YOUR FRIEND'S CAR

Shannon News, 29 June 1928, Page 4

YOUR FRIEND'S CAR

CBITIQISM IS BAD FORM.

To criticise adversely.another man/8 car is a very rash proceedings and. one ; calculated to cause-annoyance < (says the !' "Autocar" London).

This is true even if the car owner \ pretends to so exalted a state as-to unfavourably on his own .car. When a man has bought a car his s personal pride in his business acumen ior selective ability is hurt by any de*- ! structive remarks. The machine may •have most of the possible faults, bnt to say so to its owner obviously implies that the-.&.as- purchased a .sorry bargain, and murder has been done for less than that.

Partly, of course, the owner is blind to certain things. A vibration :to which he is thoroughly accustomed ds no more vibration than a noise-which has been there from the start.

Moreover, both the vibration and the •; noise may get worse so gradually that ieven the increase will pass'unnoticed. As the years go by a car will develop ■/little tricks, mannerisms which it* i owner perfectly understands, but whioh i appear frightful to any friend who is • allowed to drive. In fact, like certain some cars can Only, be driven iby their owners. But when that ,<jjar Shas been sold,and a reasonable time haa jdapsed, then no friendship is endangered by voicing wl t the critic has (longed to say; for the old car is regardzed now in anoth r light—it. is the new one which is perfect, and its owner ;will not tolerate the slightest hint to the contrary from any of his friends.