100 MILES IN HIGH GEAR AT FOUR MILES AN HOUR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1179, 29 November 1924, Page 6

100 MILES IN HIGH GEAR AT FOUR MILES AN HOUR.

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BUICK SMOOTHNESS OF TION IS SHOWN BY INTERESTING CONTEST WITH VETERAN WALKER. Every Buick owner knows how easily his car will throttle down to a snail’s pace in high gear and how quickly it will accelerate to high speed. But few, if any, owners have ever put their car to such a severe test as Buick put one of the new Buick Standard Six models recently. The feat that this Buick accomplished , was to travel 100 miles at a pace less than four miles an hour with the car locked in high gear. .WALKER SETS THE PACE. The pace for the car was set by George Stokes, veteran pedestrian. He set-out to break the walking record of twenty-one hours and fiftysix minutes from Milwaukee to Chicago. a distance of approximately one hundred miles, a record now held by Henry Schmell. , Stokes made the attempt to break the record on Friday, August Bth, expecting to complete the walk on Aj l S" list 9th, iiis sixty-ninth birthday. I hat Was made at 2 p.m. on the eighth, and exactly twenty-four hours latei Stokes had covered 80.3 miles at an average speed of 3.3 miles an hour. He was forced to give up at this distance on account of an acute attack of indigestion. He finished the trip to Chicago in an automobile. The Buick completed the trip to Chicago at an average speed of four miles an hour for the entire distance. THRONGS SEE FINISH. It rolled into Chicago just as smoothly as it had commenced the journey and hundreds of curious motorists gathered to inspect the car. The test was so convincing, and showed the qualitities of the Buick so well, that it brought forth unlimited praise from all who witnessed the run. It showed’ in a most striking way that the Buick has the qualities that are most Decessary for efficient opeiation undef modern motoring conditions. HUNDREDS SEE BUICK’S WONDERFUL FEAT. Hundreds of people witnessed the interesting “race.” It was not a race in the ordinary sense of the word, for under the-conditions of the run the Buick was to keep pace with tbe walker but not to pass him at any time. A large crowd gathered to watch the start in Milwaukee. Harry Dole, automobile editor oi tbe Wisconsin News, locked the car in high gear and mailed tlie key to Rockwell Stephens, automobile editor of the Chicago News, who met and unlocked the cai when it arrived at Logan Square, Chicago. , - , . As Stokes set off briskly on his long walk the Buick Standard Six got smoothly under way and kept right at bis heels. On level roads* up hill and down hill the Buick kept up its smooth, steady pace, never for a minute getting ahead of the walker. •Motorists along the way showed great interest in the test. Many of them with various makes of cars attempted to slow down to the same pace, but gave up the attempt in a short time when the water in their radiators began to boil. The Buick had no trouble of this kind, or any other kind. SATISFYING OWNERS IS GREATEST TEST, How well Buick engineers have succeeded was strikingly shown in the hundred-mile run at a speed of four miles ail hour. But Buick reputation does not rest on spectacular feats of this kind. Buick reputation has been won by the satisfaction that Buicks have given to individual owners. Day after day, year after year, in every season, and oil all kinds of roads, Buick.s have served their owners faithfully. The years have seen constant development. Buick lias led in making motoring a dependable, enjoyable and economical means of transportation. But'while Buick has constantly sought such improvements, it has been careful to retain the' sound principles that it established in the beginning. That is why Buicks, no matter in what year they were built, are such a sound investment for the motorist. SMOOTH FLOW Oh' POWER. The Buickb meets the need for a car that can be as easily handled in city traffic as on the open highway. As -this test shows, it will slow down almost to a stop without the necessity of shifting gears. It accelerates ulmost instantly when traffic opens up. The Buick driver is able to make the quickest possible time through traffic and he does not have to shift gears constantly. In addition to showing this practical advantage of the Buick, the test brings out many other tilings. It shows the steady, smooth flow of power that the Buick valve-head-in engine affords. It shows the perfect co-ordination of every part of the mechanism. And it shows the wonderful efficiency of the cooling system. All these things are of the greatest importance to the motorist. On them depends the efficient operation of his car, whether he drives in the crowded city or is making a transcontinental tour. And it is because these qualities are hound in every Buick, that the Buick is the choice of motorists in every part of the country. TWENTY YEARS OF DEVEL6PMENT. It is not surprising that a Buick should come out with flying colours from such a test as the run from Milwaukee to Chicago. Buick has been building valve-in-head engines for 20 years. It has been constantly developing them and improving them until every part functions with the greatest possible efficiency. The valve-in-head principle was adopted in the very beginning. Through long experience in building marine engines, and after most careful and exacting tests, Buick was thoroughly convinced of the superiority of this principle of design. With this as a starting point, Buick engineers were able ao concentrate on one objective, namely, the development of this principle to the highest possible efficiency. They have worked steadily toward that goal for twenty years and they have achieved amazing results, as every Buick owner knows.

Pictures of this great Buick feat are now on view at the local agents, the Watt Motor Co., Ltd., 42 Rangitikei street, whose garage is open till II p.m.