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SHOWTIMES 7 : 0 0 W L 1 : 3 0 L T . FRIDAY & SATURDAY September 6th & 7th MONSTER TRUCKru 1982 V.W. SCIRROCO 40,000 Miles, A/C, 5 Speed, Xtra Clean. *6695 1982 MAZDA 6LC $A?ae Custom, Charcoal, Cloth Seats, Low Mileage. 1980 V.W. SCIRftOCO $ A ? G C 5 Speed, Clean Car, Stereo Cassette. 4A99 1982 DATSUN 210 $OQQe Great Transportation For Only 4999 19̂ 3 SUBARU GL $ C £ Q E 2 Door, Auto, Blackw/GrayCloth 9099 1980 SUBARU DL $?QOe 4 WD Wagon, Low Mileage, Sun Roof 0999 1979 MONZA $ O Q Q C V8 Engine, Auto, Low Miles. *999 1975 OLDS CUTLASS $1 QQe Red w/White Buckets, Low, low, low Kjpf. A 999 • 1980 SUBARU GLF . $<*>1 QC 2Door,A/C,AM/FM,5Speed. 4499 HERITAGE SUBARU 3722 E. ALGONQUIN RC. IN ALGONQUIN 312>658^4100 HUtfTAOE £} EUROPA MOTORS BODY SHOP SO YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR YOU. \ ' k y Page 4 NORTHWEST HERALD Section G Friday, August 30,1965 . Wheels ROGER PtCHOUS Roger carries 35 years of auto re- finishing expertise and is a factory trained professional in all types of refinishing & blending. BILL RUZICKA Bill has 15 years of experience in all phases of body and frame repair and specializes in all applications of unibody and frame alignment^ 3oth Bill and Roger continue ^ serve the McHenry area with Europa Pride and can handle all your needs, including insurance work, fiberglass jobs, custom work and quality restorations. Plus all their fine work Is fully guaranteed! ^Juropa Rotors, 2414 W. RTL 120-MNcHENRY w,ndo FREE ESTIMATES 385-0700 Illinois recognized for its motorcycle safety programs The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (M.S.F.) is a nonprofit organization spon­ sored by five motorcy­ cle manufacturers: H o n d a , Y a m a h a , Kawasaki, Suzuki and BMW. In 19771 it started an annual awards program to recognize and promote excellence in motorcy­ cle safety. The M.S.F. recently announced its 1984 award recipients with Illinois being a major winner. For the third time (only one other state, Wisconsin, has won t h i s a w a r d t h r e e times) since the start of the M.S.F. Awards Program, the Illinois Cycle Rider Safety Training Program, ad­ ministered by the Il­ linois Department of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , received the "Outstan­ ding State Program Recognition Award". T h ^ s a w a r d i s presented to the state which has had the most progress in mak­ ing motorcycle riding safer. Last year the "State Licensing Im­ provement Award" for its upgrading of the motorcycle operator license test. Beginning in 1984 the nationally recognized Motorcycle Operator Skill Test, and its alternate for smaller facilities, was given at 55 examining facilities statewide. ^ Northern Illinois University, one of the d e p a r t m e n t ' s f i v e program regional training 7,422 motwwacenters, received the across the state. Secretary of State James Edgar's office w a s a w a r d e d t h e O u t s t a n d i n g R e g i o n a l P r o g r a m Award". It also receiv- e d t h e " M e d i a Recognition Award" Award for a motion picture produced in 1982 called „ "Ride Safe". V e r n o n H a n k s , director of the Illinois State University which <• is another of the department's regional t r a i n i n g c e n t e r s , received the "John E. H a r l e y M e m o r i a l Award". This award is presented to the in­ dividual doing the % m o s t t o p r o m o t e - ; motorcycle safety na-> t ion ally. Hanks is now the fourth individual in s the Illinois Cycle Rider Safety Program tok; receive the "John E.y< H a r l e y M e m o r i a l # $ y* Forget all those x-rated thoughts you've ever had about used cars. Every used car we sell means even more to us than the new ones. For this simple reason: Our new cars carry the name of the manufacturer. But our used cars be our name, ar\d that means more to us than anything money could buy. So before a used car goes onto our retail lot, we service the "bleep" out of It. If we're still not satisfied, we wholesale it to the competition. se" their customers. 