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Show snnspoEH I 'Motor Bu;' Has Almost a Erainstorm After Ride in New '4.' By A. MOTOR BUG. I'm converted. H"f.-rr'.r.it to my dHLotivf In anyihtnc row In aatonioiiia ir.y ca nt assuiaia o t:;.it lLo had bc-'n r-a':. l tn n.ou-r vir ccr.s'.rai tic:., p.-..ti:y as It i.iii'i.t r.M-r to loiv-iTicul rat.-;. Mv lui.vdMr., it i- n.o.-t ciinph-t". c:''T.c ;ii it p'-1 :lt of H r:ic lal w.-.-k in the uv.aian.i "4". wit!. . J'.ar.- r iMntutiUft of the Brottnititt Antoiao-i Antoiao-i :!r; i;,;i.i:.v, : n : rnv i : . t a 1 n d : t n i t:tor of th'.- .,v..r:m.H' ai.'l V.::ys-K:.."t.t r. at toe wh. . i. an uvtriai-.d . o'.l.i. a-t h m-e.f m-e.f a. Weli art a reniarkao.y c .-r ( :ot. y.y f-r.l vivid i:ti;..-e-sion cm." wt.-r Mr. l'dir.or.os i ilot-d tiii new 1 'v- i.ar.d thrc.a-'tl th.-' city -Meet? al'.d out ir'O the C--n conntrv. I'ldavit th.e Hur. roads r.o t.:ai t:s '.to: t to d.-lnoi'rat" iu'bM a" rjv a? u l-'uiiiran uir, even iho-.ch th. rond tul-:"i be of ttw ruttu-.-i ami. uun;pb-st ort. He proved hi.- foint and it d.du't take many mib-3 to do It. which b-ads m to the a.-s-rtion th; t the bitrest ar.d rr.o!t luxurious cur hasn't a ti.:ng on th n Gerland v.hen It cunie.s to easy riding qu.uiti's. It must be the throe -point ca ntibver snriuir suspension system wrh winch the r.ev.- Oakland is equipped that makes it a veritable king of the road whn It comes to' taking the bumps. It rode them like a steam vacht taking a gulf stream billow, and I ftdt as comfortable as though at home ensconced in my Morris chair reading read-ing the latent Snappy Stories. My conversion con-version was comp-ete as far as arguments -f tiuit tiiu (.iverland would ride as easy ;.3 tiie heaviest high-priced motor car waj roncerr.ed. I was convinced, too, that evil the i: e .vest of driving novice 3 couldn't make the car ride unromfortabiy, t..ough he missed nary a bun.p or 'thank you, ma'rir.:.' And when it came to hill climbing, Giorv, how that new Overland could get up 'f-m! Notning In the way of grades s.-.med to stop it. The steepest hill looked like an ant heap to the sterling notored car. It negotiated the stiff est in.hints. about Salt Lake with the greatest ease, the engine never whimpering even when called upon to perform f'ars that the hlfch.'-st powered car might object to. It showed power in every revolution of the'motor, and when called upon responded respond-ed with bursts of speed that showed ability- to 'step 'some.' Summing up my conversion, it micbt be c,i":d that one big outstanding and definite advantage of the new Overland is its wonderful won-derful riding qualities. The model spring u.-T"'nsan seems not only to protect pas-s'-ngers, but the entire mechanism of the chassis.' My ride with Mr. Edmonds gave a definite mechanical demonstration of the value of spiunghase and the many advantages advan-tages of three-point suspension. A careful examination of the new as well as the demonstration givr-n me, proved it to stand in a clas.s by itself in ! reference to economy and operating cost. Qua'ity materials seem to have been used I in every construction feature, and, all in ail H ranks alongside much more expen- , sive cars in practically every point of en- j ghne, chassis and body construction. But J when all's said and done, it was the easy-ruling easy-ruling qualities that made the biggest irn-pretiion irn-pretiion with me, and the fact trie Overland Over-land on the name plate spells comfort with a big C in the new "4." |