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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, FERTUTATJY 2fi. 1000.
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SOME HELPS FOR AUTO BUYERS
Suggestions that Will Be Found Use
ful for Selecting a Car.
PBICE IS THE LAST ITEM
Hick Price Dora Not Alwaya Bra peak
the Hlgkrut Quality la an Auto
mobile, aa Barer Will
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Pries la positively the last item to be
considered before purchasing a motor car.
Because price Is of least Importance and
does not necessarily Indicate value. For
Instance, anion smaller cars, ranging; In
price from S1.2&0 to 11.750. It la the judg
ment of some that .the best of the class
Is a car selling at almost the lowest price;
and yet the $1,750 buyer" probably laya flat
tering unction to Ills, soul that he has
bought the superior car of the lot.
Then there are those among buyers, of
large cars who pay S1.000 Jo $2,600 more
than necessary for & car. solely because
they believe that high price bespeaks qual
ity. It doesn't always.
.The man who Is keen for quality, the
buyer of discernment, one who knows
merit when he. sees It, who does not mis
take price for quality, nor take a neigh
bor's say-so for it, finds out first what cai
most nearly fills his requirements and buys
that particular car at whatever the price
. may be. That's good sense.
First First of all. note whether the car
seats the number of passengers you desire
to provide for. and seats them comfortably.
If passengers must be wedged Into place
you will do well to avoid that car, else
you . would forfeit comfort at the start.
And If you can't have comfort, why have
a car at all?
Second Vo wer. Observe whether the car
has ample power to earry Its full comple
ment of passengers at the desired speeds.
An under-powered car Is always a bitter
disappointment. And note this trick of the
trade. A car may be geared so high that
it will run like a scared deer on the level
and yet be unequal to the first hill of any
consequence. Or, .It may be geared so low
that It will scale hills handily, but be
unable to show real speed on the level.
Hence, In trying out a car. Insist upon
. having the same car show its power and
speed on both hill and level on the same
. rids.
A car should have ample power to do
practically all Its work (hill climbing
Included) on high gear. A car that must
frequently use second or first gear la most
certainly underpowered-
In hill climbing be not satisfied with
mere speed or high gear success. Stop the
car on the grade and note how It gets under
way again. Times will come when you
will be required to atop on hills, and you
need to know what to expect. The car
that will pick up handily in a test of this
kind shows merit. .
Motor Bhoald. Bo 4)alet.
Tlird Quietness: , Is the motor quiet? A
noisy motor la years behind tha times and
ought to be avoided because it Is an Im
perfect motor.
Fourth Vibration: Run the motor at
various speeds while the car stands. If
the car vibrates materially the motor is
lmpt-rfect. The more the vibration, the
sooner will that motor wear Itself out and
wear out the car as well. Economy says
avoid vibration.
Fifth Flexibility : Flexibility means
range of motor speed on the throUle with
out changing gears. Have the car run on
high gear and we how slowly it will run
without slipping the clutch. Clutch-slipping
Is a driver'4 trick, and you don't buy
It In the car. Have the driver keep the
clutch In full contact. Then the car that
shows the widest range of speed on high
gear Is the most flexible. A car that will
alow down to five miles an hour and speed
up to sixty-five, la CVi per cent more
W. L. Huffman, Western Distributor.
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MODELS SHOWN BY OMAHA DEALERS.
flexible than one wlilcH will . slow down
only to ten miles an hour and speed up to
fifty-five. '
Flexibility Is Important, because It
avoids greater gear-changing, saves motor
work,' reduces wear and tear on motor and
transmission, and means economy of fuel.
The driver who Is compelled to shift gears
in and out of traffic does work that a
really flexible motor would do for him.
Sixth Acceleration: Slow down the motor
on high gear and have It pick up speed
as quickly aa possible. The sluggish motor,
the motor that gains headway slowly un
der load. Is not one of quality and is al
ways bad In traffic.
Seventh Durability: Require the sales
man to give you trustworthy statements of
the durability of his car. There are cars
which seem to possess many merits, but
lack that of durability and are expensive
In upkeep. The only makers who are- sure
of their ground on this point have abundant
evidence to present to you.
Eighth-Weight: Lightweight cars ride
hard and necessarily are not likely to with
stand hard usage. Heavyweight cars eat up
tires and fuel. Either kind Is highly ex
pensive In upkeep. Medium weight cars
avoid these faults.
Ninth General appearance: Any casual
observer can tell the general character of
a car by Its appearance.' Where slipshod
work appears, that car 1 to be avoided.
Beauty of body lines and work, bf painting
and uplioUtery, unmistakably mark the
Ulan-grade car. ! o-
Tenth-Comfort in riding "Does ttia ear
ride comfortably? Sit in the tonneau, "for
the front scat of any car is' almost always
more comfortable. ' The tonneau gives the
test. Try ruts and bumps and note how you
suffer or are free from annoyance. And re
member that the tonneau is where your
wife or sweetheart or mother or friends will
ride, and surely yon want them to enjoy
riding and not to find it a bdgbear.
