The Daily Tar HeelMonday, February 25, 19915
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Automobile owners should go by
Ithe book for vehicle maintenance
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By Matthew Hoyt
Staff Writer
! , To most automobile owners, car care
'.is nothing more than gas in the tank and
Ian occasional car wash.
According to the Motor and Equip
jment Manufacturers Association
!(MEMA), 60 percent of private auto
mobiles in the United States run inef
fectively, and one out of every eight
laccidents occurs because a vehicle is
Jworking improperly.
! But how should a car owner go about
finding out what sort of care the car
requires? According to Doug Perry,
manager of the Eastgate AMOCO ser
vice station, owners should go by the
jbook when it comes to auto maintenance,
j -"The owner's manual tells us when
things need to be checked," Perry said.
He also said that owners should be
familiar with the manual so they would
know what repairs to ask for.
t Preventive maintenance is a term
automotive technicians use to refer to
the regular checkups and tests necessary
to keep an automobile working safely
and effectively.
! . Most car mechanics feel that an oil
land oil filter change are the most im
portant tasks that car owners face, but
ini'any mechanics have different opin
programs help minority students with
transition from high school to college
ky Karen Crutchfleld
Staff Writer
Choosing a college and entering UNC
as a freshman can be a difficult experi
ence for many students for minori
ties it can be even tougher.
" UNC offers two programs for mi
norities that make the college experience
a little easier. Project Uplift targets high
'school students before they make their
'decision about which college to attend,
'and Pre-Orientation helps them adjust
once they are at UNC.
' Project Uplift is directed at minority
high school juniors who have been
nominated for the program because of
their impressive academic profile.
i The chosen students are invited to
attend the University for one of four
weekends during the summer to learn of
the opportunities available to them, said
Archie Ervin, the assistant to the vice
.chancellor of University affairs. They
are given the chance to learn about the
.University, college life and, most im
portantly, themselves.
!,:. Ervin explained that the program is
not solely to promote UNC it also
gives information that is valuable re
gardless of where the students choose to
attend school. In addition to learning
about UNC, it is also vital for them to
recognize their personal needs and what
they will be happy with, Ervin said,
v Christy Sellars, a junior from Elon
College, was a counselor for Project
Uplift last summer. She said she was
interested in the position because she
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ions on when oil should be changed.
Popular Mechanics' self-help manual
titled "Basic Car Care Illustrated," says
that cars oil and filters need to be
changed every four to six thousand
miles, or the oil loses its ability to
properly lubricate the engine and be
comes contaminated with outside air,
metal fragments from the engine and
by-products of combustion.
Steve Bair, an auto technician at
Talbert's Auto Repair Service, said that
the oil filter needed to be checked even
more often every three thousand
miles to be exact.
Perry agrees that oil should be
checked frequently, somewhere around
three to four thousand miles, along with
the car's fluids, such as power steering,
brake and transmission fluids.
Perry said that tires should be
checked along with the oil to ensure
there is no air wear, a term that means
strain on the outer edges of the tread that
makes tires more susceptible to slipping.
Many servicemen say that tire service
depends on a person's driving habits
and even the type of car he or she drives.
"An average driver needs to rotate
his tires every ten thousand miles or six
months," says Ronnie Ragan, owner of
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thought it was good for high school
students to visit the campus before
making a decision.
This program has been part of the
University for twenty years and has
proven to be very successful, Ervin said.
The attendance is usually about 800
students for the four program weekends.
Seventy-five percent of incoming
minority students take advantage of Pre
Orientation. This program provides the
opportunity for minority students to
arrive on campus one and a half days
before the University's fall orientation
begins. Freshmen are assigned coun
selors who have been trained to provide
assistance throughout the critical first
week on campus.
It's a luxury for the minority students
which enables them to arrive at the
University earlier than the other fresh
men,"said Jamee Alston, the adminis
trative assistant to the assistant to the
vice chancellor of University affairs.
"It is mainly to reduce anxieties and
help them adjust," Alston said. They
can tour, meet with faculty and have
their questions answered. She explained
that helping the new students take care
of minor errands, such as opening bank
accounts and obtaining meal cards,
makes the transition a little easier.
Although the Pre-Orientation pro
gram has been successful, its members
are constantly thinking of ways to im
prove it. One idea is to involve parents,
Alston said. They want to acquaint them
with UNC's policies for applying to
different schools within the University
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hicle, they should change them every
six thousand, since eighty percent of the
weight is in the front."
Ragan also said brakes should be
checked just as frequently, since they
too are affected by the weight dis
placement of the car.
Finally, autos need to have a major
tune up yearly, Ragan said. At that time,
all the plugs, hoses and belts are checked,
the entire engine is lubricated and the
wheel system gets a full alignment.
The amount of tuneup needed also
depends on the age of the car and the
size of the engine. According to Perry,
the newest cars engines are so efficient
that a tuneup really isn't necessary ev
ery year.
So what does all this cost? Most
bimonthly check-ups and oil changes
run from $20 to $35, while yearly
tuneups can run in the hundreds. While
a lot of services can be done much more
cheaply if the owners do them at home,
Tilley said the car owner "would be
hustling backwards" to service his ve
hicle at home, because most car owners
lack the experience or equipment nec
essary for proper care.
And despite all of the old myths,
mechanics are not out to swindle un
suspecting customers. "We do have
consciences," said Bair.
and explain the grading system and
billing process to them.
"Parents are often a little uncom
fortable leaving (their children) on the
first day of college," Alston said. "By
having the parents involved in the pro
gram, perhaps we can make them feel a
little more comfortable."
Many minority students are first
generation college students, so not only
do they have a lot of questions about
college that their parents are unable to
answer, but their parents are apprehen
sive about leaving their children in an
unfamiliar environment, Alston said.
Christopher Ingram, a senior from
Greensboro, was a Pre-Orientation
counselor last fall. He said he wanted to
be a counselor so he could be an upper
classmen students can come to for help,
but more importantly because of the
positive impact the Pre-Orientation
counselors had on him when he was a
freshman.
"I felt as though I should do the same
thing for someone else," Ingram said.
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"He wouldn't have been killed in a
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were with him in his store shortly before
the shooting. Sheldon probably did not
expect any unusual occurrences that
night, they said.
"We visited him two hours before,"
Heinrichs said. "He was very happy."
Kaye said Sheldon's death was a
significant loss to the community be
cause of his ability to relate to anyone.
"He liked everybody and everything,"
he said. "We'd go out to eat, and he
could never decide what to get because
he just liked everything on the menu.
That's why this is so frightening. There's
no one else in the town who related to
everybody."
Cotterman said that Sheldon and his
store have been assets to the community.
"Bob was a very generous person
and was very involved progressively,"
he said. "He reminded me of Thomas
Jefferson because of his red pony tail."
Dennis Gavin, owner of Skylight
Exchange and a long-time friend of
Sheldon's, said he was unaware of any
motives could have prompted the
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"I don't think he's ever had a per
sonal enemy," Gavin said. "His main
thing has always been peace and
nonviolence."
People in the community want to
work together to keep Internationalist
Books open despite Sheldon's death,
Gavin said.
"I think the strongest thing is that
people want the store to continue no
matter what," Gavin said. "It's been an
important part of the community. It's
also part of his legacy. Bob was the
store, but sometimes things are bigger
than yourself, and in this case the store
has become an important part of the
community."
Thompson said the police are seek
ing the public's help in conducting the
investigation.
"We are asking anyone that was in
the area between 7 and 9 p.m. and might
have seen anything unusual or heard
anything unusual to please call the de
tectives at 968-2767," Thompson said.
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