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Show CAR CARE . K w 5i Tips For More Safety, Economy, Convenience The Muffler Count-Down "Ma. . .how much longer till we get there?" "Goth, Dad. . .I'm hungry again.' You've probably heard these and other comments from your children oo a trip. The trick: keep the kids busy and their minds off the tedium of the trip. Get them interested in the old count-down game. In some areas they might count cows, for example. But people are traveiing country roads less often these days, and the sight of animals on the sides of super-highways is a rarity. There's a new game, though, that can keep youngsters young-sters occupied: it's called Muffler Watch. Mufflers fall off cars and litter the road. For example, the Car Care Council observed up to 19 mufflers on one 20-mile stretch of Interstate 94 in the Detroit area. While counting mufflers can be fun for kids of any age, it can be costly for car owners. Often, perfectly good exhaust parts fall by the wayside because brackets brack-ets and clamps become loose. Fallen mufflers pose traffic traf-fic hazards, of course. They also create exhaust problems. prob-lems. Carbon monoxide fumes can leak into your car if your exhaust system is in poor condition. Such fumes are odorless, colorlessand color-lessand they can be lethal. The Council suggests: before you take a trip, check those brackets and clamps. The loss of a perfectly per-fectly good muffler is like money thrown away. |