The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
PRIDE Of owner.
PROTECTS
HIS CAR
Take Care OF Your Car and
Others viii Be Apt to
Do Likewise.

How pride of possession acts a.
a safeguard against excessive de-
probation IL interestingly explained
in a bulletin to car owners just
released by the Washington Auto.
| motive Trade Association.
Take care OF your car and the
world takes care of II with you,"
says the bulletin, paraphrasing
/ saying that is as old as 1t 10
| true. when a motoriet reaches
the point where he treats his car
| as though he took no pride in own.
ing 1t everyone else who has any
occasion to handle it will do the
same. Depreciation steps in and
prepares the car for the junk heap
double quick"
The association points out that
the human tendency toward imita-
ton can be turned to profit by the
car owner who wants to be rid
of the dread Of having his car sui.
fer at the hands Of the carless.
All the owner need do, according
to the plan, IL to make 1t known
through his habit Of treating the
car intelligently that the machine
is to be respected. Automatically,
it is said, the car will be spared
those constant cuttings that serve
to wear It out prematurely.
The attendants in public
garage are quick to note the car
with proud owner" says the w.
A. T. A. bulletin. "As a consequence
they will unconsciously initiate him,
and the car benefits accordingly.
The reason you never zee an
attendant eating his lunch in a
proud owners car, or pushing It
around by the radiator, or leaning
against a fender, or racing the
motor, IL simply because he knows
the owner would be quick to note
| any evidence Of damage.
1.-THE filling station people are
guided in the same way. When the
owner shows that he is particular
about not spiling oil over the fender
tendant is not likely to start re.
filling the radiator by pouring water
| all over the hood.
THE chances are ten to one that
If the owner shows that he takes
care o. the car and expects the
same from all who handle it the
filling station man will give the
motometer and the hood catches q
rubbing with a clean cloth.
"People who drive in q well.cared.
for car seem to cctch the spirit
and often help the owner in HE
effort to keep the machine looking
like new. On the other hand, II
the owner is careless everybody
who rides with him seems to take
q whack at the car. If he scratches
the splash pan as he climbs aboard
they. feel free to do the same, and
too frequently they will add little
something original In the way Of
carelessness.
Zone reason why the chauffeur
driven car is invariably in good
condition Is because few who ride
IN 1t, or who attend to It, do any.
thing to put it out Of commission.
1t isn't so much the care the chauf-
feur. gives it but the abuse they
spare 1t, People know that the
driver is' charged with taking care
Of the owners property. Conse-
Quently they help him.
THE owner who does his own
driving has only to catch this idea,
and then handle the situation 80
that everyone who comes in con.
tact with the car will share the
spirit OF 1t. A motorist who is
ciever enough in this respect can
virtually enlist the Services of q
lot OF other people in helping him
retara the progress Of deprecia-