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PEOPLE WONDER why
some car owners can contin-
ue to drive their twenty-
peers car year after year
even when it reaches ©":

~ 200,000 or 300,000 km. They.

- assume that these owners
somehow utilize a “secret
weapon” i in preventing their
car from break-downs.

Sorry, but when it comes to
keeping your car trouble-free for a
Jong time, there is no magic
involved in it. Buy a high quality
car, perform scheduled mainte-

" nance on a regular basis, and yes,
fix your car when something goes
wrong. And don’t forget to change
your oil and filter frequently.;.

_ SIf you follow this simple guide-

~ line, anyone can drive and keep a

“car beyond its ten-year or 200,000
km life cycle.

"Granted, some cars always do
better than others because they -:

~ were built “right” the first time by
the manufacturers. But with the
exception of some poorly designed

overdrive

cars, most of today’s modern cars
can keep humming for a very long
time if proper care is given to
them. ;

» First and foremost, this means
you must follow the maintenance
schedule in your owner’s manual
religiously. When the manual says

“charige spark plugs and adjust
timing at 0,000 km,” do it. When
itkays “change brake fluid every

See Tune-ups page 23

AAR,

Kot
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NEWS photo Bra | Ledwidge

PUTTING OUT the fire with... North Vancouver City Fire Department personnel train at Plier 96
where car fire response and extinguishing were the top priorities. Proper car cara and mainte-
nance can help stave off a run-in with this outfit as well as saving the car owner money.

The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

“THE AUTOMOBILE was invented in order for us to
learn how to be patient and gentle with one another. Kt
doesn‘t matter about the parts, or even about the parts of
parts, nor what model or what year it is, 50 long as you

treat her right. What a car appreciates is responsiveness.~

A loose may or may not cause friction and no car, not
even a Rolls Royce, will run without a universal. but

everything else being equal it’s not the pressure or lack
of pressure in the exhaust pipe which matters -— it’s the
way you handle her, the pleasant little word now and
then, the spirit of forbearance and forgiveness. Do unto
others as you would have them do by you is the basic
principte ‘of automotive engineering."—- from Henry
Miller's 1945. novel The Air-Conditioned Nightmare.

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All mechanical repairs guaranteed one full year.
- “Collision repairs guaranteed, as long as you own your car.”

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