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Suggestions for helping
your auto weather winter
Throughout the years, car stereos
all had one thing in common.
They weren’t meant for cars.
And even though advances were
made as technology improved, car
stereo systems were still unable
to overcome the very special acous-
tical challenges inherent to cars.
Until now.
XR-70B
PRE-AMP FM/AM CASSETTE
XS-L20
SUPER-WOOFERS
XS-202
COAXIAL 2 WAY SPEAKER
XM-120
HIGH-POWER MAIN AMPLIFIER
• Loose or slipping Ian
belts. This can keep the alter-
nator from charging the bat
tery properly.
Winter's almost here. Let us
winterize your car now with
fresh anti-freeze, oil and filters,
tune up, check all hoses.
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THE CHICKASHA DAILY EXPRESS, Thursday, October 7, 1982
Getting your car in gear
• Driving without lights
after dusk - This is one which
an LQ. test. given along with
the eyesight test down at the
Motor Vehicle Bureau, might
solve. If it's too dark to read
the instruments, you'd think a
person would he able to figure
out that it was time to turn on
the lights.
• Kids standing up in a ear
- This one is very dangerous,
and the cops don't even bother
with it. We’ve seen cars
loaded to the roof with a half
dozen kids pass by a police
car, and the cop doesn't even
give them a second glance.
It’s an accident waiting to hap-
pen
We’d have no qualms about
giving this offender a very
stiff fine and putting points on
the license, too.
"The Store That Gives You A Choice”
426 Chicknsha
222-0597
WE DESIGNED OUR NEW CAR
STEREO WITH SOMETHING VERY
UNUSUAL IN MIND-
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toe box
• Driving too fast for eon
ditions - Even Mario Andretti
has to slow down for rain,
snow, fog and ice. So why not
everyone else?
• Tailgating - I ailgaters
are usually dangerous, frus-
trated. unpredictable drivers.
We always pull over and let
them by We'd rather have
them in front of us. w here we
can see them
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• Opening doors into traf-
fie - Another suicide mission
that can involve innocent
passersby.
BATTERIES
SELDOM DIE;
THEY ONLY
FADE AWAY
In the history of the automo-
bile. no battery ever failed
when it was financially con
venient to the owner or timely,
the director of technical serv-
ices at the Automotive Parts &
Accessories Association, Tim
Tierney, points out
“A battery can be a year
past its .16-month warranty and
the car owner still will try to
get that last nickel's juice'
from it," Tierney says. "So
he ends up paying a tow bill
and buying the nearest battery
with little choice in cost."
ALLSTATE
TRANSMISSION
CENTER
• Hamess in a Seat — The
chair type restraint must have
a 5-point harness That is, one
that comes across the lap. over
both shoulders and through the
crotch.
This type is suitable for
children who are able to sit
up unaided and who weigh
at least 15 pounds They can
be used until 4 years or 40
pounds.
Harness in a Seat
• Driving under the influ-
enee - The local police or
highway patrol — even the
CHiPs — can't spot every
driver whose erratic lane
changing, speeding up and
slowing down indicate that
they are driving under the
influence of alcohol or drugs
The wisest course of action
is to pull off the road at the
first opportunity and call the
local police emergency num-
ber Give the description,
license number, location and
direction the car is traveling
Next. check the tail light
lenses, If they are cracked or
broken, water or ice could col
led in them and cause the
bulbs to fail
You wouldn't want to go
into winter without a properly
working furnace and a prop-
erly working radiator
Check the protection level
of the antifreeze in the radia-
tor If the coolant hasn't been
changed in the past year or so,
flush the cooling system and
give the radiator fresh anti
freeze. Check the radiator
• Driving too slow for con-
ditions This just makes other
drivers nuts and causes them
to do crazy things You're
always safer when you go with
the flow, neither too fast nor
too slow for driving condi-
tions.
Maintenance hints
Proper battery maintenance
includes checking the fluid
level when getting gas or on a
Saturday morning. Keep the
terminals and terminal ends
free of corrosion by cleaning
the battery and battery suppor
periodically with a solution of
baking soda and water
Weak or marginal batteries
can fail if the car has a low idle
speed and several of the elec-
trical accessories are operating
while the vehicle is sitting in
traffic Look fora battery that
holds a greater charge.
