38 - Friday, February 6, 1998 — North Shore News From page 36 room, and the seats are nor so low that tegs stick out or knees stick up. Base models come with standard seven: passenger seating which includes svo frone bucket seats, a ntiddle two-person bench seat, and a 50/50 split rear bench seat which seats three people. The middle bench seat has a reclining seatback, toldiag armrests, and two adjustable head restraints. “fhe optional second row Captain's chairs have folding artmrests, reclining scatbacks, bead restraints, and fore-aft sdjustment. The third row split bench seat has individually reclin- ing seatbacks, and both have fold-down scatbacks, and a tumbling feature. The latter 1s useftil because extra cargo room can be created with- out lifting the seats out of the van. To remove the seats, a bar at the rear of the seat is pulled up, and they detach casily. One person can litt the bucket seats out of the van, but they’re heavy. The third row bucket seats weigh 22.5 kilograms (50 Ibs.), and second row (optional) Captain's seats weigh 24.5 kilograms (54 Ibs.). Two adults are required to haul the 2nd row bench seat out of the van — it weighs 35 kilograms (77 tbs.). As a family vehicle, the Sienna includes many safety features, such as dual front airbags, height-adjustable tront shoulder belts and front seatbelt tensioners, three-point seatbelts at all outboard seating positions, child proof door locks on the rear side doors, and anchor points for child seats. However, front side airbags are not vet offered. A unique safety feature is a low tire pressure warning system that detects if one or more of the tires has less pressure than the other tires. Tr uses the Sienna’s ABS system which detects if any wheels are turning: at a dif- ferent rate to the other wheels. Sienna’s come with a standard passenger-side shid- ing rear door, and an optional driver’s-side sliding rear door, | found that chil- dren under 10 had difficulry km city, 8 8 1.7700 km hizbway). Hf was to find one word te desenbe the Sienna, it wouid be “refined.” Here’s whet vou get for your money: the base three door Sienna CE starts at $25,028 plas treight chartes. Standard equipment includes seven passenger seating, four-speed autamat w conditioning with column shitter, air-conditioning, AM PEM “cassette stereo. with four speakers, ult steer ing wheel, variable intermit rent wipers, and anu-leck brakes. Also standard are a ster- age compartment under the front passenger seat (three north shore news : AUTO Sienna includes many new Safety features door mode! onlyi, cuphold- ers and water Bote holders, power outlet lgnition switch, dnted elass, Hep our rear side windows, rear defroster and rear win dow wiper/washer with intermittent ope ration, The tour door “enna CE priced at $26,808, atso mnchides standand tran and rear wir condition as end heamme system, The rear Fin and iemper ature controls are accessible from the second row behind the driver's seat. The uplevel Sienna LE three-door model, which starts at $28,928 adds a pre- mium AM/FM cassette stereo svstem with six speak- ess, suindard dual air condi Honing, tachometer, power door locks with remote kev less entry, power windows with driver's “automatic down™ reature, power beat ed mirrors, cruise control, power operated rear flip-our side windows. upg wraded seat Attention JEEP OWNER: Complere mechenical ond electrical repairs by foctory trained technicians. OIL CHANGES aon 1405 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver $85-6237 « 831-7499 Air conditioning, locking differ- ential, roof rack, big tire package, am/fmicassette, tachometer, and more! 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STK#2!-2736 PLUS i year regular maintenance FREE on each unit. 6 months or 10,000 km warranty! Long distance callers please call collect —¥ opening and closing these Over 80 cars & used trucks in stock we doors, and it would be nice to see a power-operated door like GM offers in their otnivans, Vhe rear hatch pulls up easily and stands high enough tora six foot person to stand under. On the read, the Sienna feels solid, rides comfortably and quietly, handles compe- tently (though nor as nimbly as short-wheelbase mini- vans), and feels almost like a luxury car on the highway. The Sienna is not flashy or particularly distinctive 1 in appearance, bur it’s got plenty of horsepower, a good driving position, a ww pracrizal well thought-out interior, and slightly better fuel economy than compet- ing mini-vans (12.9 1/100 97 Malibu was "21.995 is $20,995 97 Cavalier was $13,995 is $12,888 97 Olds 88 was '23,999 is $22,888 97 Lumina was 18.999 is 517,288 97 Monte Carlo was 19.999 is °18,838 97 Sunfire GT was ‘18,888 is 17,888 96 Cavvtier was 12.995 is $5,888 96 Firefly, was '9,999 is °7,&38 96 Cutlass SL was $17,999 is 51,888 96 Olds 88 . was *22,995 is *79,495 95 Achieva_ was #13,999 is £1,888 95 Berezta Z26 was 16.975 is *15,888 95 Lumina LS was *16,999 is °15,288 95 Cavalier was 10.999 is ‘10,845 USED CAR VALUES! 1990 Pontiac Grasid Prix white, loaded. V6, a’e 6,999 1995 Chevy Cavalier blue, auto, cruise, a/c, II in stock from m9, 999 1990 Chevy Tracker 4x4, removane hardtop, 80,000 km 6,999 95 Cutlass Cierra was 15,999 is *15,278 95 Aurora was 25,999 is *25,138 94 Achieva S was 11,888 is >10,888 94 Regal was 14.888 is “14,286 94 Aspire was °7,575 is °6,99§ 94 Camaro 228 was '22,999 is '21,898 94 Achieva S was ‘11,575 is $10,488 94 Cavalier was 111,495 is $10,495 93 Lumina Euro was '9,995 is ‘7,888 93 Cavalier 224 was *10,888 is °9,999 93 Cutlass Cierra was 42,999 is ?30,495 93 Sunbird LE was '7.575 is *6,99S 91 Nissan NX 1660 was 5,995 is ‘7,995 90 Taurus was *6,995 is 5,995