. Outing. d car cango, though they will not go so fast. Inthe New York-Seattle run of 1909 andin many another hard-fought contestthe cheap car demonstrated its ability to 411 412 THE OUTING MAGAZINE stand up remarkably well with anythingon wheels. For the man of moderate means theselow-priced light-weight cars have manydecided advantages. Not only is therea great saving in first cost but there isalso an equally great economy in theexpense of maintenance and is obvious that the heavier the car themore power will be required to moveit. The ratio of fuel consumption to cents when pur
. Outing. d car cango, though they will not go so fast. Inthe New York-Seattle run of 1909 andin many another hard-fought contestthe cheap car demonstrated its ability to 411 412 THE OUTING MAGAZINE stand up remarkably well with anythingon wheels. For the man of moderate means theselow-priced light-weight cars have manydecided advantages. Not only is therea great saving in first cost but there isalso an equally great economy in theexpense of maintenance and is obvious that the heavier the car themore power will be required to moveit. The ratio of fuel consumption to cents when purchased by the the average driver under averageconditions will hardly do more than halfas well, he should be thankful to be ableto travel at a cost of a quarter of a centto half a cent per passenger per mile forfuel. A heavy car that runs nine milesper gallon of gasoline is doing well. As for actual available power thepurchaser of an $850 five-passenger tour-ing car, with its twenty horse-power. miles per gallon, hutlost the record by deviating from thepn-M ribed course. \ \illon of gasoline costs anywherefrom twentj five cents, when boughtat a roadside garage, down to twelve engine, gets exactly as much as he couldget in a $2,000 car with a thirty horse-power engine. The cheaper car weighsonly twelve hundred pounds. Assumingthe weight of the passengers to be sixhundred pounds, the total dead and liveload is eighteen hundred pounds, orninety pounds per horse power. The more expensive car will weightwo thousand one hundred pounds ormore, whi
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