Cream puff

NORTH Vancouver's Jack Bright is the sec-
ond owner of this smart locking 1981
Mercedes 380 SL. The car was previously dri-
ven in Arizona, has never been driven in the
snow and has only 100,000 km on it.

(lf you have a special relationship with your
vehicle, call the North Shore News photogra-
phy department at 985-2131).

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stretch the limits of the car.
The 1.8-litrre VTEC _
engine’s performance has
much in common with
high-rewving racing engines:
to extract its potential, you
must keep the revs up, and
: . ; : ae : shift at higher revs. This is a
: LE very enjoyable experience on
* Prices inctude installation, balance, : the open road, and it
. . : sounds great, but around
valve stems, lifetime rotation, an ; a town it’s not always appro-
80,000 km warranty plus a four priate to shift at 7,000 or
. 8,000 r.p.m. The engine is.
year road hazard warranty. , =f noisy at those revs, and
: other drivers think you're
just showing off. On the flip
side, the engine is docile . .
enough to be shifted at very
i ; low revs, albeit with less
. . ‘ power, giving the cara kind |
Prices include instailation, ; of dual personality. ~~
balance, vaive stems, : iy only major criticism
. . : of this engine is that it revs -
lifetime rotation anda four quite high at freeway
year road hazard warranty. : speeds, sending a continu-
; ous buzzy drone into the."
a : 2 oan ; zy passenger cabin,
F ¢ Type R’s close-ratio..
BURL GoonfZYEARn rineesvene : five-speed transmission is .
m CANTOR z PCN ms 2 rE eacnant easy to shift and has short
notchy throws, adding to -

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