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Show fJECIIAfJlSMCARE" LENiGtilENS LIFE Average Owner of Car Knows Just About Enough to Put Foot on the Gas. PROPER IHSTROCTIOH KEEOED Course In Driving and in Automotive ! Mechanics Will Be Money and Time Well Spent Instruction "" , 'Book Wi Help. With about 2,000,000 automobiles being be-ing produced In this country annuully, It can be taken for granted that about 0,000 cars are sold every , business day of the year. A lot of purchasers are , fairly green when It comes to operating operat-ing their cars, to say nothing of taking the proper care of them. " Of course the buyer receives a certain cer-tain amount of instruction as to running run-ning the machine from the man who ells It to him. That Is to say, the owner when lie finds himself alone, with his newly acquired possession Is apt to steer the thing well enough to, keep between the two curbs of the i street and to negotiate a corner by some hook or crook." He may know how to step on the gas, where at least : one of the brake apparatus Is' and j something about shifting gears. , Should Know Hie Car. ' But there are a lot of things about a car that he should know, and if he doesn't know them he should get busy at once to acquire some knowledge. knowl-edge. The best thing for him to Mo right off the bat Is to take a short course in driving from some experienced experi-enced man or In some recognized school, and a longer course in automotive auto-motive 'mechanics. Tills will be time and money well spent .In the long run. At any rate, he should take the Instruction book that comes with M car and learn It by heart. A gefod deal of It will be Greek to Mm, and It will be necessary to consult an expert ex-pert to got an explanation of this technical Information and make-- H somewhat understandable. This bxk should he reverenced next to the Bible-. It Is Indispensable. : :' Doubtless the owner 'will flnd' that the manufacturer has, for Instance given certain Instructions concerning lubrication, perhaps has specified 'certain 'cer-tain kinds of lubricants. Now, no matter how much you may know about the subject of lubrication, rest assured that the manufacturer has had an engineer study out the lubrication lubri-cation of his car, and what he writes concerning It Is the last word, and It should be followed implicitly, , Service Depends on Care. :f The same thing is true as to tlivs, brakes or steering gear, or any other pnrt of the mechanism. I. The owner, whether he possesses a low-priced car or an edition de luxe, has about as much money tied upln his auto as he feels be can devote' to that particular form of pleasure or. to business It ts an Investment which will or will not bring commensurate returns In money or moments well spent. It can be made an Indispensable Indispensa-ble aid to both business and-pleasure or It may become an Insufferable nuisance. nui-sance. The actual value of a car depends not so much upon the amopnt of the purchase price as upon what can be gotten out of It; Its service. Its dependability and general reliability; that and the low cost of upkeep and operation. ! . ' It Is reasonable, therefore, for the owner to give as much thought and study to the machine which proiwls him and his merchandise as to the machine In the factory which produces pro-duces the merchandise. He ought to understand how and why and wherefore where-fore It propels him or why not. |