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D 6 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday O ctober 31, 2001 OAKVILLE NISSAN DOES YOUR CAR WAX GIVE YOU BETTER PROTECTION THAN YOUR CUT-RATE CAR INSURANCE? Do n 't trust just anyone to insure your car. see me: 616 York St. Oakville VVe lease Bob McIntosh Direct: 9 0 5 ^ 2 7 -7 1 9 1 all Wayne M cG ill 2345 WyecrofT R d #21, Oakville m a k e s and m ode s. An Oakville Beaver Advertising Feature To advertise in this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 in case you thought the only component of your car that needed lubrication was the engine, give this some thought. There are many hinges, latches, seals and locks that require occasional lubrication. This can be done at home with the right materials, or done by a mechanic, if your car 'groans' or `squeaks,' it might be one of the following. Trunk weatherLubricant Trunk lock stripping 1. Motor oil cylinder Filler door 4 2. Silicone Spray Think hinges hinges 3. Lithium grease Don't forget to lube these parts 1 1 4. Silicone paste 5. Chassis grease 6. Graphite Hood hinges 3 Door latches 1 H oo d latch Lock cylinders 2 Or 6 Weatherstripping Door hinges 1 or 3 JE F F M ELNYCHUK/W HEELBASE 3 or 5 bumpers 3 COM M UN ICATION S Much bigger than the vehicle it replaced, the 2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazer, here in LT trim, wades into the red hot mid size SUV segment. They did it because an hevrolet was offering sport utility vehicles inline engine is inherently long before the con better balanced. It certainly is quiet cept o f the SUV became enough. In fact, GM fits a re popular. It can be said the start lock-out device on the Chevrolet Suburban of 1936 car so that people won't acci dentally try to re was the original start when the car SUV, but this is is already running. 2001 and the SUV Thanks to vari is now more a able valve timing palace with fourand a powertrain wheel-drive than a control module way to get things (PCM) to monitor done in areas off demand, this 4.2regular highways, litre engine can or off-road as we supply 90 per cent like to say today. o f torque from Now Chevy 1.900 rpm all the needs no lessons on how to build Road Worthy way to 5,600 rpm. In normal operat big SUVs, the ing conditions, Suburban and Tahoe are equal to anything Brand F or fuel economy is listed as 15.4L/100 km (18 mpg) city Brand DC have to offer. But it is a little further down the and 10.2L/100 km (28 mpg) SUV ladder where Chevrolet highway. The TrailBlazer found itself being out-husr has a 70.8-litre (15.6 gallon) tank. You forget how much tied. This is the arena o f the that is until filling up 3/4s of mid-size SUV and there are a tank o f regular results in a a slew o f them - from hefty $43.13. Tested here is the 2002 Mercedes-Benz to Suzuki. Now Chevrolet did have a LT four-wheel-drive with a player with the Blazer (a.k.a. list price o f $40,775. My GMC Jimmy). But they tester came with no options were becoming too small, although leather, drive more like a compact, and inform ation centre, rear thus perceived by consumers audio and heater/air con as slightly less desirable in a trols, power passenger sat, market that continues to go 6-stacker CD changer and up in size, amenities and list power sunroof are all part of the list. The LTZ is the first price. The Chevrolet vehicle I know o f to offer an TrailBlazer tested here is optional DVD player with seven-inch half (GMC offers the similar flip-dow n, Envoy) o f GM's move to re screen for rear seat passen establish itself squarely gers. Nevertheless the LT as against Ford Explorer and Jeep Grand Cherokee in the tested here comes with just mid-size segment which is about everything you'll probably ever need, like still the most popular. The TrailBlazer is also a dual zone air conditioning, very different kind of SUV dual stage air bags and side for the Bowtie Company airbags, power windows and because it distills just about lock, remote heated mirrors, every want-need-dream of eight-w ay pow er driver's the urban SUV intender into seat, split/folding rear seat, one package that really can cruise control, full-size be tailored to budgets. This spare and the OnStar safety is no bad thing because it's system for one year. The LT also has a few been a part of ordering pick up trucks ever since they've toys. O verhead consoles with HomeLink are pretty been on sale. The first impression is of common these days. But in size. The next is o f height. the LT's case, it has as The third is o f the rugged TravelNote, a voice recorder look. These three impres that lets you dictate, record sions hit you all at once - and playback messages. Standard on the foursomething I'm sure that must be part of the whole market w heel-drive LT is GM 's A utotrac system with a ing concept. As for dialing in your locking differential. A sim personal choices, there are ple rotary knob on the centre three basic models and then console stack allow s the packages and optional extras driver to choose between spin that out in several direc 2Hi, 4 AWD, 4Hi, and 4Lo drive modes. tions. Cargo space is enhanced TrailBlazer starts at the entry level LS, the LT as by the 655/35 split rear seat tested here and the no- and augm ented by cargo options-spared LTZ at the tiedowns at the rear as well as a standard cargo net in the top. All TrailBlazers get the LT. With all seats down, the Vortec 4200 six-cylinder TrailB lazer boasts 2,269 engine with 270 hp and 275 litres (80.1 cu. ft.). There is ju st so much lb/ft of torque. While the world seems to be settling on included in this truck that the V-cylinder configuration, space simply doesn't allow GM has come up with an me to expand. You'll have to get the brochure or go on inline six-cylinder. Chevrolet Trailblazer cuts swath through mid-size SUV market C ^ ^ # 1 it L u b e, O il, F ilte r FALL SPECIAL! mt%m i | | J Includes up to 5 Litres Penzoil 10W30 oil, oil filter, C jT ^ c h e c k all fluid levels, check belts & hoses, chassis lube, u r See the professionals at Eastside for your complete MM H H ^ % ^ B + ta x e s | ' Eastside Auto Service Limited P Offer expires November 30.(£\^| JIM ROBINSON Chevy's website to see all the ways you can mix and match this truck. At 2,099 kg (4,628 lbs.) the 4W D TrailB lazer is hardly a lightw eight but that's par for the course in the mid-size SUV segment. The 4200 Vortec, therefore, has its work cut out for it. While I found the engine and transmission combina tion responded as I would expect in a SUV, a colleague with a 2002 GMC Envoy said he thought the engine lacked spunk. Now he is coming off a series of super charged 3800 Pontiacs, so the perception of less power is easy to understand. While I shudder when I see SUVs getting longer and heavier with each model year, there can be no doubt that the combination of goanywhere in luxury sur roundings has some merit to it. SUVs are here to stay. Chevrolet, like the rest of GM, is trying to shed the shoddy badge engineering of the past and is in the throws of, I think, re-invent ing itself. To that end Chevys have always been honest vehicles that were well engineered to last a long time. The TrailBlazer fits that mould well. 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