THE SONY SOUNDFIELD SYSTEM
AN INCREDIBLE
NEW APPROACH TO CAR STEREO
SOUND REPRODUCTION.
BY THE EDITORS OF
POPULAR
MECHANICS
MAGAZINE
Take a drive down any
Interstate in the country and
you’ll see the usual shenani-
gans: people backing up for
missed exits; people coming
to a full stop in the accelera-
tion lane, then pulling out into
the path of oncoming traffic at
a 45 degree angle; people pull-
ing homemade trailers that
handle about as well as a paper
cup in a typhoon.
Naturally, the only troopers
you see are manning their
radar units, ready to give
speeding tickets to vacation-
ers, businessmen, truckers
and other generally law-abid-
ing citizens who are driving
attentively, but slightly over
the speed limit. It might lead
you to wonder: If I were a traf-
fic cop for a day, who’d get
the tickets, and who'd get off?
It's a fact of life that a
police officer cannot ticket
every law breaker that he sees
— if he did, he'd never get
more than a half mile from the
station house!
So he must pick and choose
from a garden blooming with
violations, ticketing those that
are especially dangerous, or
are easy to make stick in
court, or are his pet peeves, or
— in many cases — are the
target of a special campaign
against speeding
Here are the folks we'd
bust See if you agree.
Things we'd give tickets
for:
• Failure to dim bright
lights - Hey! Give us a break
This guy drives us nuts! It's
protection. too
i Here's a special tip to own-
ers of cars with front wheel
drive If the rubber boots cov-
ering the constants velocity
joints on the axle s are cracked
or torn. snow or ice could set-
lie in them and severely dam-
age the joints.)
Obviously, your battery has
to get through the winter
Check the electrolyte level
and make sure the battery
cables are clean, unfrayed,
unbroken and uncorroded
Finally, APAA's director
of technical services suggests
you add some items to your
trunk, including tire chains,
emergency flares, a piece of
wood and a small bag of kilty
litter.
The wood should be large
enough to put under the base
of the jack in case a tire has to
be changed The kitty litter
will provide extra traction on
ice.
"Much of what you do will
reduce your fuel bills and
reduce your chances of need-
ing a service call," Tim Tier-
ney adds
CHECK HER OUT!
Carbon monoxide can enter
your car from a faulty exhaust
system in the cold weather
you will be driving with the
windows closed, so beware of
the odorless killer that can leak
into your car. Inspect the head-
pipes. muffler, and tailpipe for
any leaks, cracks or holes.
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• Operating an unsafe
vehicle - This includes all the
rambling wrecks with bald,
underinflated tires, wobbly
wheels, nonexistent brakes,
dragging exhaust, missing or
badly aimed headlights. and
so on.
• Hacking up on express-
ways - These people have got
to be out to lunch How can
anybody be so ignorant as to
risk a massive pile-up by
backing up to a missed exit?
This should be a capital
offense It often is for the
other guy.
I he automobile needs the same attention in preparing for win
ter that houses receive, the Automotive Parts & Accessories
Association mints out
Much as :torm doors and windows, car doors and windows
should be cleaned and the weatherstripping checked to assure
they are sealed properly. APAA director of technical services
Tim Tierney says
The weatherstrips should be given a bath with mild soap and
water, then lubricated with a silicone spray
Inspect the windshield washing system to see that it will oper-
ate through the winter This should include checking the hoses
for cracks or dry rot, cleaning the spray nozzles and adjusting
them so the washer solvent hits the proper area of the wind-
shield
Check for cracked or worn windshield wiper blades, particu-
larly if they have not been replaced in the past four months If the
blade chatters or streaks when wiping across the windshield,
replace the blade and the arm
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• Corrosion returns shortly
after the battery terminals are
cleaned. This usually means
the battery is charging contin-
ually rather than holding a
charge at a constant level.
