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Show DRUG ill CITY IDEfljl AUTOS Real Test of a Car's Merit Not Confined to Country Driving, Says Quigley. "It is a mistake,'' savs C. A. Quigley of the Quigley Auto company, local distributor dis-tributor for the Dort line of cars, "to suppose that the real tost of a pat's merit i? determined by country driving alone. The exigencies of city driving nre qnito us sever, nnd as many, although al-though they are different hi character from those encountered in the country. Not only does the city-driven car run up fnr greater mileages during the season, sea-son, but it is subjected to a fearful ."train in the suddou stops and starts that aro necessarily a part and parcel of all city driving. The racking effect of continued and frequent starting and stopping on a car is most severe, and maiiy motor ears fail to stand up under it. This is minimised in country driving, driv-ing, wbare a car ia driven fox considerable consider-able stretches at a smooth, steady rate of speed, even though the roads are roach. There is 110 question that the performance of a motor car over rough country roads, through sand and mud, give a good index of the worth of the springs and the power of the motor; but no country driving, unless specially arranged, exactly duplicates city conditions condi-tions in demonstrating the flexibility of the motor or the efficiency of "the brakes. "To say that almost any ear will give good service on the smooth pavements of a city is to exhibit a lack of motoring motor-ing knowledge. The ear that cannot pick up' quickly, for instance, is at a marked disadvantage in fitv driving, so is the one that does not shift easily, or in which the brakes are not extra efficient. In the last qualifications the Xort stands in a class by itself, and my experience is that there is not another light car like it for quick getaway.'' |