▁soon ▁dissol ved . ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁they ▁both ▁drove ▁the ▁car ▁ 7 5 0 ▁miles ▁to ▁Brook lyn , ▁New ▁York ▁to ▁a ▁customer , ▁Dr . ▁Ash ley ▁A . ▁Web ber , ▁and ▁the ▁journey ▁took ▁ 2 1 ▁days ▁of ▁which ▁ 1 0 ▁consisted ▁entirely ▁of ▁driving . ▁Iron ically , ▁though , ▁they ▁had ▁no ▁engine ▁trouble ▁and ▁only ▁ever ▁experienced ▁one ▁flat ▁t ire , ▁Ash ley ▁Web ber ▁couldn ' t ▁navigate ▁the ▁machine ▁and ▁later ▁returned ▁it . ▁Ed gar ▁once ▁also ▁delivered ▁a ▁car ▁to ▁Corn el ius ▁V ander b ilt ' s ▁son - in - law ▁in ▁Sar at oga ▁Spr ings , ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁even ▁taught ▁that ▁son - in - law ▁how ▁to ▁drive . ▁App erson ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁experience , ▁" Each ▁day ▁I ' d ▁teach ▁him ▁to ▁drive , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁slow ▁work . ▁Once ▁he ▁drove ▁the ▁car ▁into ▁its ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁carriage ▁house , ▁stepped ▁on ▁the ▁thro tt le , ▁y elled ▁' Who a !' ▁and ▁went ▁through ▁the ▁rear ▁wall . ▁When ▁I ▁left ▁he ▁gave ▁a ▁twenty - year ▁gold ▁pass , ▁P ull man ▁far es ▁included , ▁for ▁myself ▁and ▁family ▁on ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Central ▁System ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁the ▁App erson ▁brothers ▁decided ▁to ▁move ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁direction ▁and ▁created ▁their ▁own ▁company , ▁the ▁App erson ▁Brothers ▁Autom obile ▁Company .