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• Loose battery hold-down
bolts or brackets. Bouncing
can damage the battery s case
• Battery hydrometer
readings are significantly dif-
ferent in one or more cells. On
a numerical scale, a reading of
025 difference would indicate
a problem
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Be sure to consider the size
ol both your child and your car
when purchasing a car re-
straint Some restraints in the
backward position may not fit
in the rear seat of compact
cars.
In a few instances, it has
been found that the adult
safety belt is not long enough
to buckle around the restraint
If this is the case with your
car. you may have to shop
around to find a suitable
model of restraint, or purchase
a seal belt extender from a car
dealership
Tiny infants may require
additional padding to prevent
their flopping from side to side
while traveling in a car re-
straint Receiving blankets
can be rolled up and tucked on
either side of the infant to pro
vide this additional support
Check with your doctor for
advice or be sure to read the
manufacturer 's specifications
Never fail to buckle up your
infant or pre-schooler — even
on short trips around town
Most accidents happen within
25 miles of home at speeds
less than .10 mph
It may be inconvenient to
buckle and unbuckle your
child while running errands to
the supermarket, drug store,
doctor, library, grandma s,
etc — but the few seconds it
takes to secure your child
could save you countless
hours of grief and worry. not
to mention medical bills and
time spent at a hospital emer-
gency room
usually a surburban cowboy in
a pickup and he's running with
enough auxiliary halogens to
light up Chicago.
Not only does he want to
see the road, but every blade
of grass on the shoulder, as
well In the process, he gives
everybody in front of him
severe radiation bum.
These superbright lights
have their purpose. But
they 're not for a detailed
examination of your retinas.
We'd write him up in a
second It's not only a nui-
sance. but a serious menace
on the road.
• Driving with snow on the
ear - Do you know anybody
who’s guilty of this? You usu-
ally see this squid early in the
morning. He looks like he just
drove through a snowbank
He’s cleared a tiny section of
the windshield and let the rest
of the snow ding to the car.
The idea here is that he 'll let
the wind blow the car clean,
not realizing that there are icy
chunks along with that fluffy
white stuff blowing away
behind him. And, the icy stuff
decides to fly off just when he
cuts you off And, he doesn't
even know he has cut you off
because of all the snow on the
windows
Nice guy. See you in traffic
court. buddy You're danger-
ous!
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• Birth to 40 pounds —
Restraints of this type are suit-
able for infants w hen placed in
a backward riding position
For the toddler and older child
up to 40 pounds, these tilt up
and face forward
Auto accidents are the num-
ber one cause of death among
children, claiming more lives
than drowning, poisoning and
childhood diseases.
Each year nearly 1,000
children under the age of four
die as passengers in auto mis
haps; thousands more are seri-
ously injured, sometimes
permanently
The cause of this alarming
statistic is neglect Many par
ents do not lake the necessary
precautions to safeguard their
children while traveling.
A study conducted by the
Insurance Institute for High
way Safety showed that 93
percent of the children they
observed were not riding
buckled up in the car Another
one percent were restrained by
inadequate or unsafe devices
Many parents do not realize
the force involved in a crash.
Any loose object in a car will
fly about in a collision or hard
stop, causing damage to itself
and anything or anybody with
which it collides. This in-
cludes groceries, books, um-
brellas and children
Furthermore. the weight of
an object is tremendously
increased by the force of a
crash For instance, in a colli-
sion at 20 miles per hour, a 30-
pound child becomes like a
600-pound forward flying
missile, hurtling into the dash-
board.
The solution is simple: Just
buckle infants and toddlers
into erash tested ear
restraints during every trip in
a car Studies have shown that
the use of car restraints can
prevent death and greatly
reduce injury to children in
crash situations or during sud-
den stops.
Why not seat belts ’
Although they're lifesavers
for grownups, the seat belts
and harnesses that come as
standard equipment in new
cars are not suitable for chil-
dren under four, or for chil-
dren weighing less than 40
pounds
Lap belts buckled snugly,
low over the hips, should be
used when no crashworthy
child restraint is available.
