Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1926, Page 39

ol et .. On the far trails, as on city stre \ '%i Rea's Spliv-Second Steevingmermsite VG balloon tires fast and surely when close quarters demand quick action _ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 21. 1926—PART 1. / a@ Into You1 Pocket, S loney ’I"hat Others Wear Out On the Road Depreciation is the largest single item in the cost of own- car. Reo saves &) you more of N that expense ° than others do. Depreciation isn’t a spectacular ex- pense because it doesn’t come out of your pocket day by day in cash. But some day, every car is re-sold or traded in, and the difference between its original cost and resale value represents the expense of depreciation . . .the largest single item of motor car expense. On that re-sale day, however, Reo puts back into the pockets of its owner, money that others wear out on the road. Here Are the Facts Take the present-day prices of models of the same type and of about the same original price built in the years 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924, averaged for the entire United States. "REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY ¢ ¢+ Lansing, Michigan THE TREW MOTOR CO., Inc. Effective Immediately ing a motor ' That’s fair because it bases used car values on the average car and not on picked cars that may have received ex- traordinary care or been maintained at excessive cost. Consider the three cars in Reo’s price class whose average re-sale value most nearly represents as much of the original Hfletdy el out why Reo can mimaln such high average r howur after hour after hou price remaining after years of use as ‘remains in a Reo. Lump all the years together to get a composite picture ... that saves your time. And the Figures The percentage of original value re- maining in this average Reo is 29.04% higher than the average of that left in the other three cars. Car by car, over this period, the Reo JOSEPH B. TREW, President 1509-1511 14th Street N.W. Main 4173, 4174, 4175 Open Evenings and Sundays percentage of original value remaining is 137.65% of that of one car; 108.25% of another; 141.22% of the third. That means far higher re-sale prices. A Reo puts back into the pockets of its owner, money that others wear out on the road. And these, of all the cars in its price class, most nearly equal Reo in saving to : their owners part of thelargestsingle expense of own- inganautomobile. Come In and See the New Reo Examine for yourself, the con- struction that de- featsdepreciation, that makes a Reo last longer and cost less than other cars. Then, too, it’s very good looking and most comfortable to drive. Seelt...Then try it out for yourself, SIX 31565 at Lansing plus tax ©foo Matas Coe Co. © 39