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PAGE 20, WETDNESDAY SEPTEMBER.26j 1979,-WHITBY FREE PRESS, NEWCAR STJPPLEMENT by Richard Charles Little goes a long way Most people will agree that cars take a large slice of our incomes, but are flot so ready to admit that many of us pick the wrong cars and often use them wastefully. Mean- while, 'everything from.. rising prices to dwindling fuel supplies, from congested roads and parking areas to traffic accidents and air pollution is plainly telling us to ease Up. Whichý mean s to drive less often, less fast and less fan cily.. To a society brought up on the legend of the Stutz Bearcat and the Open Road, the notion that motoring today is no longer 50 free and basy cornes as a slap ini the face. It's a bit like the knight of 500 years ago discovering that the glorY of putting on armour and galloping'to the rescue of fair damsels had suddenly lost its appeal now that he ran the risk of being blown off his horse by the new- fangled cannon. We have no choice, it seens, but to leam some tricks that can help us to travel in fair comfort while being aware of the needle on the world's gas gauge, which unfortunately is creeping toward "Empty". The first trick is to pick the right car. .Two kinds of energy go into a new car - the energy used in producing the steel and other materials, and making the parts and putting themn together, and then the energy to make it run. That's-not. counting the energy neecled, for maintenance, new tires and repairs, and for providing roads and traffic control systems, and finally for kiwing the old heap to the diump. When you set out to buy. a new car, you look for the deal that suits you best, of course. But remember, a good deal goes beyond finding "a honey of a car", bargaining hard %for it, doing well with your trad e-in and paying on the easiest terms avallabte. It also means asking: What kind of car do 1 need? What will it cost to run? How long will it last me? If you can get the answers right, you will save yourself a lot of money in the long run and (may heaven bless you) you will be helping to beat the energy shortage. If you are in the market for a new car, a good way to begin is with a list of current models that shows their fuel consumption. The Office of Energy Conservation, De- partment of Energy, Mines and Resources in conjunction with Transport Canada publishes such a list with over 250 makes and models ranging from a 10w consumption of 53 miles per gallon (85 kpg) to a higli of 14 mpg (22 kpg). Teeare divided into three classes: 51 good fuel savers giving better than 33 mpg (53 kpg), 74 reasonable savers at 24 (38 kpg) to 32 mpg (51 kpg), and 127 that make the fuel problem worse by giving less than 24 mpg (38 kpg). This list of cars and other information on buying, driving and maintaining them is in The car mileage book. Just write to Box 3500, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario, KlY 4G1 for your copy. A'useful rule of thumb to apply is, of course, that little cars usually go farther on a gallon of gas than bigger ones, but size is not the whole story, especially as the smallest cars don't meet every need. A car's fuel consumption also depends on the weight, size and efficiency of its engine, the efficiency of its transmission and drive train, its shape, (streamilinirig), its stability on the road, and the extra equipment ôn «it' (such as power windows and air con- ditioners). Fuerl consumption will vary too with your driving habits, how well you maintain.your car, and the weather and other driving conditions. So your miles-per-gallon (or kilometers- per-gallon) may not quite match the, published' figures, but the more economical performers will continue to serve you best. CHEVROLET BLAZERS FOR 1980.. .FEATURE IMPROVED FUEL ECONOMY WITH NEW EXHAUST SYSTEM A >NO THERM. OSTATI CALLY-CONTRO LLED FAN. FOU R-WHEE LDRIVE MOD ELS HAVE ON LY PART-TIME TRANSFER CASES WITH MANUAL LOCKING HUBS. AIL MODELS ARE EQUIPPED WITH RADIAL TIRES, AND PASSENGER CAR TYPE METRIC- SIZED TIRES ARE INTRODUCED WITHIN THE RADIAL LINEUP. POWER CHOICES ARE 4.1'LITRE L6. 5.0-LITRE AND 5.7 LITRE V8s. NEW ARGENT SI IVER GRILLE AND ROUND HEAD LAMPS ENHANCE THE FRONT APPEARANCE A LONG WITH A ONE-PIECE AIR DAM ON ALL-MODELS. 1975'DODGE ROYALE MONACO 2 DR. FulIy loade d, low mileage. Certif ied. Lic. JNJ 766 FOR THIS WEEK ONLYI . 2295, 1978 AMC CONCORD' 6 cylinder automatic, buckets, console, radio, sport package. Lic. NTC 214 FRMI $3888 1977 CAMARO LT 23,000 miles, automatic, air con ditioning, radio, rear Seat speakers, P/S, PIB. Lic. LXX 290 i i f $6195 I I 1975 MAVERIcK 4 DR. 44,000 miles, 6 cylinder auto., P/S, radio. Certified. Lic. 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