Spot the winners THREE EAGLE-EYED North Shore News readers were rewarded for their talent recently, Joa: Trim, Kirt Bennett: and Ron Shaw won the Spot the Specialist Contest in the News’ recent Spring Car Care Feature. AU TOM OT 1 NEWS photo Neil Lucente RON SHAW (top photo) won $500 worth of gas from Super Save Gas. Here, Mike Diotte, manager of the Park & Tilford Super Save Gas station, fills up Shaw’s car. Kirt Bennett (pictured left in photo left) receives four all-season radial tires from Tireworld owner Tass Aktug at his Rupert Street store. Above, Joan Trim picks up a Clarion cassette deck and speakers from Bill Denison, sales manager of Performance Car Stereo. Trim will have the system instailed at Performance’s Pemberton Avenue location. NEWS photo Terry Peters NORTH VANCOUVER’S FINEST USED CARS 87 GRAND 88 SUNBIRD NATIONAL GT TURBO V6 intercool Turbo 5 speed j Mint — SPECIAL mint . "87 SPRINT | '89 TRACKER TURBO CONVERTISLE Cassette, sunroot 5s Cassette 190 LUMINA EUROSPORT Only 21,000 kms 515,975 88 GMC §-15 Ext. cab. V6 am Tt I Kk con pa ‘etgine. VETTE Red, Black feather, Boise, dual power seats, glass top, only 2300 kms. DON’T MISS THIS ONE 89 CC 29° #riduy, May 4, 1990 - North Shore News VE S could cost you plenty ON MAY 13th, police forces across the Lower Mainland and (CBC will spearhead a four-week campaign to protect you from kids like Mark. AU the tender age of 15, Mark is atready a pro at rip- ping people off. He can be in and out of your car in less than two minutes and when he leaves, any foose valuables and the stereo in the dash usually leave with him. Today, in broad daylight, Mack approaches a car and deftly opens the door with an ordinary pair of scissors. With both hands working in unison, he pops the knobs off the radio, loosens the mounting bolts and slides the unit out of the dash. That’s when the police of- ficer approaches and says, “Can we take it again from where you start on the radio?”’ Mark’s luck ran out ... not here, but a few weeks earlier when the police caught him with some stolen goods. The car he’s breaking into today is a wreck at ICBC’s salvage yard and his performance is being video- taped for the benefit of police forces across the Lower Mainland. Theft from auto is a big, expensive problem. Last year, Lower Mainland resi- dents made 28,000 theft from auto claims to ICBC, which paid out over $12 mil- lion to compensate for the lost vehicle equipment or damages caused by the thieves in the break - Stolen cameras or other per- sonal articles were covered by homeowners’ policies. While the victims were left with the upset of having to deal with their personal losses, everyone else paid through auto or homeown- ers’ insurance premiums. The police tell us there are things we can and should be doing to protect ourselves. AutoTopic Ken Hardie INSURANCE Prevent the theft if you can. The first tip from the police is simple — ‘*Lock It, or Lose It.” If you can, remove valuables from your vehicle. If you can’t, at least lock them away in the trunk where no one can sez them. You can also deter thieves by etching your driver's licence number onto your valuables and by recording serial numbers. Ask your See Police Page 30 DEMO SALE 1990 SUZUKI m Swift 4-Dr. Sedan 87 FONTIAC 7 ‘88 MONTE CARLO ONtY $12,950 '86 BRONCO Il J 4X4 Fully Loaded 346,900 78 BUICK RIVIERIA Fully toaded, leather SPECIAL 54995 _ : ‘88 GMC S15 JIMMY Fully toaded. 86 PARISIENNE BROUGHAM Loaded "90 Swift S Red, 3 dr, H/B, automatic, stereo | —————— ——— —————— ——— PACIFIC SUZUKI —_ *90 Swift GL Dark blue, 4 dr, sedan, auto, stereo 5 speed 86 STELLAR Automatic, sunroot *5950 86 CAPRI RS 186 CALAIS 2 Dr. V6, automatic Air, tilt, cruise, mags. $9900 : A beauty. 86 OLDS 98 REGENCY Sspd, Sunroot Leather. Digital. 0 Litre Silver with vinyi top. DICK IRWIN EY] . 8S CELEBRITY Siw 4 cy .» auto NOTICE since NOUR CHEVROLET OLDS . ° - What a great, Great guy. yyleh | ‘e45 MARINE DRIVE, NORTH VANCOUVER "9g7- 5231 OEALER -8160 , "85 FORD LTD 4 door V6, auto, very clean Mother's Speciat . $8,695 90 Swift GL White, 3 dr, H/B, auto, stereo 9,595 1845 Powell (Powell Street at Victoria) "90 Sidekick JX Convertible, auto, stereo $14,995 I 254-0811 (15 minutes from North Van )