The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 22, 1995 Page: 21 of 43
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February 22 & 23, 1995 — HHCN — Page 5
TEN $$ Saving Tips from the Car Care COUNCIL
1) Tire care - Tire care begins the upholstery and repair body
with proper inflation, which not damage ASAP. This will ensure
only helps your car handle better, top dollar when it’s time to trade,
but saves you money as well.
Underinflated tires waste gas and 5) Battery and electrical system
wear rapidly. Check the owner’s
manual for proper inflation level.
For maximum tire ... /
life have them ro- - /
tated and balanced (
twicea year, along Msigg
with a check of
suspension Q^J
parts andG T
wheelalign- +P $4-4 m
ment.
- If your car has been slow to start,
have the battery checked. The
problem may be as simple as a
loose or corroded battery cable,
but it will be to your advantage to
find out for certain ASAP.
6) Cooling system - Proper
cooling system service, including
flushing and refilling with the
correct antifreeze mixture, will
protect your engine and maximize
2) Engine efficiency - A periodic the system’s efficiency. Check
diagnostic check of the engine belts, hoses, pressure cap and other
can pay off. One misfiring spark components of this critical system.
plug, for example, can pull the
engine's efficiency down by as
much as one fourth. This trans-
lates into a wasted quarter of a
tank of gas every time you fill up.
Check up and tune up for savings.
7) Air filter - Is your car gulping
more gas than usual? Check the
air filter; it may be dirty. It should
be replaced . '
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3) Oil and filter change - Regular miles, even 1 ‘
oil changes can do as much as more often f
anything to extend engine life, under dusty 7
And when you change oil, change conditions. 0
the filter too. This will prevent
circulating dirty oil with the clean
oil you’ve just poured in. Change
oil AT LEAST as often as is rec-
ommended in your owners
manual.
8) Brakes - Save yourself some
money and possibly a life by hav-
ing your brakes inspected. This
should be done annually by a quali-
fied technician. Don’t wait forthe
warning signs; you may be too
late.
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9) Transmission - Check auto-
matic transmission fluid regularly,
especially when driving under
“severe service” conditions as
described in your owner’s manual.
Replace fluid and filter as needed.
€ 10) Finally, if you don’t pay too
4) Keeping up appearances - much attention to what’s happen-
Keeping your car looking nice ing under your hood, consider
does more than make you feel pulling in to a full service gas
good, it helps your wallet as well, station occasionally. Ask the at-
Figures show that a well main- tendant to check your fluids, tire
tained vehicle may be worth twice pressure, belts and hoses. He ll
as much as a neglected one at even clean the windshield, all for
trade-in time. Keep your car the price of the gas.
washed and waxed, take care of
DENTON
85 Pontiac Grand Prix
92 Ford Mustang Conv.
Extra Nice.................
87 Suzuki Samurai
LX, A/C....................
87 Honda Civic
Extra Clean................
85 Cherokee
4x4..........................
88 Mazda 323
72K, Clean................
89 Ford Bronco II
Loaded..........................
89 Mazda 626
Loaded..........................
88 Ford T-Bird
Extra Clean...............
89 Ford Taurus LX
Loaded....................
. .’3495 45K, Loaded.....
......$9995
$3495
$3745
$3995
*3995
»4995
94 Ford Ranger XLT
Extra Clean.....................’9995
89 Jeep Wrangler
Hard Top ............$10,495
91 VW Passat
Auto, Loaded, 42K.....$10,495
92 Jeep Wrangler
45K, Extra Nice.........$10,495
94 Mazda Protege
Auto, Like New.........$1 0,495
’4995 91 Jeep Wrangler
Like New, Only 13K...$1 0,995
.....35495
Wagon
.....$5995
91 Mazda Protege DX
Clean...........................$6495
88 Nissan Maxima
Extra Clean................
90 Plymouth Laser
Automatic..................
91 Ford T-Bird
Loaded.....................
87 Jeep Wrangler
Hard Top........................
91 Mazda MX-6
One Owner................
88 Jeep Wrangler
6 Cylinder..................
92 Mazda MX-3
34K, Sporty................
94 Mazda 323
Auto, Extra Clean........
