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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PAT'S LETTERS 29<br />
must be something that still lets the car run but<br />
very badly indeed. And yet it must be something that<br />
will cause no damage to the motor.<br />
IVe thought of loosening distributor wires, but if<br />
they weren't entirely removed, they'd<br />
still make contact.<br />
And anyway, a car that's missing on a cylinder<br />
or two would gallop and jerk; and if driven hundreds<br />
of miles that way might not be free of damage.<br />
It's going to be a headache, Bill. Sometimes I wish<br />
I'd never undertaken this job.<br />
Yours,<br />
PAT.<br />
DEAR BILL:<br />
Pleasantville, New York<br />
January 15<br />
After talking with Ford dealers about methods<br />
the Ford factory may use for checking<br />
its dealer<br />
service departments I heard this one :<br />
"A stranger with an out-of-state car came in one<br />
day and said his car wasn't running right. I knew<br />
right away his timing was retarded. I set the timing,<br />
and because his car wasn't very old, didn't charge<br />
him anything.<br />
U<br />
A couple of months later a<br />
factory man was in
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