D1 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, June 28, 2000 YOU WOULDN'T TRUST JUST ANYONE | TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, SO WHY TRUST JUST ANY COMPANY TO INSURE IT? See m e before you purchase or lease -you r next vehicle R o n M a r lo w 8 4 5 -7 5 7 5 Wayne McGill r«* «* · H tlM A M 2 M 5 w yncro(i Rd. «21. O akvfle G lenlev en C hrysli CHRYSLER · DODGE · |EEP 847-5671 2388 Royal Windsor Dr, 845-7575] SEBRING European style domestic appeal The Sebring may share its name with the coupe, but that's about it. The ragtop is really a model unto itself, assembled in Mexico on a platform it shares with the Cirrus and defunct Stratus and Breeze models. This makes the convert ible a longer and wider car than the U.S.-built coupe. While many companies create hardtop vehicles and remove the roof after a year or two to create a convertible, the Sebring was designed as a convert ible from Day 1. The success of the Sebring is such that Chrysler has had to do little over the car's fiveyear history other than create some new options and make the 168horsepower 2.5-litre SOHC V6 standard across the line. For 2000, Sebring comes in three configura tions: base JX; luxurious JXi; and Limited models. With the same engine available in all three, the model you choose will depend on the level of opulence you seek. All come with air conditioning, most power features and ABS, but the JXi adds woodgrain dash trim, leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, Infinity stereo, leather seats, alloy wheels and Sebring convertible: style and elegance personified touring suspension. The Limited further raises the bar by including AutoStick - which allows the dri ver to shift the automatic transmis sion like a manual - traction con trol, four-wheel disc brakes, bodycolored grille and chrome-plated wheels. SEBRING AT A GLANCE Type: Convertible Base price: $32,600 Base engine (hp): 2.5-litre SOHC V6 (168) Optional engine: None Layout: Front-engine, front- wheel drive Transmission: Four-speed auto matic with AutoStick (Limited only) Fuel consumption (1/100 km, cty/hwy): 12.8/6.9 Safety: Front airbags, ABS Weight (kg): 1,510 Air bag deaths usually due to passenger error CAA South Central Ontario has read the recent headlines full of the horror stories of children and adults being killed by the very air bags that are supposed to protect them, but what are the facts? People are dis cussing turning their air bags off or doing away with them altogether, but the facts need to be considered in context before you make a deci sion as important as using or not using your air bag. In actuality, the U.S. has recorded over 750,000 air bag deployments since 1986 and under 50 fatalities related to air bag use. Air bags are credited with sav ing an estimated 1,500 lives in this same period. In almost all of these cases, the people who were killed were either not wearing or were incorrectly using their seat belt or child safety seat. Air bags are pow erful and wonderful devices that help save lives every day, but, as with any other powerful device, you ber one precaution is to buckle up. Small-statured adults risk serious have to use them properly and with injury if they ride in the front seat of the appropriate precautions. Preventing a crash situation can a vehicle equipped with air bags. push unrestrained adults and chil Smaller adults typically sit with dren toward the dashboard just their seats pushed all the way for before the air bag deploys. In a ward to see or so they can reach the crash, the air bag inflates within vehicle's pedals. This puts them one-tenth of a second after impact dangerously close to the deploying with enough force to seriously air bag. If your vehicle is equipped injure or even kill someone who is with an air bag installed in a tiltable too close to it. Therefore, the num steering wheel, for maximum effec tiveness, make sure you drive with the bag pointed at your chest, not your head. Car safety seats position children dangerously close to the air bag when it deploys. It is safest and rec ommended that children ride prop erly restrained in the back seat. Never install a rear-facing child safety seat in the front seat of a vehicle that is equipped with a pas senger-side air bag. demos p r ic e d TO CLEAR !, U LEASE FINANCIh up to 36 mths PURCHASE FINANCING up to 48 mths CARAVAN · GRAND CARAVAN TOWN & COUNTRY 4 2 0 0 0 GRAND CHEROKEE LTD Fully loaded, 4.0L, leather, CD stacker, sunroof, ABS, keyless, p.w,, p.d.l,, power seats & more. 2 0 0 0 DAKOTA CLUB CAB V6, auto, air, AM/FM cassette, sport pkg. & more. Y O U R C H O IC E $0 DOWN $2500 DOWN $3500 DOWN Y 0U R t£4r75 < r£ A 8 2 SC4A 85 a K $0 DOWN $2500 DOWN $3500 DOWN S * 3 m $2 5 3 " ax * 2 2 3 " 2 0 0 0 DODGE DURANGO SLT P.W., p.d.l., keyless, 4.7L, V 8,4 W D , power mirrors, stereo & more. 2 0 0 1 DODGE QUAD CAB SPORT P /U P.W., p .di, tilt cruise, cassette, air, 4 doors & more, $0 DOWN $2500 DOWN $3500 DOWN c h o ic e $5 0 6 ? t «( to DOWN $2500 DOWN $3500 DOWN « S * 4 3 5 & '3 5 9 % x * 3 2 8 " * 4 3 1 ^ *40131 Leases based on 36 months, 20,40 km per year, plus taxes & licences. Unless otherwise stated. Chrysler 2388 ROYAL WINDSOR DRIVE, OAKVILLE 905-845-7575 I I I £ ^ 1 5 R o y a l W in d s o r D r.