Judge — March 10, 1923 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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umn Subscribers desi therefore it would seem that ‘th ached perfection at p about new appearance i for the uny good driver, six years ago. There is some period of service, ever, at which eve will wear to. an or appreciable greater value to the dealer as a need repainting, new tires, 3 depends much your + require ments and the use to which you put your automo- bile. If you use it extens for long ‘trips, gasoline mi may become an important item, and if the newer models of the ear which you own have been designed with gasoline - saving devices and refinements which your car does not possess, it might well repay you to ex- change your old machine in part ) at for anew model. On the other hand, some owners are re- ceiving more than _ satisfactory from cars which have been in use for six or eight years, and the value of such to them is far in excess of the allowance which would be made by even the most generously _ inclined dealer. This discrepancy in values is largely because of the fact that the dealer is forced to appraise a second-hand car more by the year in which it was built than by its present me dition, (Gim-me? MOTOR DEPARTMENT to the Motor Dey AcH year cars are made better and better. This has been true p NP the past twenty-five y and vious ye But added efficieney and valuable refine- ments will probably be included with the s for the next decade or so and . so far as performance and g it is difficult vn for the srentiate between the cars and those made from two to the best built car extent. hand car than to you as the owner of a somewhat out of date model which may engine pairs and a thorough overhaul in general. The advisability of turning in your car ne every one, two or three Conducted by H asories or York. No ng information about motor artment, Jvour, 627 W remember that When Does It Pay to Buy « pect to buy a new model turning in their p r’s purchase and receiving : of from forty to si » price. extravagant, have allowane per sent. of its original pure! procedure) mays asmucl represented in the exchange, yeral car which is to be turned in has rec ere usage, +r of miles so that a loss of and if the inishing nother 1 0 or S300, 1a complete ing which might cost entire new set of ti $200, the owner might feel that the how- the cost of a new car that he its corresponding need for repairs, painting and replacements, upon I] Such a ine var may be but if the ived has covered a con- the ine may need bearing, valve and eylin- tits which would possibly cost also nd repaint- 50 and an a cost of another thus expended would so nearly represent night better a which it m Runwell may ha with $300 worth of attachments and im- provements which make: tents and. purposes, yet your dealer will s art fresh from the beginning.” In re- general way, we might say that the mileage which a car has been run and re- represents about sixty per cent. of the considerations W. Slauson, ht item ata ” tthe ME 1 it by writing Vlease New Car? for the adyi - that new nee included in’ the of the same or sim sent the r considerations. Many vide new attachments and improve. the design of may be attached to old models. for a comparati ar may | ssity of ex profit by the improvements on the new model, will not be so apparent. Again remember that the car in the mind of the de more largely by its facture modern attachments and improvements Ambitious Thief (to pal) — Pickin’ pockets is a nice, clean perfession, but there’s no money in it. Did you ever think of openin’ a garage? 21 bility of an exchange, and the improvements which may be models of the car : 1 will repre aining forty per cent. of these re) manufacturers, however, pro- in parts in forms which Thus, atively small investment, a kept up to date and the anging this in order to alue of your 1 is determined al date of manu- 1 by the number of and sale th Thus, your 1920 modernized "possess. © been it, to all in- 1 model, and reely allow $100 more for it than he would for another car of the same vintage not possessing these attachments and improvements, A" of these considerations must be weighed in deter- mining theadvisability of exchang- ing your older car for a brand new one. If your old car has heen giving © you satisfactory service and is still in good shape, it would not pay you to make the exchange if your dealer will not allow you an amount which repre- sents more than a twenty per cent. depreciation per year. But if, as we have already intimate your old car is in need of rej paint, tires and other equipment, and the cost of reconditioning it would represent fifty per cent. of the purcl price of a new car, we would advise you to let the dealer who takes your car in trade worry as to the amount which must be spent upon it to render it saleable. For only a little more (Continued on page 29)