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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-06-11, Page 24Page 4B The Signal -Star, JUne 11,1970 Cali, Supplement. Credit Cards Can Ease Way To Pay for Car Maintenance The familiar sign "We Trust in the Lord—All Others Pay Cash," is becoming in' creiatsingly rare in automotive service facilities. A growing number of facilities and the motorists they serve are putting their trust in credit cards. The trend is having . a sig- nificant effect on the service industry. The motorist need no longer delay vital repair work until he can raise the ready cash. And the facility owner has a list of benefits . including simplified billing procedures. Also, it is no - • -- =Monger- nevssfi;ry to ':itee i:_ v.:.. large -amounts :of cash.on :thy premises. Gasoline stations, more than 200,000 of them, are the most common areas of credit" servicing. Virtually all • oil, companies offercredit credit cards to customers, primarily for gasoline, oil and minor re- pair services. Also, oil com- panies are allowing such • service as tune-ups to be charged on credit cardse Independent service -outlets � numbering more than 114,000 are climbing on the credit bandwagon in ever growing volume. 'Many honor credit cards from banks, travel or- ganizations and individual facility credit card set-ups. The more than 33,000 auto dealership' "service .depart- ments are also showing in- creased interest in financing repair work through a wide variety of credit sources. Many banks will extend QUIET BUT DEADLY A faulty exhaust system is called the quiet killer. It. can allow deadly monoxide fumes to enter .your car, make you drowsy and impair your driv- ing judgment. Don't take chances. Have your- car's ex- haust system checked. personal loans for needed re pair work at going commer- cial rates consittelit With state usury- laws. • As, a result, there it no need ©for a person with es- tablished credit to risk driv- ing an undependable, unsafe car because he doesn't have the ready cash. For' him, good transporta- tion is in the cards — credit cards. 4 Pero- ve-ry With ese::: oves- Henk de Vries cites the .fol- lowing procedures to get the wheel rolling again: Cut engine power but not so violently as to worsen the skid. The technique is the same for a rear wheel skid where the rear of the car tends to swing frontwards or the four wheel skid -where all wheels :are sliding. In a car with man,ual'trans- missionlift your foot off the gas and declutch (depress the clutch pedal). With an auto- matic transmission, all you need to do is take your foot of the gas and the torque converter will slow you down. In a front wheel skid,us- ually induced by cornering too fast,•the"technique is dif- ferent. With an automatic: transmission, gear down and with " manual shift, do not,. declutch. Then, in all skid condi- tions, countersteer out of the skid by turning . the, front 'wheels in the same direction the rest of the car is skidding. Immediately turn. the wheel around in the opposite direc- tion or you risk a dangerous second skid. If you had tried to get out of a skid in the time it took •}4ti'; v Make Safe Skid • "Skid School"` students are taught wheel` control on this private highway made treacherous by . soaicingawsth soluble:.oihand:ltoode4 with water to aimuiate.°treaeherouuIsumtner driving-+eonditioitts. ' , ,•-Water :on,:an .oil slicked road. ean he .even -more. _dangerous.dtan--gfaret1ee.r:.says; Hemi de.Vrte " p "*.c. who heads the school in 1iP's complex, Oakville, Canada, near Toronto. . For Finestiagnostic SAFETY AERVICE,. uned car is... • a tow truck ride ... . .. •fir..:. r. �: _ .., r .':::...., ..... s:;;.?y' f a trip delayed ... BEAR is theP.M.V.LLaitePERIODIC MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION 6 BEAR is IN overll0 IAGNOSTIC Centers r7�nAnv..: r'M ftri?4v }SOS7. �i�1/A1�!'. -rain down your neck :. ALL to MakeYours the Accident that NEVER HAPPENED BI,ue'ati(BO . 41t. Fender: Shop 232-poctO at. . a dirty shame.... An untuned caris all kinds of trouble! But it's , trouble you can avoid right now by getting a Champion.Tune-up. That's' a new set' of • Champion spark plugs p'Ius otherbasic tune- up -items your car may need.''You'll enjoy quicker acceleration- for- saferrpassing, and better gas mileage too. So make sure you speei�fy :a Champion Tune -u). It "means dependable Ch-arnpions ...it means'better v performance. The heart of a tune-up! frit." '4,1* DA ,CHAMPION PLUGS... r 5, .061CJw.wnve......