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NORTHWEST HERALD Section C Friday, July 36, IMS Pag* 5 Wheels Automobile's 100th birthday, or is it? k I f: 1 BEAULIEU, England ;*•»-- With an intentional : traffic jam and a new ; ride called "Wheels," •» Britain is throwing a I summer-long 100th : birthday party for the automobile. Other coun- \ tries have other ideas. ; So murky is the * horseless carriage's ori- : gin that its birthday is a ro l l ing occas ion. : France celebrated the car's centennial last year. West Germany . waits until next year. ; But Britain has seized • upon 1985 as "The Year of the Car," crediting Germany's Karl Benz in 1885 as "the first per­ son to build internal combustion vehicles for sale to the public and not purely experimental vehicles." Birthday celebrations are splashed every­ where -- antique cars chugging through Shakespeare country, a "Miss Motoring Godi- va" ride at Coventry, congregations of snarl­ ing race cars. The only permanent 100th birthday present is the Disney-style ride called "Wheels," which Prince Charles opened at Beaulieu's National Motor museum the oth­ er day. It whisks pas­ sengers in automated "pods" through the mo­ torcar's eventful first century in just under six minutes. One of its most strik­ ing animated models depicts an early auto­ mobile spreading ter­ ror, anger and destruc­ tion through an English village. For England didn't at first lake kindly to the car, which "frightened both people and hors­ es," says the National Motor museum's hand­ book. Many off ic ia ls saw it "as a positive threat." "Police and magis­ t ra tes waged a war against cars," the hand­ book explains. "Magistrates, horse­ men to the last, detest­ ed the noisy motors that f r ightened thei r mounts. Landowners objected tc the dust that covered their crops and they were adamant that England was not going to be turned into a honk­ ing, polluted, roaring racetrack " Police set up speed traps as early as 1902^-- there's nothing new un­ der the .sun -- hiding behind hedges with a bi­ cycle and a stop watch. Motoring enthusiasts counterattacked vigor­ ously , but f ines for speeding were huge. "I still have the police summons my father re­ ceived for exceeding the speed limit," said Lord Montagu of Beau- lieu at the "Wheels" opening. "He had been caught going more than 12 miles per hour." Prince Charles, too, mused in his opening speech upon the law- breaking antics of his kingly ancestors. "My great -great ­ grandfather hated to see any car in front of his," Charles said of King Edward VII. "He would often urge his chauffeur to pursue and overtake. He boasted of attaining 60 miles per hour as early as 1906." Edward VII was taught to drive by Lord Montagu's father, who bat t led agains t En­ gland's early hostility to the motorcar. In his honor, Montagu dis­ played five antique cars in his stately home ad­ joining ancient Beau- lieu Abbey when he opened it to the public in 1952. The cars proved more popular than the house, and the National Motor Museum was bom. Now it's the biggest and most spectacular of Britain's 30 motor mu­ seums, all of which are marking the car's cen­ tennial in some way. It packs more than 250 historic vehicles, the oldest from 1894, into an award-winning building in the Beaulieu complex 95 miles southwest of London. Apart from it's new "Wheels" ride, howev- Frugal families save vacation money A frugal family can : discover many ways to ; cut the costs of a sum­ mer driving vacation, the AAA-Chicago Motor Club says. Vacationers should * plan their expenses well - ahead of time, the AAA- ;CMC says. Gas, food - and lodging will be the ' main costs, and a sensi­ ble budget also allows for recreation and shop­ ping, toll roads and emergencies. To make your vaca­ tion more affordable, the AAA-CMC offers these suggestions: Consider making lunch the main meal of the day, because many# restaurants have lower lunch prices. Roadside picnicking can reduce the price of eating on the run. When choosing lodg­ ing, ask about special deals for families, se­ nior citizens and chil­ dren. You can reduce lodging costs by making reservations well ahead of time when a greater selection of accommo­ dations is available. An AAA Tour book or simi­ lar guide can help you make a choice. Your car won't gobble gas quite as fast if it has been tuned before the trip. When packing the car, keep in mind that baggage racks rob you of gas their added w e i g h t a n d a i r resistance. 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Britain's most popular and origi­ nal small car, are invit­ ed to jam Coventry solid. Since Coventry is Lady Godiva's home town, i&s emulating her famous r ide wi th a "Miss Motoring Godi- va" contest - "with good tas te and. we hope, some humor." Hone said. Another of its every- weekend events is an American Car Club ral­ ly on Aug. 18. with some 500 American cars breaking British law by driving on the right- hand side of the road. "It's the first time any British city has ever done that," Hone said. And there are rallies f o r J a g u a r a n d Porsche, parades of pre-1914 "veteran" cars and spectaculars lead­ ing to a grand finale Oct. 13. Crane applauds proposal to revise CAFE standards Twelf th Dis t r ic t Congressman Philip M. 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