Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19


suffered indirectly because they are
81 popular with bootleggers. These
GAYS are shot 10 pieces in no time, and
If their makers entertain any hopes of
proving the longevity of their prod
ucts they face difficult task.
One Machine Outlasts All.
One automobile that seems to have
such lasting qualities simply enjoys
good ownership. Its buyers are fru-
gal. solid Americans. They would not
send Ger 70. the Junk heap simply
because the trend Of the day Is to-
ward striped upholstery. They stay
with their cars as long as they will
run.
Who wear out cars quickest-farm-
ers doctors. lawyers, statesmen,
housewives. business men, sports
women or workmen?
The modern physician frequently
puts his car to the hardest Of tests,
hut transportation is so vital to him
that he seldom is guilty of actually
furnishing his car. In great many
instances he owns two cars simulta-
neously. having one of them serviced
while operating the other.
He is not bad customer for the
automotive business, because he pal
rronizes all branches of it, and while
as the business man he keeps them
long enough to offer the manufacturer
little helpful advertising. Physicians
often find 1t difficult to keep Nnder rs
miles an hour for the first 1000 miles.
Many of them would rather drive
car with which they are thoroughly
familiar than one that has just come
from a tuning up at the service sta
ton.
Many Buy Used Cars.
It is not unusual for physician to
purchase good used car in prefer
ence 10 A new and stiff one that may
have lot OF kinks to be ironed out.
He seldom purchases a brand-new
creation or new and radical model
of a standard make. He lets the other
fellow experiment.
Farmers keep their cars a long
while, but get little use from them in
point Of actual mileage. The average
salesman can make a car last twice a s
long as far as work is concerned. The
50 lesman may wear out his car in
year. but he usually gets more service
from il than the farmer does from two
cars.
Rust. dirt and weather overtake the
average farm car so it's value falls
to the vanishing point long before it
has given anything like reasonable
service. The car in the hands of a
speed.lover fares better than the ma.
chine Of the farmer. One cap re-
place burned bearings. but one can't
replace rusted headlights, threadbare
upholstery, strained mechanical units.
warped wheels. and so on. unless one
rebuilds the car.
Business men are not so destructive.
hut they entertain the constant
thought that they will buy better
car Just "a soon as they have had u
hit of luck financially. This attitude
doesn't make for the care and atten-
tion necessary to automobile longevity.
The business man, however. does not
become generally neglectful: only in
certain particulars. He may have his
car washed and polished regularly
simply because he doesn't want to he
seen in anything that might be re-
Election upon his prosperity. But he
is apt to forget there is such a thing
as universal joint in the car, and
he'll burn out the clutch with no COM
junction whatsoever.
The chief fault Of the business man
as car owner seems to he that he lie
too busy TO give the machine proven
tive service. Then when he finally
has to put it away for a weeks re-
pairs he walks down automobile row
nd decides that II would be easier in
the end IN buy new car and let some
one else worry over the old one.
Professional men do not seem TO be
alike in their treatment of cars. Some
may be absent minded. but others are
apt to take a great interest in their
machines. spending spare moments
examining the nsides and studying
Ways and means OF getting more miles
TO "a
has a habit of running its cars by too
much tinkerinc This is likely 10 be