Corporation. !.
Ibelieve it is fairfto state that fully
so per cent Of the owners Of cars i'll
this country neglect or abuse theft
in nothing short of shameful
fashion.
What would we think of a railroad
company that allowed it's locomotives
to be handled the way some owners
their automobiles? What
would w think of a railroad company
that ran their locomotives 1000 to 5
600 miles without an inspection, adj
justment or oiling? What really hap.
pens is that after a locomotive pulls
a train Of cars anywhere from $50 to
200 miles, that locomotive is taken off
and a new one continues the haul.
The locomotive that is removed then
undergoes a very thorough series Of
inspections and oilings, and any nee.
essary adjustments. or requirements
are made.
It seems strange how owners can
lose sight of the fact that their cars
are nothing more or less than a ma
chine, just the same as locomotives
r Furthermore, automobiles do not
run over smooth steel rails, but are
subjected to all kinds of roads, which
sometimes furnish more strain on
some parts of the mechanism than the
locomotive ever gets.
Some wner will express surprise
at a so-called remarkable performance
where an automobile, for instance,
makes a run of 500 miles or so with
the hood over the motor sealed. A
run like that is nothing alongside of
what some owner themselves try tc
do. They stretch the distance into
5000 miles, and then wonder why tine
car shows signs of suffering.
1t never occurs to some owners, fot
instance, that when the steering wheel
works stiffly, some oil will make it
work easily. It never occurs to tlcm
that when a slight squeak in the
springs can be remedied by an appl:-
cation of oil. As long as the car rur,-
too many owners are but little cen
cerned in such matters as keeping the
batteries charged, having enough OIL
in the motor, cleaning or replacing
spark plugs or other forms of attcr.
ton.
Now, an automobile does not need
a great deal of attention, or Il great
deal Of time spent on it. But it docs
require some care, regardless, for it,
stance, of excellence of the service
plan which backs that car.
At our branches, most of cur larger
dealers and many of our dealers in
the smaller towns there is IN force a
plan known as Studebaker systematic
service. Under this plan there is g.
minimum of chance for anything rad
ically wrong to happen to tho owners
car. For the whole idea s to prevent
troubles, rather than try to cure them
after they occur. At stated intervals
owners bring their cars in for 6; dis
tinct inspections, adjustment. and OIL
ings.
This systematic service plan takes
a lot of responsibility off Of the own
er's mind. Some owners have thought
it meant they are not supposed to pay
any attention whatever to their ears
between inspection dates. Well, that
is why some wner have troubles
When an owner does report any troll
BILE, the first thing we ask hir is how
many miles he had driven MS car
since the previous inspection date.
Then we show him what he s!.eul6
have. It is more than likely that such
an owner drove his car bogt twice as
far as the average distance <.n owner
covers in the same period.
CORN IN HIGH ATTITUDES
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