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THE phone rang
so hard T had to
catch the receiver
in mid air.

_ Malcolm was on

the other end.
“Shml” he barked.
“Have a bay ready, P°'m
comin’ in. The piece of
junk I'm driving will
barely make it up a hill,
and I’m late to see my

‘stock broker.” Then his

cell phone went dead. _
Malcolm's piece of
junk was a late model

let maintenance ,

the worst) ones?” For
being a little on the filthy
side of rich, Malcolm
hated to spend money.
Come to think of it,
thar’s probably why he
was so tich,

“Sorry, Malcolm. You've
got over 100,000 kilo-
metres on the car, the
ge fife span fora set
of wires onan engine bike
yours.”

He looked at me suspi-
ciously, “What do you
mean, an engine like
mine?”

I explained. “Your car

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Lincoln Town Car, which looked like it had just has a Distributerless Ignition System, or DIS.
-. come out of the showroom, But under the hood There is no distributor, just coil packs and a com-
was a different story. You know the old adage: puter. Due to the design, your system fires volt-
Out of sight, out of mind. age through the wires twice as often as before.”
1 could hear Malcolm's engine running 1 pointed to the high voltage spikes on the
_ tough as he glided into the shop. He jumped our screen, “It’s like an older engine with 200,000
in a panic. “Gotta hurry, Sim. If F don't sign kilometres.”
those papers within the hour, I coutd lose thou- He gave in. “Oh, all right. But hurry...” He
sands!” jooked at my analyzer screen again. “Say, could
I connected my engine analyzer to the car — you pull up| the stock quotes on that thing while
and soon we had some nice patterns buzzing I'm waiting?”
across the screen. I was beginning to get a pic- I chuckled to myself. It’s like they say; time
ture of Malcolm's problem. ; and the stocks wait for no man.
“Looks like your spark plug wires are break- i Slimy’s Tip: Take your car in for regular main-
“ing down. They're shorting out, causing a mis- tenance, and it won't let you down when you
fire. Time for a new set.” need it.

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© Scope check and adjust to specs
® Labour to install tune-up parts

| © Road test vehicle
_ Ports Extra

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MULTI-POINT INSPECTION WITH GENUINE HONDA oll CHANGE

© Oil ond filter change. Check for fluid leaks dutch fluid level (if applicable) .
© Battery load/charging test ® Inspect drive belt condition -

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* 268 hp, 280 ft/ibs of t +2 @ * Turbo 165hp, 177 ft/bs of torque @ | © lnspect coolant level and freezing point. {excludes timing bel

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