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Page 14, Whltby Free Prou., Wecfresday. June 21, 1996 by JiI Mclntosh Car pafls also a hzrd Làant weekes horrific tanker truck accident i Toronto, with its "fpl cf toeic chemicals, proved that bungee corde do net make adequats subadtutes for proper parts. Ibat truck had on. in place of a ahock absorber boit. Why, then, don't motoriat realize the same ~hng GJo eut for a drive and take a look at lew nmre people maintain or repair their cars, and it wflll éhock you. Loos bumpers are tied up with bungee corde or rope; muffers or tailpipes flapping or draggng, their boita gene; wheels, with the nuts net dene up properTe trim items dangig cd on rooftops, in trunks, i pickup boxes or in trailera that are not properiy tied down. Thore bas been a lot of publcity overtractor-trailers lontheir res. But the reahty is that a car part that fafl off on the. 401 am be just as deadly. Lat aummer I barely squeake eut of a multi-ca piieup that atarted when the car beside me* sw.rved into another ian. He cut off that driver, who spun around coenpl.tely. Cars behind him coulidt stop sud befor. you knew it, there was complete mayhem. The cause? A battered 1970a Oldsmobile that loat ita, muffier, which the. driver, foiiowing swerved te, avoid. Thie Olde driver coetinued on, coepIetely oblivieus te, what lie had croated. I am amifaveur ofreurn aafety certificates to, be rsne whenever license plates are renewed. Cars with rotted bumper supporta, missing exhaust hanera, and dangling sheet metai must b. taken off the roads and ither repaired properly (not by tying up the bumper or reattaching the part with packing tape) or scrapped. There are simpiy too many cars on the road with parts that are about to fafl Off. People now 'need' their cars, rather than ' want' them, and a lot of these cars are the resuit of their owners believing that their right to, drive overrîdea the nxghts Jfother people to motor aiong without the danger of a bumper suddenly skidding into their path. I refuse to buy the argument of I need the car te, get to work, but I canet afford te lix it right now.", When the lives of other motoriste are at stake there can b. ne excuses. You wouidn't accept a samila expianation frem a professonai carrier -- "Sorry about that airpiane engin. falling off, air, but we're a littie short on cash right neow" -. and no one should accept it from drivers. . ake a look at the. aides of the highway, on the shoulders of the road, and count the nuinher of mufIlers,ý tailpipes, licencejl1ates and trim pieces yeu see. that many items feU Off tractor-trailers, we'd have people cbunng themseives te the trucks te prevent them from going on the road. Because we take driving a car te b. as much a right as breatbing, though, few people seS this as a probiem. And-that is criminai. 6 million RON PRICE, of Broken Bow, Nebraska, is shown with his Chevrolet pickup, the six-millionth truck to be bult by GM of Canada and driven off the production line June 12. Photo by Jeroiny Dresa, Whltby Fr9. Press BEHIND the wheel. Lesng off ers more Iiabiity protection- By Rob Poirier Owasco Volkswagen Leasing as a means cf financing a vebicle bas clearly established itself in the past few years. This is net te, suggest that leasingi something new; Henry Ford 'Ieased" Thomas Edison bis model T. What is different is that someme buying a car today bas, market for just over seven years. These people qickly learn that meaning of etenu 'sticker SEE PAGE 35 I ! Ldo% ABE Id SAPLE FAST CAR9:S PRICES!I 1995 PASSAT GLX ABS, air, anti-thefi aIarm, height-adjust. steering, cruise, plwndows-Iocks-mirTors, spolier, duat airbags, stereo cassette, BBS wheels, heated seats, fog lghts plus more! 1995 3ETTA GLX ABS, airbags, BBS wheels, air, p/locks, tinted glass, sports seats, advanced safety system, AM/FM cassette, 8 speaker sound system, Sun roof & rnuch more. 1995 GOLF OTI VR6 2.8L VR6 enigine, ABS, traction control, cruise control, p/wndows, Ieatlter covered steeuing wheel & shiter, height-adj. steering column, alloy wheels, air, sunroof & much more!. j' J I CORRADO ...............V R 6 i 78hp, V6, 2.8L, front wheel drive, EDL traction control, power assisted rack & pinion steering, ABS, rear spolier, 0- 1 00kmi/h in 7.1 seconds AND MUCH MORE! OWASCO VOLKSWAGEN INC. prvn to serve you BEST sincef92 (AÈ AnC ARE' and CGM award winner. _____ Sales, service, leasing, body shop, ail makes. Rentais in Canada, USA and Europe, overseas deliveWy. 1425 Dundas St. East, Whitby W 686-6410 TOP DOLLAR FOR VOUR TRADE! 35 MINUTES EAST FROM DOWNTOWN TORONTO 0' Yo- -i.l com for the psi-... and _____f rth__service______________fo__the_________and______f rtheservice 0 :7-