Eleventh Who are the makers? What
experience have they had In building the
particular car offered for your purchase?
And what has been the experience of their
customers in the past? Do customers enjoy
prompt and 'cheerful service? Should you
need a supply part, what assurance have
you of getting it quickly? Are the makers
stable, or may an adverse wind blow them
away and materially Injure your Invest
ment? That condition ha happened in the
past and may happen again; you can avoid
it in your case by making sure of your
ground before you purchase. There are
standard makers who may be patronized
safely; be sure the maker you patrouix
Is of the right kind, am) that' the car you
buy Is In no sense experiment.
These general suggestions apply 'to cars
of all makes, grades and prices.
You can afford to let price be your last
thought, because, unless the car you buy
has the elements of merit outlined above,
the lowest price will be much too high.
NO WORRY ABOUT ATTENDANCE
Kverytklna- Now 'Velvet," So Far as
Gate Money Goes.
The managers of the Automobile show are
not worrying about attendance, as every
dollar necessary to carry on the show was
in hand before the doors were opened. Bach
dealer's was assessed his proportion of the
cost of the show and everything was paid
before the doors weVe opened. Whatever
la made from the ahow will be refunded
In proportion to the assessment. Last year
$60 on every $100 assessment was retgrned
and It now looks as though more would be
refunded in 19u9. This year $700 was ex
pended on decorations alone.
M'KEEN MOTOR MAKES DISPLAY
Has Neat Little Engine as Gasoline
Driven Air Compresaor.
The McKeen Motor Car company has a
neat little engine at the ahow which Is at
tracting considerable attention, it is a
gasoline driven air compressor, aeven horse
power and i quite handy for garage use.
Several of the parts of the McKeen gaso
line car are also giving an Idea of the solid
ity of this huge passenger self-driven car.
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AUTOS SELL FAST AT SHOW
Dealers Doing a Rushing Business in
Disposing of Cars. -
VISITORS COME BY THOUSANDS
Sfiow Has Doable TVatnber of Cars
I and Twice aa Manr Visitors
Compared with Last Year's
Anto Exposition.
Bold.
That Is the sign which Is seen on a'.l
sides at the automobile show at the Audi
torium and It Indicates that the dealers are
all profiting by the show and. selling their
cars. And why should they not? There were
twice aa many people at the ahow on the
opening day as there were on the opening
day last year, and twice as many on the
second day 'as on the second day last year.
The attendance is far beyond the expecta
tion of the managers of the show and the
people are still coming.
Everybody In business seems to be profit
ing by the automobile show. The hotels
are filled with visitors at the show and on
the opening night and last night rooms at
all the leading hotels were acarce. Prospec
tive buyers have brought their wives
along and these are doing a large amount
of spring shopping.
"The nest' local show of the year, far
ahead of the fit. Louis show." That Is tha
way one representative of a largo eastern
house expressed It and his sentiment was
seconded by a group of easterners in at
tendance. The Auditorium is an ideal place
for holding such an exhibition, although In
another year the space will be too small.
As It Is every available inch of space
is occupied by cither automobiles or by an
Exhibit of some parts of machines in action.
Gasoline is not allowed in the building
and any dealer who wishes to show an en
gine In action must connect It with soma
electric motor and thus propel It. The
management did not even pctmlt the deal
ers to run machines into the Auditorium by
their own power.
Several dealers have portions of machines
In action to show the working parts. One
dealer has an oil feeding machine In action
behind a glass case and several pistons are
pulsating with the cylinders open that tha
free action may be shown.
Automobile row, as Farnam street has
come to be called, was the busiest spot in
Omaha Thursday morning. All the garages
and salesrooms were filled with prospective
buyers bright and early and the dealers
were unable to get away to go to the show
until after lunch. Demonstrators were kept
on the move, showing cars and giving rides
to those who wished to see how the cars
would run.
The street 1n front of the Auditorium
looks like an automobile show in Itself, for
It Is crowded from morning to night with
hundreds of cars. Some of the dealers keep
demonstrators at the show and when a
prospective buyer appears are ready to give
an actual demonstration with the car.
Cars, of course, are not permitted to leave
the show, but ail the dealers keep dupli
cates on the outside for demonstration pur
poses. Last year the dealers thought they were
doing a large business In the sale of cars,
but the business this year Is swamping
them. The buyers are here and the problem
is to get them the cars. Passing down the
aisles one can see order books out on all
sides, being used to take down the orders
for cars for delivery aa soon as possible.
Not only are individual buyers at the
show, but dealers from all smaller towns
are on hand to make arrangements with
the local men to sell cars on commission
and also to secure a line of accessories.
These dealers of Nebraska and western
Iowa all seem to prefer to deal with thd
Omaha firms because of the advantages of
quick delivery which the Omaha houses
can offer.
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International Harvester Co. The International.
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Bluff, la. Overland, rope-Hartford.
Deultte Barkalow, Prop.
White Steamer The Woods Electric
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