SOUND PROPOSITION.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 17 August 1929, Page 14

SOUND PROPOSITION.

OWNER,SHIP OF A GAR. The only way to prevent, exhaustion is to mechanise labour, speed up processes, iand spend spare time in keeping fit. ■ One of the finest machines for all these purposes is the motor-car. It is foolish fallacy to .suppose that c-ar Ownership means added labour. While it is true that the owner of a car must exert a little energy in connection with his charge, it is also undeniable that investment of some kind is an over-necessary preliminary t,o profit of any description. In the ease of u.-ar owning, the returns 'are very much more than worth it lie maximum I energy invested. |

Any experienced motorist will agree with this contention. This*is because the modern automobile is a, reliable i machine, needing little attention in return for the work it does. It .is .not necessary, for example, to spend much more than half an hour of light labour '■very now land again in payment for hoars of running done by ’ the car. Alter .fill) miles of effortless travel the car asks that the owner shall do little more than walk round it with on oil can and grease gun—in some modern cars even that is unnecessary—that if j shall be given ;he board and lodging of j air. water, petrol, and a garage in return for affording recreation, fresh air, health-giving facilities, and time-sav-ing labour.

These are easy terms, and they .prove to the owner that ms an investment bringing in high interest '.the ear is a isound proposition. Probably it is not u'util one has experienced the enorm-

■(•us difference a car can make to daily existence that one realises how comparatively dull life was without it, and .how dead-alive it wa.s possible la ibe. ■Though the handling of tho modern ■car is simple, light and pleasant ■enough for any novice to tackle with confidence, a definite alertness and brain efficiency come of 'the acquired ■ability to make decisions quickly and ■to develop road sense and a judgment ■that the [person without a •ear never ■needs to exercise. It is not illogical ■that musicians sav car-driving has im■proved their .sight-reading, .or that ■authors claim added ability to concentrate, or that business men confess to ■greater clarify and quickness of judgment as a result, of handling a car. As one of (he simplifications of strenuous life, motoring takes front rank, and from if the motorist renews his energy.