They provide better protection
than many other seats which
do not pass dynamic crash
tests, and they are much better
than allowing children to tra-
vel unrestrained
It s wrong to think of a
small child as a miniature
adult. A child's head is much
heavier and larger, in propor-
tion to its body, than an
adult's. It is supported on
much weaker neck muscles A
child's bone structure is
softer, still forming.
A child can slip through or
’’tunnel under" a standard
safety belt in a crash or sudden
stop and the diagonal shoulder
harness could position itself
dangerously across the child’s
neck or face.
For these reasons, children
need a restraint that is specifi-
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Sensible alternative
Instead of trying to save a
quarter, the car owner should
look fol the battery's signal
that it is wearing out, then shop
around
"Batteries don't die. they
wear out.” Tierney says Here
are signs your car's battery
may be ready for replacement:
• One or more cells need
water added frequently.
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Reprinted by Permission ol POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE c 1982 The Hearst Corporation All Rights Reserved
POPULAR MECHANICS is a Publication ol Hearst Magazines, a Division of The Hearst Corporation
W HATEV ER I HE W INTER W EAT HER. caring for your car is of utmost importance for
safety purposes as well as the car’s longevity and continued good service. Prevent flying
snow from blocking another driver’s field of vision by brushing the accumulated snow off
your car before driving it.
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Auto safety and your child: buckle infants
and toddlers into crash-tested auto restraints
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WITH w INDOW s ROLLED up to keep the cold outside,
the warm air inside your car can get smokey, smelly and
dusty . To the rescue: the Norelco Lar Clean Air machine,
which has new electrostatic filter that acts like a magnet to
pull in tobacco .moke, dust, pollen and other pollutant,
while cleaner, fresher air recirculates continuously . All
you have to do is place the Car Clean Air Machine on the
dashboard, console, floor or rear window shelf using its
own self-locking fiber fasteners, and then plug in to the
cigarette lighter. An on light will show it's working.
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tap. the hoses. belts and, on
most cars with air-condition-
ing, the hot water valve.
A properly tuned engine is a
must for winter driving if the
car has been tuned recently,
have the timing. idle speed
setting and automatic choke
checked. Be sure the choke is
not binding or sticking
The oil and oil filter proba-
bly needs changing and you
may want to use a lighter
weight oil than normal if you
live in a cold climate Lubri-
cate the suspension for winter
THE TOTAL EFFECT
Although th techne loty ■ t the
Sony S undField System is pr tty
complex the reason for it all Is
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• Hamess Alone I Ins is
a 5 point harness winch is
secured by a strap around the
seat back and is bolted Io the
floor or to the rear w indow
shelf it w ill lit a child w ho
can sit up unaided and weighs
15 to 50 pounds
• Shield Type Children
weighing over 20 pounds can
use a restraint featuring a
curved C-shaped shield which
is secured by the standard
safety belt Some infant
restraints have their own indi
vidually designed shields
which snap on when the
restraint is faced forward for
use by an older child
Shield Type
Omnidrectional
bass frequencies below
100Hz seem to come from
oundstage
GO FOR LIGHTER
WEIGHT
Cold weather tends to
thicken motor oil and that
makes your engine sluggish
and hard to start. You may also
experience poor fuel econ-
omy What's the answer? Use
a lighter weight, multigrade
oil in the w inter-time Check
your owner's manual for spe
cific recommendations.
system designed for a place few
other rar stereos belong
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cally designed for them In
general, such restraints
should:
• Distribute the pressure
ol the body over the largest
possible area;
• Provide good support for
the head and neck to guard
against whiplash injury:
• Be secured by either a
standard lap belt through or
around the child restraint or
anchored directly to the floor
of the vehicle.
A few years ago. parents
could use the excuse that ade-
quate restraints were not avail
able for children. This is no
longer true today.
More than 20 different
models that meet crash-testing
standards are now sold by re-
tail, discount and juvenile pro
duct stores, catalog outlets
and car dealerships
When shopping for an
approved crash-tested device,
keep in mind that they fall into
five groups:
• Infant Baby rides
backwards in a semi-reclining
position This type of restraint
is suitable for infants up to 20
pounds
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