Judge — August 26, 1922 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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. MLE can obtain it by is made for this service. Beware of the Unknown Second-hand Car SAW Smith — the fo other day driving a brand new — Bilt- more Special. “What beeame of your Pov plus Six?” Task “that you bought only six months “Oh,” said he, rtised that in the New York papers and sold it to a man [ never had seen before, for within 8600 of w it cost m “But that wasaspecial body job,” [said, “and I know that Brown who lives right across the street from you would have been willing to pay that much, for he had spoken for it whenever you wanted to get rid of it. Why didn’t you sell it to him?” “Just for the very reason that he does vss the street from me,” said Smith, “and Twant to keep on being good friends with him. I'll tell you something about that car. You may remember that it was hit by a truck a month and the only damage that seemed to happen was a bent fender. I got the fender repli but noticed after Thad driven the « few hundred miles that one or two of the tires began to wear very fast. I got an expert on the job and after a long investi- gation he discovered that the frame was sprung and the wheels thrown out of alignment, but you couldn’t notice it with The man who has bought to have some sweet bill for tires and isn’t going to know the trouble. That is the reason why I wanted to sell it to someone I didn’t wand probably never would see again live ac YW there are a good many Smiths in 4N the country who have cars like that I have just mentioned; and there are a good many Browns who would like to bu them. The Browns who do buy them ar sick of the second-hand car market ever afterward—and yet there may be many excellent used cars available for the type of man who is unable or unwilling to spend the full list price for a brand new car. But there is always the element of risk in the purchase of a second-hand car unless the buyer is confident of the integrity of the man or firm from whom he has bought it. David Harem isn’t in it when it comes to trading automobiles, Talk about doping horses; an automobile m be doped so that for a few hundred miles it may appear to be the snappiest, sturdi- est, best-behaved dust-eater that ever hit a thank-you-ma’am, But a few hun- dred miles may tell the story and then the cracked frame will begin to sag, the rattl di squeaks to sing their peons of unlubricated joints, the steering wheel to loosen up and give so much lost motion that you could almost play roulette with it, and the engine to lose compression, to cough and spit and foul its plugs until even the level roadway becomes an unsur- mountable hill. Cu THE! n't make the man and a coatof paint can’t make the car. or $30, while overhaul of the Paint can be applied for § a complete mechanic engine, steering gear and chassis would cost ten times that price. Consequently a second-hand dealer, anxious only fo: quick sale, will pay more attention to the appearance of the car than to its actual mechanical efficiency and by the use of heavy grease in the transmission and differential, heavy oil in the crank case, temporarily tightened bushings in the steering knuckles, and an inadequate plate reinforcement of the broken frame, will be able to dispose of the car which, as a vehicle, is not worth half the price charged for it. On the other hand, the man with a car which he has cared for conscientiously, lubricated regularly and kept in the best of mechanical condition, may not be able to dispose of it at one-half of its value merely if it lacks a coat of varnish, has not been washed recently, or possesses dented fender. ‘To be sure, beauty is only skin deep, but mechanical beauty, which is the kind that counts in an auto- mobile, ranges all the way from top to 26 tires and includes unseen parts which the average buyer will not consider. TH *, of course, excellent bar- gains in the second-hand car market. The only safe and sure ones, however, arc those of reliable dealers handling t same make of car as those whieh they are selling second-hand. In such a case they will use their repair facilities and recondi- tion the second-hand cars taken in ex- change and will make sure that they are in good mechanical condition. ‘Their ex- perts will be able to determine every de- fect and to remedy them so that a rebuilt or reconditioned) car, purchased under such conditions, will represent the best value in the second-hand car market. For example, if our friend Smith had taken his Powerplus to the local dealer to turn in in partial exchange for a new ear of the same make, the dealer would have quickly determined that the frame was bent, thus throwing the wheels out of alignment, and before placing that car on resale, he would have remedied that diffi culty; for he would realize that the pur- chaser of the Powerplus would never be in the market for of that same make whether new or used if that defect was not remedied, If you want to buy a second-hand ear, all right; but it is easier to buy the proverbial pig in a poke, than to dig up a bargain in the ordinary second-hand car market. 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