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“Rick Coghill
Contributing Writer.
TT-was “Cheap Tuesday” night at
“the movies, and I called up Buck
Pincher to sec if he wanted to go.
ure, he said/- Pll be right over to pick

you up. The show didn’t start for another
our, but he mas een rae
aa up, Sli rq “or, we
won aa mt the previews!”.
at Phis bicycle.’ “Forget it,

vf Buck. I’m not riding in your bicycle carrier -

again. We're taking the car this time.”
owt ‘E can’t “afford it,” whined my
cap. friend, “Gas ‘prices are going

Pe ii roof”

It’s been said that Buck is so tight-fist- :

“ed; he could squeeze a Tooney so hard,
: n Elsabeth would have to’ ride the

“Youre being ridiculous: You know,

go farther on a tank of -

ears. “Like wh2w”
“For one thing,” I T began, “you ‘can
start by tuning ap your car once ina while,

and especialy change the air filter.” Buck
was always trying to squeeze a little more
life from his air filters. Once, he put it
through the washing machine; not the wis-

_ est thing to do with something made of

r.
\ “Then de-carbonize your engine once a

. “year, which also cleans your fuel injectors.”

so was getting interested. “What
else?”
_ “Maintain proper tire pressures, have

regular oil changes and, of course, the
obvious one.”

Buck looked suspicious. “I don’t like
the sound of this.”

“That's right,” I said. “Don’t be in such
a hurry. Let off the gas sooner when com-
ing to a stop, and don’t take off from a
light so quickly. And slow down on the

highway. Aside from the tickets, speeding

wastes

“1 knew i it,” he grumbled. “Yer takin’
all the fun out of driving.”

“Tell you what, with the money you
save on gas, buy a better graphics accelera-
tor card for your computer. Then you can
get your driving thnoils playing Monster
Truck Madness.”

Buck brightened up. “Okay, I’m con-
vinced. We'll use the car tonight, and it
won’t cost me a cent.”

I frowned. “How will you manage
thav’”

same”

Stim’s Tip: All kidding aside, riding a
bike or walking i is great on the wallet, and
better for your body. Car-pooling is also a
good way to save firel costs.

he grinned. “You're dii-
vin

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North Shore News - 33

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DRIVER Frank Allers sits
at the wheei of a rew
Corvette C5R he will be
racing for West
Vancouver's Tom
Johnston in the
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America’s premier road
racing series. The new
race car was unveiled at
North Vancouver's
Moustache Cafe last
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