91 Mazda 626
Nice & Loaded............
92 Rocky Hard Top
4WD........................
6995
93 Jeep Wrangler
Extra Clean..............’11,685
92 Olds Silhouette
Loaded, Full Power.... ’11,995
91 Mazda 929
Loaded, 39K, One Owner ’13,995
94 Mazda 626 LX
Loaded, Clean..........’14,185
.’7495 94 Mazda B4000 Ext. Cab
Loaded, V6..............$14,495
,$7995
93 Ford F-150 XLT
Super Cab.
$15,495
’7995 93 Jeep Cherokee Country
$8995
$8995
$8995
$8995
Loaded
*16,495
93 Jeep Grand Cherokee
4x4, Laredo..............’19,985
93 Jeep Grand Cherokee
V8, 4x4, Loaded..
94 Mazda 929
Leather & Loaded
21,695
$21,995
95 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd.
*8995 Leather, 2WD, 4K......$27,995
94 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd.
$9850 4x4, Leather...
27,995
HUFFINES
JEEP * EAGLE * MAZDA
IN DENTON
De
Exit 461
Shady Shores
Metro
434-3090
Metro
817-321-2504
1-35 E @ Shady Shores Exit 461
Lewisville
594-1461 or Jack at Metro Pontiac-Oakland Club In- vehicle, likes to talk, social-
817-640-4653. ternational, Lone Star ize and work on cars is in-
Chapter — Meets monthly vited to attend. The club
From 4and conducts activities; call plans events such as car
Saturdays at a.m atthe Pickups n Panels of Dal- Jim Nash at 618-3714 shows, rod-runs, going to,
La grdays at.8.30 a n. atthe las — The club caters to all T ■ h other car shows, and are
La Peep restaurant on Skill- Chevrolet and GMC trucks Red River Triumph open to other ideas For
man just north of LBJ. There made between 1918 and Club - 2813 High Plateau, more information call (214)
are monthly club dinner 1972. We have monthly Garland, TX 75044. You 625-6832 0 625-5084. )
meetings and activities. For meetings and activities in- don’t even have to own one
more information contact cluding the publishing of a to be a member. Anyone in- Summer Knights — An
Judy Scott at 349-9994. monthly newsletter that con- terested in the Triumph open car club with members
tains information about up- should call 214-516-6424 for who have “everything from
North Texas Volkswagen coming events, members’ more information. ’23 T-Bucks to 1969 GTO’s."
Club — Meets the second trucks classifieds ate We Meet first Friday of every
Tuesday of each month at 7 arealocal chapter of the Street Elite — 7401 Blue month at Show and Go at
p.m. at Bodacious BBQ, National Chevy/GMC Truck Stem, Dallas, 75349. Forest and Plano Roads.
1206 E. Division in Arlington. Association, giving us street Wizards —PO Box For more information call
Everyone is welcome to national organizational sup- 560402 The Colonv Texas Mark Gabriel at 340-3930 or
come and sit in on our meet- port. If you are interested 75056 This club is set out to Gloria Vaughn at 279-7547.
ing and see what is happen- please call Richard Martin at have fun with others having Texas Region Sports Car
formation, Richard at 214- 214-562-6016or Augie Holt- the same interest in autos. Club — Meets at the Char-
41 kort at 214-418-5228. Anyone with a four-wheeled lie Club, Arlington.
Clubs
Huffines
From 5
Dodge Caravan minivan.
Rebates of up to $1,350 or
4.9 percent financing for 24
months is being offered on
the Dodge Intrepid. Huffines
Dodge also has in stock the
1994 Motor Trend Truck of
the Year, the Dodge Ram
pickup.
service facility has 15 ser- frontational sales atmos- our manager of the pre-
vice bays and the dealership phere and follow up our owned division.” He said
also has an on-site collision sales with after-sale care they all work together to en-
repair center.
McClean is excited about
the atmosphere at Huffines
Dodge and said he feels it
will translate to even more
people taking advantage of
the Huffines way of doing
business.
that makes customers re- sure every customer has a
turn, time and time again, to happy buying experience,
purchase their vehicles with “We live by these words—
US- we can always get cars and
Our success depends on trucks but we can’t always
the quality of our staff and aet customers.” McClean
we have an outstanding
staff,” McClean said. “Tam-
my Gentry is our office man-
get customers,” McClean
said.
