The Brussels Post, 1981-11-11, Page 14WE'VE
GOT IT!
•. KLEEN-FLO
CHEMICALS
• GATES RAD
HEATER HOSES
• BATTERY AND
ANTI-FREEZE
TESTERS
• MANY NAME
BRAND ITEMS
• DUAL-DUTY
ANTI-FREEZE
• TEMRO ENGINE
HEATERS
• EXIDE,
BATTERIES
• WHITAKER
BATTERY CABLES
AND JUMPER CABLES
McKerlie-Millen Inc.
86 ALBERT STREET, CLINTON
CALL 482-3445
at
McKerlie-Millen
we carry
a complete line of
winter products for your
auto or tractor needs
COMPLETE MACHINE SHOP SERVICE
WIE111111111
SNOWTIRES & RADIALS
by B.F. Goodrich
Rad Anti-Freeze installed
Cash & Carry
Windshield Washer Anti Freeze $2 .45+ tax
Gas Line Anti-Freeze •75+ tax
We repair all makes of
tires, do tire changing and
we also sell new tires!
"Tridon" Winter Wiper Blades
"Free Anti-Freeze Checks'
We also do oil changes, tubes & filters
ARCHIE'S
4UNOCIP.
527-0881 Setif-01th UNOCO
$0.80 + tax
$2 . 80
+ tax
I
We have a complete selection of
brand-name auto parts for your
car's winterizing
Larry Gibbings
Our store manager. Larry has
over 11 years experience in
the automotive parts field.
JOITIT COX
Saha Representative
Rid Shop Foremen
We also offer
a
BRAKE
LATHE
SERVICE
COMPLETE
MACHINE SHOP
SERVICE
COME IN AND
SEE OUR
COMPLETE LINE
OF TOOLS
Randy Middleton
Counter Sales
Jack Reid
Delivery
Cony Mott
Red Shop Technician
New home
of
THE
RAD
SHOP
"A Good Place
to take a Leak"
*WILING
*REPAIRING
014-CORING
*RADIATORS
for all makes of
Cars. Trucks, Tnators
grOCLINTON AUTO PARTS
LTD.
412404' AUTOMOTIVE TRUCK FA RM IMPLEMENT PARTS mop
141 iliac Street, Clinton OPEN: Monday y Mikity I St*HE
.$400.01)4..40 01•M“..1 1)M.. 4.12:403,„
A14 — THE BRUSSELS POST, NOVEMBER 11, 1981
We keep car longer
In World War II the
automobile industry stopped
making cars for civilian use
and' motorists were forced to
hang on to their 1930s, vintage
models.
When the war ended it took
several years for the auto com-
panies to meet the demand for
new cars. The average age of
cars on the road reached a
postwar high of nine years in
1946.
The average age has been
falling ever since — until now.
Because of several factors, in-
cluding the high purchase price
of new models, owners are
waiting longer before sending
their cars on the the final trip
to the scrap yard.
Last year the average age of
all cars on the road was 6.5
years, the highest in 26 years.
Looking at it another way,
about one in 10 cars in opera-
tion in 1970 was 10 years or
older. Now nearly two cars in
10 have passed the 10-year
mark.
If you plan to hang on to
your car, there's a good chance
you will perform some of the
maintenance. The older the
car, the more likely it will be
maintained by a do-it-
yourselfer.
Forty-six percent of thel
owners of cars two years old orl
newer do some of the
maintenance, according to the
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers
Return From Dead
Junked cars never die, at
least not 80 percent of them,
says the Automotive Information
(Council. More than 6,000,000
cars are recycled for their metal
and parts, saving energy and
natural resources, AIC points
out. •
Association. However, 72 per-
cent of the owners of vehicles
10 years or older make some
repairs.
Nearly 80 percent of the
estimated 44 million do-it-
yourselfers say they do car
maintenance to save money,
and 55 percent listed enjoy-
ment as a reason.
The typical do-it-yourselfer
used to be in the 18-to-34 age
bracket, but now older drivers
are getting into the car repair
swing.
Tasks most frequently per-
formed by do-it-yourselfers in-
clude waxing and polishing,
changing the oil, replacing an-
tifreeze or coolant and chang-
ing the oil, air and gas filters.
But no job seemingly is too
difficult for the do-it-
yourselfer. Sixty percent install
mufflers and exhaust pipes on
j their cars, 40 percent overhaul
i disc brakes, 57 percent install
shock absorbers and 30 percent
tackle electronic ignition
repairs, according to a survey
by Home & Auto Magazine.