1 Richard Walker stops to take a look at the new Yugo- nationwide and first year sales of 40,000. The car, of- slavian minicar, the "Yugo", which made its debut fered only as a two-door hatchback, has a base price recently at dealers in the East Coast launch area. of $3,990. Yugo America Inc. hopes to have some277 dealers Tips offered on garage door openers • FREE ADMISSION • FREE PARKING • FREE PERFORMANCE On Route 19 (H) EfcfilN For More Information Call 741-TSOO By the Editors of Comsumer Reports S t o o p i n g a n d tugging to open your garage door by hand can become a tedious chore -- and a real nuisance If you're caught in a downpour. Your life will be a lot easier if you do the opening and closing a u t o m a t i c a l l y , especially from the comfort of your car. Comsumer Reports' engineers recently tested 18 automatic garagedoor openers, ranging from $100 to $255. All are designed t o f i t d o o r s w i t h tracks. Most can also b e i n s t a l l e d o n trackless doors. To open and shut the garage door as well as turn on a built-in garage light, you use either a switch on the garage wall or a small radio transmitter in your car The radio transmitter sends a coded signal to a r e c e i v e r i n t h e o p e n e r ' s m o t o r housing. At one time only a f e w c o d e s w e r e available and they were pre-selected at the factory, Now, just about all models allow you to (rick your own code. With the models tested, possible codes ranged from 256 choices ot more than 19,000, depending on .the number and type of s w i t c h e s o n t h e t r a n s m i t t e r a n d receiver. Most manufacturers o f f e r u n i t s w i t h various horsepowers ( f r o m V 4 t o M > horsepower). But the engineers found that increased horsepower didn't improve an opener's performance on a properly balanced door. Most of the models tested used a bicycle- t y p e c h a i n a n d sprocket to raise and lower the door. Two models used a narrow plastic strap instead of a chain. A third type used a worm-screw drive. Despite the differences in design, no drive type was found to be inherently superior to the others. All of the openers t e s t e d w o r k e d satisfactorily under n o r m a l circumstances. Some were slightly faster than others -- but by only a .couple of seconds. So choosing an opener should be based more on extra features and price than on brands or models. The Norelco Genie G S 9 4 0 , a % - horsepower, feature- laden opener, was one o f t h e s p e e d i e s t m o d e l s t e s t e d . However, at $255, that model was expensive. The Moore-O-Matic 838 would also be a good choice. It was quiet and just as fast as the Norelco. Although the Moore- O-Matic contained fewer features than the top-rated Norelco, at about $200, it was a lot less expensive. The garage-door openers tested all e a r n e d t h e U n d e r w i r t e r s Laboratories Safety seal. To gel that seal, a n o p e n e r m u s t automatically reverse i f t h e d o o r h i t s s o m e t h i n g w h i l e descending. G a r a g e - d o o r openers sold since mid-1982, are supposed to reverse if they can't make the door go all the way down within 30 seconds. All the tested models did just that. Such safety measures are important. Since 1981, more than a score of children have b e e n t r a p p e d a n d killed while racing to beat a closing garage door, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. N e v e r t h e l e s s , openers still should be used with care. Make sure that the controls -- i n c l u d i n g t h e transmitters -- are kept out of the reach of children. And it's a g o o d p r a c t i c e t o operate the door only when you can see it. ( F o r a s p e c i a l reprint of Consumers Union's evaluation of smoke detectors, send $1 for each copy to CONSUMERS, P.O. Box 461, Radio City Station, New York, NY 10019. Be sure to ask for the ^reprint on "Smoke detectors.") Send your questions to: From Consumer Reports, care of this newspaper. Volume of m a i l p r o h i b i t s personal replies. Send your questions to: Consumers Union, B o x D C B , 2 5 6 Washington St., Mt. Vernon, NY 10553. V o l u m e o f m a i l prohibits personal replies. (c) 1985, Consumers Union i