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9V~I~O W~kI~ Ttm~ W~flGSd8YI, ~#t*mbr 14 1994-9 ~ SALLY STAPLES, associate broker 9Iî injngf seffig? Caff me for afree app raisat - tak~e adivantage of thie fest markt conditions in gears! 623-6000 RE/MAX CORNERSTOýNE 623-6000 REALTY LTD., REALTOR 24 hr.ý pager Homestead His Stables do well at the Orono'Fair Wow! The riders for Homestead Scbool tbat competed on Sunday ail did extremely well! Ini the Novice Division, Nicole Marrett riding Avenging Angel placed third in Equ itation and third in Hunter Hack. Natile Miller riding Dusk to Dawn placed first in Hunter Hack. Kera Collier and Lisa Shear did flot place but rode extremely weli for their first time sbowmng outside of the school. Ini the Lower Hunter Division Megan Carter riding Dusk to Dawn placed fiftb in Hunter Under 'Saddle and sixth in Hunter Over Fences: Wendy Clark riding Top Gun placed first in Hunter Over Fences 2'6" and fourth ini Humter Under Saddle.. In Equitation 16 years an under, MI Cooke riding Salego placed, second and first in Equitation Over Fences. Megàn Carter riding Dusk to Dawn placed third in Equitation, and Alex DaCosta placed fifth in Eqluitation and second in Equitation Over Fences. In the Open Division Alex DaCosta riding Top Gun placed third in Over Fences 2'9", fourth in Fences 30",' second in Hunter Classic and sixth in Hunter Under Saddle. In the Jumper Division Jil Cooke riding Top-Gun placed first in Training Jumper witb a time of 32 seconds and third in ,Opn Jumper 3'6". Congratulations to ail of you!! And a special tbanks to Barb King for ail the time and bard work sbe puts into al ber riders!! Uised Car Buyers Beware! by M.H. Parnu Many of you may be con- sidering buying a used car, now or in the future. Asking-the right questions can be a consumer's best weapon. For example, bas' thîs car been written off as a wreck, patched together and re- sold? , Beyond the economic dis- aster of ending up with a worth- less car, there is a major safety concern. After an accident, cars are written off by an insurance company because the cost to repair would be higher than the value of the vehicle. The owner's cdaim is settled by the insurance company and the ve- hicle is either sold to an auto recycling business or at an auc- tion. "Insurance comparies as a wbole agree that once a car is written off for salvage, it should be indicated on the registration. Otherwise, at this point the ve- hicle's history as a wreck disap- pears," says George Westlake, -national fraud manager for SCo-operators General Insurance. "We would like to see legislation that requires the ownership regis- tration to specify that the vehicle was previously salvaged.". As it stands now, many of these cars are bought, fixed up and then resoîd to either a dealership or to an unsuspecting consumner. You cuuld bc driving one of these cars and flot even know it. At first inspection, the car may have a nice finish, the doors fit vieil and it handles fine. But these exterior features do flot mean that it has a sound body. In fact, these vehicles are oft.-n.dangerous. By dangerous, we mean sit- uations where these cars have been known to break in haif wben they hit a large pothole or worse, crumble in an accident. Today, most cars use a uni- fied body construction where the body and the frame are al one piece (rather than the tradi- tional separate body and frame bolted together). Althougli dif- ficult to measure until tested in a crash, the structural integrity of a car is cbanged once bent, straightened and welded. Severe damage to the frame makes retoration of the origi- nal strength very difficult and expensive. This provides the opportunity for someone to cut corners by just making cosmetic repairs. Right now, a wrecked car can be rebuilt 'and sold legally. Canadian provinces have no title separate from the registra- tion, SO there is no way to trace a wrecked car. BC, Alberta and Quebec have the toughest laws, b ut even they are fraught with loopholes and minor penalties, and none of them deal with vehicles that corne from outside of their owni province. So for most Canadians, there's neway of finding out if a vehicle bas been salvaLged. Keep your eyes open for ont- of-province identifcation-like a dealer stieker on the rear, a licence plate frame-revealing where the vehicle/ was once sold. To tell if a car may have been rebuilt, there are, many teiltale signs which can be spotted by a trained eye: " paint over-spray around the edges " paint on plastic panels, which was flot originally painted " paint quality-check door jambs, hood, etc., where most body shops do flot bother to repaint " body panel surface ripples will appear if it's been re- paired " body panel fit - should be an even fit around each panel " trim on and around body should also fit properly and symmetrically " a good fit for the front grill and tail lights " door locks-key for one should fit ail the other door locks. If flot, miglit mean-the lock cylinder or entire door has been replaced. " glass replacement is an in- dication of repair due to vandalism or crash. " tire and wheeî match " trunk inside seams should be symmetrical *dash-to-window fit (normally there is no gap). Where to check: *on level ground *inside wheel wells *in engine compartment *in bottom of trunk *under body *door jambs In addition to checking a ve- hicle, it's flot recommended that you look at it in the ramn or at night. It's a good idea to have a licensed technicîan check it over. Be very specific: tell him you want to verify whait kinids of things you're going to have to have repairs done for in the future; if the vehicle bias bleen in an accident and damaged; and that you want a complete me- chanical report and want to en- sure there are no problems. "Ironically, insurance com- panies sometimes pay twvice for fraud involving salv age ve- bidles. Once when thec car is -Weed Spraying - Fertilizing - Insect Spraying - Ants & Trees -Plug Coracration See the Dffference Quality Makes Cal~ mre to buy or seil ... Orono and area's real estate rep. Krystyna Jones ~ 83-6013 mepJty,-Net ASSOCIATE (DURHAM)Inc. 1050 SIMCOOSr. N. #103 OSHAWA TEL:(905)721-2112 $ 128,500 ... SPACIOUS 4-B3DRM. ORONO HOME, STEEPED IN CHARACTER! 'j z written off. tlien, when an un- serupulous auto recycler certi- fies the vehicle as roadworthy, replates it, insures it in another person's naine and reports it stolen. In actual fact, the vehicle bas flot even left the auto recy- cler's yard," says Westlake. Consumers have made it clear to the insurance industry that they don't want to pay for auto fraud. Because this crime goes mostly undetected, ît's dif- ficult to put a dollar figure on the problem. So there is flot only the potential of serious injury or the loss of lives, but it also ends up costing consumers througb higher premiums. Want Ads Cail To-day Orono Weekly Times Fullyupgraded 4 bedroom brick bungalow, central air, central vac, gas heat, on a lovely mature half acre lot. .. $1 89,900 SERVING DURHAM REGION SINCE 1841 FUNERAL SERVICES PRE-ARRANGED & PREPAID »Wliere fProfrssiona( Etiquette is Important' Funeral Directors Paul R. Morris Robert E. Williams Gary M. Conway Doug R. 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