Whltby Fme Pm8s, Wednesday, Mmy 18, 1994, Page il by Jil Mclntosh "Bbyon board':m 'Hit me'?) They farst made their appearance in the 1940a as advertisements for war bonds, and wired to cars. They reached thé peak of their popularity in the 1970o when millionxs were sold. Tlhey let everyon.elsé on the road know your views or your sens. of humour. They *re, of course, bumper stiekers. ) Although I get a chuckle out of Some of them, it a:Iways amazes me when 1 se. soin. of the things t.hat people will actually plaster on their cars for the world to see. Last week's winnêr was the fellow with the 'Proudly Canadian' sticker on Ia rear window. A commendable message, except that the other two stickers on bis buxnper were for the Buffalo Bille and the Buflo Sabres. Possibly the most popular sticker of the 1980a was the, warning triangle with 'Baby on hourd, indicating to other drivers that they should use extra caution. I found the stickers extremely irritating ail by thémselves (I tend to avoid hitting ail cars, whether they cont.ain babies, grnothers or the family dog). But I really had to wondér about the fellow in our neck of the. woods who had both a 'Baby on hourd' stickér in the window and 'Hfit me, I need the money on the. bunipér? 1 was equally aznazed by thé people 1 saw.who stuck thé 'Baby on hourd' right over the third brakelight. Not quit. as aniazed as with thé péople who put blankéts over their windows te keep the sun off their chldren (er wonder why glass is clear?), but right up theré nevertheless. I wonder about people who buy the hwe stickers for théir windsields with thé brand naine of théir expensive stéréo. Pv. always thought that a stickér reading, ' Chéap AM radio on board, notbing worth stealing ber.' might be a better idea. I question peop. who use white pinstriping t e t conipletely cover théir tail-ights. It givés the car a mic. monochroatic lookc, especially when théy bit the brakés and the. back end of their car stilli sy white. Thesé cars usually bave Southern California-stylé décale on the windows as well, the. kind that stick te thé outsidé of the. glass. At this time of year, you can usually spot the people Who forgot about tbem wiién they srpd off thé ice froin their windaows last wintér .- they're thé ones advértising 'Oak....' and 'N...ear' or some equally ragged message. I 1k. thé syminétrical people who put on their stickérs flot only witii care but surely with a tape measure and level as well. Using an equal number of auto club stickers, adhésive reflectors and flage, tiiey position tiieni 5 that the léft Bide of thé trunk je a mirror image of thé right. Ill bot theé' not a crookéd picturé in their wbole bouse. im botheréd by thé 'I love my wifé' or 'I love iny husband' bunipér stickers Nev seén on a féw cars, not because I disagre witii theni, but because our society's corne te thé point wiiere w. have te advertise sométhing we siiould ho taking for granted. SEP, PAk26 E CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY volunteer driver Rein Verrydt takes Kie~anis Club of Whitby president Tom Murphy (front seat) and past president Brick Evans for a spin. The, club recently donafed $1,>000 to the society to be used in volunteer programs. The local Kiwanis are looking for new members -- cail Tom at 666-4204 for more information. Photo by Mark Reesor, VVhlby Free Pros Sport Icars Miatabasic but best> By Glen Konorowski- Thé -Mazda Miata is not thé fastést car or even the bet ban d- ling, but it is thé bet overal sprt car I bave driven. Visibly' thé Miata has ciianged littIe for 1994. Tii. addition of new mag wiieéls gives thé only clu. it's a new model. Thé 'basic sports car' la how I tern the. Miata, witii thé engin. in thé front an~d thé drive whéele in thé rear. New for thé 1994 model year is an enlarged ver- sio o lstyear's engin.. Instead of a 1.6-litre double- ovenhead cani four-cylinder, Mazda has increased thé dis- placement te 1.8 litres. This gives thé car 13 more borsepowér giving it a grandtotal of 128. To cmest for thé extra powýer thé brakés have incréaséd in size for botter stopping power. Thé four-whe.l dise brakes on thé car are. thé beet in its class. During testing 1 found théni to stop thé car. much faster than thé traditional disc/druni brake coni- bination of cars thé sanie size and weight. Thosé of you who think thé Miata le just a suniner car are wrong. I Ca thé chance to spend a féw months with a Miata in the. middle of wintér. 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