Huffines Dodge is located
at 1024 South Stemmons in
Lewisville. Sales hours are 8
In addition to some terrific changes here that are in line parts and service director, Al a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday
deals on Dodge products, with the Mr. Huffines’ goals Hipolito is our service mana- through Saturday. Service
the dealership also has an for the dealership and the ger, Yancey Biddy is our department hours are 7:30
exceptional service depart- community,” McClean said, new car sales manager, a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday
ment, according to “Our customers are abso- David Tocheny is our busi- through Friday and 8 a.m. to
McClean. The staff is highly lutely No. 1 with us and we ness manager, Darren Hug- 6 p.m. on Saturday. For
trained and employs several work every day to prove that, gens is our collision repair more information, call 434-
Master Technicians. The We offer a low key, noncon- manager and Bob Jones is 2288.
“We have made some ager, Gary Benner is our
We’ve reduced
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MSRP $12,688, DM Discount $1789
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Dual Air Bags and more. #52098.
FINANCIN
Starting ^ 0
As Low As ng Wi
$32,994
‘95 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
EXECUTIVE
MSRP $37,595, DM Discount $3601, Rebate $1000
Leather Scats, 4.6L V8 Engine,
Automatic, #54030
but
the
selection
4,
‘95 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER
MSRP $17,976, DM Discount $2482, Rebate $500
Dual Air Bags, Automatic, Air, Stereo. #52087
‘94 ISUZU RODEO
MSRP $21,939, DM Discount $1999, Rebate $500
4-Spd, Automatic, Running Board, Air Cond., Power
Windows & Locks, Cruise Control, AM/FM Cass,
Intermittent FT & RR Wipers, Premium Door
Trim #45054
24 Hour Credit Hotline
1-800-810-3839
Apply By Phone!
DENTON
COUNTY’S
CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH
LINCOLN MERCURY
T ISUZU DEALER W
19,590
‘95 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS GS
MSRP $22,785, DM Discount $900
Factory Discount $1795, Rebate $500
157A Package, 4 door, 4.6L V-8, Cruise, Power Locks, Auto,
Over 20 to chooe from.
EXCELLENT SELECTION OF USED CARS & TRUCKS
‘91 Ford Probe
Silver, Auto, Air & more.......................
‘90 Dodge Dynasty LE
V6, Cruise Control, TW, Cass. & More
‘90 Chevy Lumina
Blue, Cruise Control, PW, Cass............
‘89 Lincoln Town Car
Eggshell, One Owner, Like New..........
‘92 Pontiac Grand Prix LE
White, 4 Dr., 36K..................................
$5988
$5988
$6888
.$6888
$9988
‘93 Ford T-Bird LX
PW/PL., Cruise Control, & More.....
‘92 Mercury Cougar
Anniversary, Sharp............................
‘92 Dodge Caravan LE
Blue, PW, Cruise, Cass., & More.....
‘94 Mercury Sables
White, PW/PL, cass, & more............
‘90 F-150 XLT
White, Super Cab, Captain’s Chairs.
$11,988
.$11,988
$11,988
$12,988
$12,988
€9
CHRYSLER
Plymouth
0 LINCOLN
Mercury «
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TV
‘94 Ford Mustang
White, V6, Cruise, PL, PW & More.........$14,488
‘94 Chrysler Lebaron Convertibles
2 To Choose From.....................................$14,688
‘94 Ford Aerostar XLT
2 To Choose From.........................
‘94 Dodge Caravan SE
$15,388
Blue, Cruise Control, PL, Cass., & More.........$15,488
‘94 Mercury Grand Marquis
Blue, Cruise Control, PW, Cass., & More.......$16,988
‘93 Lincoln Town Cars
3 To Choose From, Starting @......
.$21,788
MON-FRI
8 TO 8
SAT 8 TO 6
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(214) 434-2630 or (817) 387-6161 On select Vehicles
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Watterson, Tim. The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 22, 1995, newspaper, February 22, 1995; The Colony, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1680767/m1/21/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Colony Public Library.