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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13276, 3 May 1907, Page 7

One of the most' important points in buying a motor caristo pick upon one in which you have a good asset or in other words one that- you 1 ,can sell readily and; at a good price should you want.to sell it after 2 or 3 years''u?e. This has been proved within the list few months to the following owners of Darracq and De Dion cars: Simon Mackenzie, Esq., after using his Darracq -for -Beady' eighteen months most successfully, without a hitch had no trougble in getting an almost new price for his car:when he decided in buying his magnificient 20/32 p..; of same -make. R. Allen, Esq., of; Christchurch, who. has just left for Paris,.'where he will take .delivery of a 30/40 h.p., 6 cylinder Darracq, which he ordered through the local ngen's, had several buyers for ,h:,s, old 15 Darracq wb>h had'done 3£ years of exceptional p-ood touring work all ever .the colony. He also got a good cheque, for this favourite old Darracq. Andrew Martin, Esq., who was : biie of ;V ike pioneer motonsts of Tiniaru, and who used his little 6 h.p. De Dion for overS years was offered a reasonable, good price f«r : it when he decided to buy, a. large 15 h.p.,, of sin"* make. This 'little car can be' seen at Skente*. Bockaert, and Co.'s, they defy any engineer to show any sjgn''of nW-hanical w-enr. T), ThomaSj, .Esq., of Ashb'n-ton, who used: a second-hand 112 h.p. Darracq for over 27,000 (twenty-seven thousand) miles also had a ready 'pur-; <-ha?er for i+ when he a larger Darracq. 'This car' 1 is now being over'hnuled and the insreetion of i - proved that in a Darraca the same as in a, De Dion, you have ]• honest value for . your, monev "and a good a,*ret. Another point to which we. wo'dd draw the, intending nurchasers attention:. If. you want +o know the upkeep of a Darracq .or a De Dion, ask the local agents who will prove •to you by actual figures, . they do not employ ignorant agents, who are/, looking for underhand rominissions and make rash statements, which they could nob prove..:.