ere . PE ry Sy EEL ee atti Pane 12, The Herald, Friday, May 25, 1070 SSR SS a panaaNaE pai geteiste goss HHS RES: ee een enn sae EH ACAL TAD FI GEE De CE BPI ag ea, dang one ee." rear nce Tee aa aeerecereatetata abstyhatetstatyraes ms we ee ee” ee -— —- . . =< n= ~F | a - _ ae - = ee Terrace Totem Ford | Sales Ltd. 4631 Keith 636-4984 Ce i ———— e ding a fina | How They Care for Their Cars Abroad _ ‘.. egpectall for winter driving, oe “fiyou de] elso recommend ; Any ‘Saturday or dry Sunday in the residential atreets of British tawns you will see them. Legs sticking out from under a time ex- pired heap, a torso bent over an engine compartment, or maybe .a young couple ‘ad- gleam. te shining The - ork ypical British motorist is tending his pride and joy. Old or young, all have one thing ainod _— they love their cars. - And in many ways they are right todoso. A car, any car, given the attention it needs - Will res dike a healthy dog and run well. Neglected, it will become . dull and lifeless, We. are very economy “minded in Britain, and. especially boast about the mimber of miles we can squeeze from each gallon of fuel, and. economy. begina with a well tuned engine. Probably the most im-, portant thing in tuning is.to make sure tne the om Sys ‘worl ; Some people nek ree. things to elves until, one day, the engine refuses to start, but long before that happeng Tuel is being wasted by not being fully burned: ‘to have a working ‘combustion. Spark plugs are supposed fa. of around 10,000 miles but it is quite, Boss sible that they “will. be -“utf-soig”: well before . that. An electronic. “engine © -Hagnosis is -not expensive. .. and if carried out every 5,000. miles, any weak spots will be | located and rectified before - they develop. Contact .. breaker pointa in. the.. are usually distributor * changed at 5,000 mile in tervals but I prefer to change. mine every 3,000. They cost . little and the. benefits are: sure starting and better’ -.” Cleaner, This will res recommend “fitting °. justable radiator blind, A simple thing which will - _ cauge an ovet-rich car- ‘buretor | mixture - and, therefore, Bumiption, ‘ig a* dirty: alr ct the air intake so that excessive ‘fuel is ‘drawn. into: the . - combustion. chambers and, in’ addition to ‘high con- sumption,- performance will ba down and engine wear up “due-to. dilution of. ‘the | Sump .- "An ‘engine ‘which reaches ite full running temperature quickly is better all ‘round. To. encourage this, I -an pd- tee to