New-York tribune., 1917-12-02


never thought he could afford car
can afford one. Now's the time TO buy
the greatest seller among cars, the
fayorite among all the brands, the
W. k. Used Car. There's no other kind
so popular, and some authorities say
that two-thirds of motorists ride IN
cars bearing this famous label. Ger
tainly the L. C. has more dealers and
more boosters than any other car can
boast. It's one trouble is that it comes
in such bewildering number Of
guises, in varieties enough TO make
the pickle man look like a piker.
Why is this the time for Used Car?
The fall is always the best time to
buy cars with this label, but this fall.
more than others, brings opportunity
TO the man who is intending TO buy in
the spring-or in the W. y. "some other
day." The reason is that there never
have been so many bargains on the
market. Cars of ali classes-barrlng
one Or two kinds that are always
scarce-are in the market now at
prices that haven't been heard OF be-
fore. There is triple saving IN buy
ing them, for one is getting low
price in the first place, and is buying
on a much lower market than will OBJ
tain next spring. Most makes OF cars
that have not already gone up are due
for heavy increases in prices By next
season. There will be few exceptions
TO the rule, only four manufacturers
having been able to hold prices down
TO any appreciable extent. with new
cars going up again the relative value
of a good used car TO the owner VIII
increase, although it will not jump
the way the new prices will. THIS
rule is working out now IN reducing
the number of sales made on trades,
many owners figuring that their old
cars are worth more to them than the
values they can get for them in trade
against the enhanced prices of new
cars. This is operative especially
where a man is considering trading
for car Of the same make he drives
and whore differences in values are
not so apparent TO him. The thirl
saving made is the obvious one OF
having the use of the car through the
bad-under-foot and vicious-overhead
weather of winter, when saving OF
exposure may be worth more than the
car costs. .
One prime reason for the glut OF
used cars is the great number OF army
men who have given them up. Since
July the United States has put almost
a million men under arms in the sew
eral branches Of service. A very large
proportion Of them had cars OF one
variety or another for business or
family use, and big percentage OF
these cars is on the market. Ihou-
sands of them are in fine condition,
cars their owners would not have
thought of parting with except tnat
their country called. Parting with
pet car at a low price has been TO
many a soldier or sailor only part
Of the sacrifice he has willingly made.
The girls, brave hearts, have volun-
teered in droves TO take up the driving
Of the cars abandoned by those VINO
went over There, but not all the wives,
mothers and sweethearts are iitted for
the task, and where they are not the
cars are going to the dealers.
A very little investigation here along
Broadway and Bedford Avenue will
.
motorists mouth water. There are
sedans, touring cars and roadsters az
figures that compare more fayorably
with "new" prices than they ever have
before.
Having told why the intending buyer
of a second hand car should DO it now.
one might add few words about buy
I ing Used Car.
There are four principal ways IN
which one can purchase L. c.
/ First, from an automobile agent who
/ has traded IL in.
/ Second. from large dealer running
a rebuilding plant.
Third. from a private owner.
/ Fourth, from a fy-by-night so-cslled
private garage or other alleged bar
gain shop, where there's good chance
/ the car is stolen one.
There are two bits OF information
valuable for any buyer from either OF
\ the last two. One is that there Is
published a Used Car list giving the
prices for most makes Of cars at the
end. respectively, of one, two and
three years. Get look at the list. a.
IL represents solid values, and many
successful dealers use il. In some cities
the system is carried further. One ap-
praiser puts price on every car
offered and no agent III town will give
3 ,,ora .ban that nrice in trade Further