IT’S A statistical fact: every year tens of thousands of
motorists are caught unprepared for the first cold weather.

It can be time-consuming and

expensive trying to take care of an-

. ti-freeze, battery or snow tires at

the last minute when everyone else

in the neighborhood is rushing to
do the same thing.

To help car owners get ahead of
-the game, the Car Care Council of
the Automotive Industrics
Association of Canada offers this
checklist.
If it hasn’t been done in a while,
flush the cooling system out with a
good chemical cleaner and install

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.. From paga ‘30

panel in which the ‘‘dials’’ are
full-color electronic images. The
system is fitted on Maxima GXEs
with head up display.

© Unique white-faced instrument
dials which visually reverse to a
restful white-on-black at night,
standard on the Maxima SE.

Winterize Special

Replace antifreeze, replace
oil & filter, engine tune,
4 cyl. .

549% x.

Most imports & light trucks

Genuine

Mazda Parts
“& Accessories

Specialized

Mazda
Service

fresh anti-freeze. Use in proper
proportion. Pure anti-freeze,

(ethylene glycol), does not cool or.

protect as well as the proper mix-
ture prescribed on the container.
Check connections, belts, hoses,
Pressure cap and thermostat.

If your battery is more than a
few years old, have it checked.
Cold weather is hard on batteries.
Be sure connections are clean and
tight. Corroded or loose connec-
tions can give the symptoms of a
weak or dead battery.

Is it time for a tune-up? Faulty

updated

Two ranges of Nissan cars — the
best-selling Sentra compact sedans,
wagons and coupes, and the larger
Stanza — undergo minor facelifts
as they enter the 1989 model year.

Other products, like the Micra
sub-compact, and the award-winn-
ing Pathfinder and Pickup, enter
1989 with only minor ° detail
changes,

SAFETY CHECK

exhaust all lights
v drive belts - steering
» brakes » drive line
hoses

AIR CONDITIONING

SERVICE

Includes:

Evacuating, recharging
& leak testing

Freon

wiring, worn spark plugs; a stick-
ing choke or emission control
devices that need attention all can
jead to hard starting. A didgnostic
check-up of the engine can be a
good pre-winter investment.

Dirty oil can give motorists
trouble in the winter. Now is the
time to change it.

Change the oil filter, too. Your
car may have several other filters
that need changing at this time, in-
cluding the fuel, air and transmis-

Best built car in

R END CLEARANCE

¢ V6, 150 Horsepower

e Multiport fuel injection
° 4 snd. automatic

e Power steering & brakes

© Front wheel drive
27 to choose from _(

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sion filters. (The latter is changed
when transmissio: !luid is changed
as a periodic maintenance pro-
cedure.)

For .every 5°C, (10°F) of
temperature drop, your tire
pressure decreases by one pound.
Obviously, if you haven’t checked
tire pressure since last summer,
they’re likely to be several pounds
under-inflated.

Periodic rotating of tires, along
with wheel alignment and balanc-

ing, all contribute to longer tire
life. + ‘

Be sure to give the car a good
protective coating of wax before
the weather turns nasty. This is
critical in. areas where salt is used

- for snow removal.

Whether: you’re a do-it-
yourselfer or a patron of the pro-
fessional repairman, there’s a lot
to be said for getting the car care
chores out of the way before the
severe weather arrives.

Canada

e Chrysler 7/115 Warranty
© Ultimate guarantee

° Luxury velour interior

® Tinted glass

@ Clearcoat paint

offer expires |. .
Oct 31, 1988 }

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