CAR-BUYING

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12459, 29 May 1926, Page 18

CAR-BUYING

WINTER A GOOD PERIOD. During the summer months the car demand reaches its pea*. The distributors then are besieged with buyers eager for delivery, and the buyer in a degree lias to take what comes to him. Many people do not realise that buying a car is something more than ! pointing out the desired model on the | showroom floor and saying, “I’ll take i that ono.” The agent can only hold | a certain number of completed jobs in j hand, and, during the summer rush, the buyer often must wait his turn for delivery. j Alter the chassis is unpacked, the i assemblers have to take it in hand. | The life of the car is, in a good measiure, resultant on the care taken In j its assembling, tuning, and testing, i During the heavy summer demand, • the testers cannot spend all the time j that they would like on the job. | Working under high pressure, they i must pass the chassis along to the . hodv-builder. Here much the same exist—varnish work that - would he' better for a few days’ rest I before going out on the road must he moved. j During the winter months these I difficult conditions do not exist, and every stage from packing case to show- | room can he completed at leisure and ,to the satisfaction of the tester and I the body-builder. j Apart from the car itself, the pros-# Ipective buyer is wise in buying now j for no other reason than to enjoy the exhilaration and delights of motoring | during l the cool, sunny days of the ;year. The modern car is so well equipped with weather protection devices that one can travel in absolute comfort. The advent of the coach has brought the closed car within the reach of the man of moderate means, and at the same time it has ma.de motoring independent of every weather condition.