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Show HEAVY CAR OlER IIS MJjHBM High Prices of Fuel and Tires Increases Demand for Light Cars. " 'How I wish I had purchased a lighter car!' Daily this exclamation is heard from persons who have Invested in heavy machines, and it rapidly turns 'into a grroan when the monthly bills for gasoline, gaso-line, repairs and tires come under the inspection in-spection of the unhappy car owner," said W. K. Lovering of the Scripps-Booth agency yesterday. "The automobile public pub-lic is fast coming to realize that the light car is practically the only one of cheap upkeep and low fuel consumption, which, in these days, amount to many dollars saved monthly." "There was a time," Mr. Lover frig continued, con-tinued, "when the light car was shoved aside by prospective buyers because the heavier machines were easier riding, and also they were equipped with accessories acces-sories tliat the lighter car of a few years ago had not arranged for. However, this condition has been quickly eliminated by (he light car manufacturer, who saw into the future. The result Is that the light car now has every detail for the comfort of the passengers carried out as in the heavier typos, and. in addition, the purchaser pur-chaser gets a machine that costs less than half in upkeep what the larger models cost. "At no time during the history of the automobile business has the public been more impressed with the light car than at present This is duo to the high price of gasoline and the extended mileage on tires that the light car gets. Consequently, . there Is little room left for argument. It I must be considered that the smaller models now have been improved so that I the difference in riding is but small, but ! when compared with the expense and upkeep up-keep of the heavy type the difference is almost enormous. "Hardly a day passes that some heavy car owner does not appear here with a model that he is willing to sacrifice in price in order to get a lighter car and stop the leak in the expense account that has cost him dearly. lie sees that the Booner he makes the change the sooner . he will be able to recuperate his plunge into the expensive heavy car deaL" |