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Paas 20. WhItby Free Prose. Wechiosday. AprII 19.1M9 Audi achieves, highestpossible safety ratings A 1995 Audi A6 sedan bas acbieved the best possible crash test ratings, with five stars for both driver and passenger ocupnsacodng te test resit reenly announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Audi A6 isthe first and currently only import vebicle sold in the U.S. te receive a dual five-star rating under NHTSA's new car asseesment program (NCAP). NHTSA reports its crash test resulta using a range of one te five stars, with five stars indicating the best crash poeton for veblcles. Head and chest irjury data are combined in the rating sse and represent a vebicls rlaiv level of crash pteton in a head-on collision. N aP' data is collected when test vehicles are crashed into a fixed barrier at 35 miles per hour with instrumented dummies registering impact forces during the crash. The force le equivalent te a head-on collision between two identical vebicles, each moving at 35 miles per hour. The 1995 Audi A6 is a family- size luxur-y car built in Ingolstadt, Germany, and is the German automaker's tep-selling model in the U.S. Standard safety features include driver and paesenger airbage that work i conjunction with Audi's front seat-belt tensioning system, which Pulls the front beîta tight witbin milliseconds cf a frontal collision. T'he A6 cornes with standard ABS brakes and employa reinforced aide structures that meet US. government 1997 side impact standards. The A6 le also designod with energy-absorbmng crumple zones in the front and rear te help protect the integrity cf the possenger cab in h the even of a comson. FINAL CLEAROUT Ail 1994's Drastically Reduced. SENTRA XE 4DR 5 SPD A/C 17,100 149990 ALTIMA SE TOP-UNE DEMO AUTO 27,175 239095 KING CAB PICKUP 5 SPD 159865 149615 KING CAB PICKUP AUTO 17,415 16,165 *PLUS PST, GST, PLATES (FREIGHT, PREP, ETC. INCLUDED) - Air Conditioning - Dual Air Bags - Premium Upholstery e Power Windows - Power Locks e Power Mirrors - Tilt & Omuise e AM/FM/ Cassette - Rear Seat Pass-Thru - Many more teatures - Automatic Transmission Available MSRP $21 ,690 * 3.01-V6 * Split Rear Seat *Auto Locking Hubs * Rear ABS * Air Conditioning *Cruise, Tilt *120 Watt AM/FM/Cass. Praed Sale $1 at PLUS FREIGHT, PREP, TAXES & LICENCE. From$6 m D)RIVING.- SAFE-LY with RANDY RANDY McLEAN I9 A PROF ESSIONAL ENGINEER WHO SPECIALIZES IN TRAFFIO SAFETY. Mr. McLean has reviewed thousands of individual motor vehicle accident reports and his close worklng relationships with police agencies, governrTlefts, satety associations, industry and the public, have given him a true overview of traffic safety issues, problems and solutions ln Canada. BACK SEAT DBIVER A recent drive to my in-laWS reminded me how much I loved my own parents and how much I hated to go for a drive with them. My mother and. father' taught me many things that have served me well over the yeare. One tbing they deliberately decided not to teach me was how to drive. Mom and dad knew it would be better for me (and a lot easier on the whole family) if they sent me to an approved training program for young drivers. But, one tbing they did teach me wae neyer to b a bock meat driver. Ini a liberated family, mom drove the car moot of the time. That may flot sOund like a big deal now, but it was then. Mom and dad were good drivers. Mom was also a -very good passenger, dad was not. So on many trips wbile mom waes itting behind the wheel, it was neyer clear who was really driving. Dad was amazing. Not only could he drive our car fromt the passenger seat, he could drive BEHIND the wheel By Bob Poirier Owasco Volkswagen I my last column I emphaeized bow foolish it wae te judge the soundness of a used car purchase based solely on a safety certificate. So, if safety offers lizmted peace of nind in your search for that "good" used car, wbat should a person with little or no mechanical background look for? Consider where you ame buying the car and, most important, where the car came from. Many used cars are purchaeed at auctione, giving the seller no knowledge of that car's histery. On the other hand, just as many cars sitting on a dealers ed car lot have been serviced and trad:ed at the same dealer, giving the seller an exact service record cf that ca. You bave te ask. Be sure the everyone elsesa car, as well. "Turn right, turn