REPAIRMEN MAY GYP YOU-1951
"For six months," says The Neiv York Herald Tribune, "the two authors of this perturbing little volume made a nationwide investigation of the higher nature, if any, of the American repairman. Buying a used car of distinguished make, they engaged the assistance of a lady who looked more helpless than she was, and traveled 19,000 miles, with 1,700 calls on repair shops." "And no one," adds the Boston Post, "could ever pass this book with indifference Whatever your experience with repairmen may have been, you'll find its counterpart here. You will point it out with great satisfaction, and you'll say: 'There! That's exactly what happened to me once.' And you're lucky if it has happened only once. The Post can't think of any subject for research that touches more people. Buy this book, and you will get your money back, over and over, in amounts saved through your wisdom." "There are some amusing stories in it," says the Baltimore Sun, and the Washington Post thinks that the funniest were "the authors' experiences with the Rube Goldberg testing machines used by some shops to impress customers." "The articles in The Reader's Digest were interesting," remarks the Springfield Republican, "but they left room for doubt. The book, however, with details of the almost laboratory caution used by the authors in making their tests, is alarmingly convincing."
"For six months," says The Neiv York Herald Tribune,
"the two authors of this perturbing little volume made a
nationwide investigation of the higher nature, if any, of the
American repairman. Buying a used car of distinguished
make, they engaged the assistance of a lady who looked
more helpless than she was, and traveled 19,000 miles, with
1,700 calls on repair shops."
"And no one," adds the Boston Post, "could ever pass
this book with indifference Whatever your experience with
repairmen may have been, you'll find its counterpart here.
You will point it out with great satisfaction, and you'll say:
'There! That's exactly what happened to me once.' And
you're lucky if it has happened only once. The Post can't
think of any subject for research that touches more people.
Buy this book, and you will get your money back, over and
over, in amounts saved through your wisdom."
"There are some amusing stories in it," says the Baltimore
Sun, and the Washington Post thinks that the funniest were
"the authors' experiences with the Rube Goldberg testing
machines used by some shops to impress customers."
"The articles in The Reader's Digest were interesting,"
remarks the Springfield Republican, "but they left room
for doubt. The book, however, with details of the almost
laboratory caution used by the authors in making their tests,
is alarmingly convincing."
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96 <strong>REPAIRMEN</strong> WILL GET <strong>YOU</strong><br />
trouble in my motor consisted of standing beside<br />
the car, with his hand on the carburetor, alternately<br />
racing and slowing down the motor. He<br />
did this about half-a-dozen times. Then a passer-by<br />
came along, looked at the motor, and said :<br />
"There's a wire off here would that make any<br />
difference?" The mechanic tightened the wire<br />
then went back and raced the motor some more.<br />
"Doesn't make much," he said.<br />
And one case, in Seattle, Washington, the last<br />
one of our survey, revealed a degree of carelessness<br />
that was almost incredible. This mechanic<br />
was crippled.<br />
One of the first things<br />
he did was to shut off<br />
the gas line by turning the valve. Then, apparently<br />
in order to sell some cheap gas, he said I<br />
was out of gas. I said : "But the gauge shows I've<br />
plenty." He thought the gauge must be broken<br />
and put in the gas. Then the car wouldn't run at<br />
all. To show me that "he knew what he was talking<br />
about," he poured gas into the top<br />
carburetor, having taken off the air cleaner and<br />
the engine would, of course,<br />
of the<br />
run for a moment or<br />
two. Then he said : "I guess you need a fuel
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