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Is your car ready for "front end alignment‘" service? Don‘t be surprised to find out it needs rear whee! alignment too, if you own a front wheel drive car. These occasionally require adjustments to the rear wheels as well as to the front in order to gain perfect alignment. What causes wheels to go out of alignment? The most common reasons are worn steering and suspension parts or impact with curbs, chuckâ€"holes or other obstructions. How long should wheels stay in alignment? Usually a year or more, if the car has good suspension components and if it has n been subjected to heavy impacts or accident damage. Whee! alignment, which means the angular relationships betweent he front and rear suspensions, steering components, wheels and frame, is essential to proper handling of the vehicle How can you be aware of a misalignment condition? Your first tipâ€"offs are uneven tire wear and/or poor handling. An experienced technician can tell which aspects of alignment are misadjusted merely by looking at the tread wear pattern of the tires. He also can tell by driving the car whether it pulls to one side or the other, if it fails to return properly to a straightâ€"ahead position after a turn. or if it shakes or vibrates Alignment essential to handling What would you do if you were en route to the dealer‘s to trade in your car and, without warning, Old Betsy refused to go further? That‘s what happened to Angelo, whose name has been changed but whose tale of woe is very real. When the light turned green at an intersection a, few miles from the dealership, Angelo stepped on the gas but the car did not move. The transmission would go only in reverse. Angelo had postpored basic maintenance of his car a little too long. He decided against having the car towed to the dealership, where the $500 tradeâ€"in value would have had to have been "renegotiated." Instead, he had the car taken home in hopes that he might find some help in patching up the problem long enough to consummate the deal. As it turned out, no patch job could soive Angelo‘s dilemma. Junk yards would accept the car only if he would pay the tow. Finally, one of his friends took Betsy off his hands for parts. The car would never run again. Angelo‘s unfortunate situation dramatizes one fact that has emerged from a new survey by Car Care Council: we continue to neglect the maintenance of our vehicles. When asked to list the five systems or components most neglected by their customers, 380 technicians voted the automatic transmission at the top of the list. Cooling system hoses came in second, followed closely by battery cables. Drive belts took fourth place, with oil and filter fifth in the list of neglected components. Earlier preventive maintenance, basically replacing the transmission fluid and filter, probably would have saved the transmission and prevented this $500 loss (plus towing* As one repair shop owner commented, "We find frequent damage due to loss of fluids and consumer neglect." On preventative maintenance * Top Dollars For All Trades » Onâ€"Theâ€"Spot Bank Financing Available O.A.C. *Plus options PDE, Freight, Tax & Licence â€" Based on stock vehicies. $5.00 OFF COMPUTERIZED 2 OR 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT These tires work well under all conditions and can be driven aggressively because of their ease of control. IT PROVIDES LOTS OF STICK FOR THE BUCK. FIRESTONE‘S TOP OF THE LINE FIREHAWK PERFORMANCE TIRES Triumph Steel Sidewall Tires P205/75R14 tires, doing alignments and oil changes. | didn‘t realize th automotive services included e_vemg from tuneâ€"ups, brakes and transmissions to airâ€"conditioning and more . . . Why not make them your full automotive care centre? DENNIS GIESBRECHT COME IN AND MAKE A DEAL A.M.â€"J.B.‘s Tire & Auto Service Centre Inc. 66 Rd. E., Waterioo, Ontario W"’ 886â€"4650 | thought Firestome was just a tire company â€" sellir es, doing alignments and oil changes. | didn‘t realize mhis mm ns SsmLar ERaAarel | THE DEALER WITH THE PRICE EDGE! : SPRING GIVEAWAY SPECIALS firestone While Quantities Last S6G5 WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY APRIL 123, 1988 â€" PAGE 3 ; .\ * |1;POINT INSPECTION SERVICE _ with cou | INCLUDING A FREE BRAKE INSPECTION i COUPON EXPIRES APRIL 30/88 OILCHANGE, LUBE & FILTER * Change your engi‘e oi. adomg up to 5 (most cars and -"'..'.:.‘1;.'.'.’. onginer approved on fite _ light fFUCKS) * Grease all lubrication points with mag . Cro o ho ue ols @© APOEL The first steeiâ€"beited aggressive mud & snow radia! tire offered for the 4 ONLY noâ€"nonsense traction demands of offâ€"road enthusiasts. s 1 =n. ATX RADIAL 23° Mud & Snow R.V. Radial $15995