Evening star., 1924-06-08
USED CAR MARKET
SEEN IMPROVING
"Cast.Of" Automobiles Now Rep
resent But Small Part of
Sales Stock.
LOW PRICES ARE QUOTED
Complexity of Ownership Described
in W. A. T. A. Report.

With the great increase in the use
Of automobiles and the development
of the idea of families operating sew
cral ears at time the used-car
market has been broadened to
point where it no longer offers ex-
Giusivcly the type of car that mas
been discarded in preference 10
something newer and better, accord
ing to a report made by the used
car committee of the Washington
Automotive Trade Association.
The report states that the cast
or automobile now represents but
2 small part of the stock of the
used car department of the average
automobile retailing establishment
owing to the fact that motorists who
have obtained many miles OF good
service from their old cars arc Will
ing to sell them at reasonable hs-
ure to friends or acouaintances who
are just being initiated into the
clan, particularly since the price
tags on new cars are SO low.
Speaking Of the advantages oner-
ed the used-car buyer as a result OF
the complexity of automobile own
erShip under present development.
the Washington Automotive Trade
Association report says:
Used Car Market.
"a large proportion of automobiles
reach the used-car market nowadays
not because they have ceased being
satisfactory to their first owners.
but because the original owners de-
sire something different in the way
of seating capacity, model or body
type; .o
owner is content to keep his car just
or machines. he maintains must pay
him full dividends.
"A two-passenger coupe which he
may have bought prior to the addi
ton of a relative to the household
no longer meets his motoring re-
quirements. He must have car
with a greater seating capacity.
There is nothing the matter with
il through the used-car department
of a relia BILE concern gets bargain
Turned in Big Cars.
There have been several local in
stances where business men have
turned in large. powerful cars for
something lighter and more econom-
ical on gas and tires. Figured out
10 their advantage to make such
change, and when this happens 1t
means that some one else is going
70 find in the usedcar market an
excellent machine for private use.
"These cars cannot he considered
as castoffs' 1t is simply a matter
of passing from the illogical TO the
logical owner.
TN one instance a light. econom-
ica1 car was turned in by sales
man, owing to the fact that the
rough roads in his territory war
ranted the use of heavier car of
longer wheel base. The situation
brought to the market another good
buy for the man who looks for
that type car.
Situation Different Vow.
There was a time when a motorist
wouldn't think of turning in his car
until il was falling apart. The Situa-
tion is quite different today. Auto
mobiles are so serviceable that every
one makes it point to drive the
most suitable machine. 1t isn't al
ways possible to pick the right one
the first time. particularly since
from year to year. Trial by error in
rhe selection of the ideal car for
ones motoring needs results in keep
ing the used-car market generously
supplied with excellent machines for
discriminating buyers.
The time is not far distant when
the good used car will be diStin-
guished from the worn-out car. In
the meantime the market is reveal
ing a predominance of the former
and the wise buyer is alive to the
possibilities"