The Huron Expositor, 1981-11-11, Page 23McKerlie-Milien Inc.
86 ALBERT STREET, CLINTOril
CALL 482-3445
ARCHIE'S
SUNOCO Seaforth
WE'VE GOT IT! at McKerlie-Millen WO carry a'complete line of winter products for your auto or tractor needs • DUAL-DUTY ANTI-FREEZE *T€MRO ENGINE EATERS
*CUM -
BATTERIES
• WHITAKER
BATTERY CABLES
AND JUMPER CABLES
* KLEEN-FLO CHEMICALS • GATES RAD HEATER HOSES
6 BATTERY AND
ANTI-FREEZE
TESTERS
• MANY NAME
BRAND ITEMS
COMPLETE MACHINE SHOP SERVICE
Millen
WIN
SNOWTIRES &RADIALS
- by B.F. Goodrich
Rad Anti-Freezeinstalled
$2.80 ih. + tax
Windshield Washer Anti Freeze $2. 4 5
+ 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 Cilecks"
We also do oil changes, kibes filters
Cosh 8 Carry
$9 .80 ta.
We have a coMplete'selection,of
brand-name oat° pOrts for your
car's winterizing
We also offer
0
BRAKE
ALATHE -
SERVICE
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41011.1110
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41140111HO
•ITAITIATORS
for all reeks. of
Cars. Trucks, Tractors
Larry Gibbings
Our store manager. Larry has
over 11 years experience in
the automotive parts field.
AUTOMOTIVE • TRUCK E! FARM IMPLIMENT_PARTS 4$2434
' 24 King Street. Onion OPIPA Monday Miley $ ex& - *Alp", THE RAO SHOP
; Sutursily 9 man. .; 1 p.m. • • 4124393 I
1 . Clip and save this section We keep car longer it snow! In World War 11 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 • years forthe auto com-panies to meet tfx dentanctor new . cars. The average- agO_ of cars on the road reacheda postwar high Of. nine yeah 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. 1 ast year the aserage age at • -cars on the road was 6.5 years, the highest in 26 years. Looking at it another way,
about one in f0 cars in opera-
tion in. 1970 was. 10 years or
older. Now nearly two cars in
10 have patiseti the 10-year
mark.
if you plan to hang on to
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 fil ers., But no job seemingly iS too Return. From Dead difficult for the do-it- Junked cars never die, at yourselfer. Sixty percentinstail least not 80 percent of them, mufflers and' exhaust pipes on
pays the Automotive Information their cars, 40 percent overhaul
Council. More than 6,000,000 disc brakes, 57 percent install
cars are recycled for their metal shock absorbers and 30 percent
and parts,-.saving energy and tackle electronic ignition
natural resources, MC points repairs, according to a survey
out. by-Home & Auto Magazine.
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 the owners of cars -twci-years old or newer- do some of the maintenance, according to the Motor Vehicle Manufactureis A' s" N'r • • Let it snow! ,---Let it snow!