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Show The used car business h;is been booming' boom-ing' during: the past week or two, according- to. C. A. Quigley,- who says a great many men who want real automobiles, but who hesitate to but as much money into a" ear as a new one costs, arc finrt-iiiK finrt-iiiK a happy solution of the difficulty by carefuliy sleeting" good used cars. "Tho desire for an iHitomoddc is universal," uni-versal," said Mr. Quigloy yesterday, "bui men are hesitating about paying the increased in-creased prices that are necessarily de-ma de-ma nod for new cars. For such a man a reliable used car is 1 he logical thing. He saves half his money, or more than half, and when you eotno right down to roal value lie doesn't have to sacrifice sacri-fice much. "W'q exercise the utmost rare in taking tak-ing used cars in exchange. If a car isn't in good shfipe, or capable of being jui into good shape, we don't want it. Tin lirst thing we do when a used car is re i .-ivod in "stock is lo thoroughly overhaul it and make it a really reliable automobile. automo-bile. This costs us money, hul it makes the car a sal isfactory pure ha so to the man we sell it to. "This has been a busy season on Hals, Chan filers a nd I torts," continued Mr. Quiglty, "'and as a consequence we have r;Uhe.r neglected to pu.sli t lie used car end of our Imsinoss until recently. Tho result; is tha t we have accumulated a good-sized stock of those used cars, which are Inking up a lot of valuable space In oin garage and .showrooms. The closed cars for winter use, which are beginning" to come ln from 1 lie factory, must he Ink eo care of, and as a eoscq nonce we have been slashing prices on all our ued cats. The way the public h;is responded indicates that ! hey n pprecia t e the genuine bargains tiicy 'aie getting here." |