loti, change -langes, speed up, slow down, ..."t And while he neyer raised his voice tO mpn Heaven help any of the other cmr near us that didn't follow bis instructions. "Don't let hlm cut you off like that, speed up and cut back in front ofhm ... t Then we'd arrive at church and be a relaxed, peace-loving, forgfiving family Onoe again, until the drive home. After I grew up and meved away from home, I didn't think a whole lot more about back seat drivers until last week. My wife, two cbildren and I were going to a puppet show with My in-laws. We'decided to take my in-lawse car.. Grandma wae behind the wheel, but grandpa was doingbis best todrive from tepaseflger seat. Turn right, turn left, change lanes, speed up, slow down ... deja vu.* I generally believe that two heads are better than one and that if's usually a good idea te, get a second opinion, but when it cornes te driving ]Pm much, much happier wben the person with their bande on the steering sheel and foot on the gas pedal is the only one doing the driving. Most of the driving errors we made were the resulte. of conflicts between the two drivers. Grandma attempting te, do one thing, and grandpa telling ber te do sometbing else. None of their decisions were particularly right or wrong, but they were just different. Driving requires judgments te, be made based on an asseesment of continua]ly cbanging traffic conditions. Everything a good driver dom s l thought out in advanoe -- signal, check yoeir mirrors, check your blind spot, change lanes. Back seat drivers are dangerous, not because they give. bad advice, but because they encourage the real driver te, do things without tbinldng. So my simple message te ail bock seat driveras step. One driver per car please. Drive safely. Strong sales posted by Volkswagen Vollcswagen Canada sold 2p470 Volkswagens and Audis during Marcb, an increase of five par cent over the 2,352 sold in March 1994. The results were led by Volkswagen's Golf and Jetta models wbich made up 78 per cent of the total figure. I the U.S., Volkswagen of America sold 11,325 units in March, their' best month since September 1990. wConsideinfg the overall slowdown in the market as a whole, we are obviously satisfied with these figures," said Clive Warrilow,' president Of Volkswagen Canada and Volkswagen ofAmerica. Cruisîn' FROM PAGE 24 if those drivers could see tbat the cops were on their tail. Some of the 'safety' items offered, especially i the 1950a, were strange or downright silly curb feelers, coloured window films, even a miniature stoplight that hung i the rear window and fiashed green for accleration, yellow when the driver took bis foot off the gasý, and red wben brakng (one company that sold them alec offered a 'portable bar' for the trnk... ). Luxuiy carmaker Packard came up with a 'radar brake,' a device that stopped the car if it sensed soeething in front cf it. On the testing grounds, a car driven ite a brick wall stopped perfecly juet before impactBu on the road, the car aleo stopped dead for paesng traffic and. pedestrians on the idewaUL -Today, companies such as Mercedes-Benz are working on a siinilar device. Who knows? One day we may look at Packard as the ~ ,, eal nprto or a Safety device 'we11considr a neoessity when buying a car.W car is what it appears te be. If the four-year-old car you are buying looks too new, watch for bodywork. The easiest warv te detect apaint jobis to check for paint overspray on rubber sea and trim. If a car bas very low kilometres (say$, 30,000) and new tires, you have te ask why, since moot tires teday are good for 50,000 ,te, 60,000 kilometres. Anotber way te determine if a car bas been driven a lot is te, check if the steering wheel is worm and sbiny i places. Pinally, the bistoxy cf where you buy your used car is as important as the bistory of the car itelf. Don't be afr-aid te, ask the people waiting in the service department if tbey would reconunend a dealer. If you can't brn gç your used car bock where you bought it, think twice before you buy. * GENERAL TIRE RNDS P235X75R15 P205X70R15 * GRABBER AP GENSEAL £ * $95.W0$8w/w O 31 X10.50X1 5 P235X75R1 5 * GRABBER AP HOOSIER RWL $130.00 $95.00 - ~USED TIRES $20.00 & UP ____ DEALER FOR GENERAL, BRIGADIER, HOOSIER CLVan mU) ________________ WARREN RD. '.S N. CONSUMERID r [NISSA 1199.5 PA THFINDER 4 WD 1 VS FA VOURITE IMPORT 4X4 Freight & PDI ($790), taxes, I.icence extra LUCD HWY 2 C