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Show Automotive The Salt Lake Tribune FRIDAY,February14, 1997 CLASSIFIEDS Page F-2 Lexus LX 450 has gas-drinking problem pfeestioas ~ 2 By Al Haas y Al Haas Knight-Ridder Newspapers You rememberthe “70s Knight-Ridder Newspapers Q. I have a 1991 Plymouth People were wearing robin’sgZ blue polyester leisure suits ith white saddle stitching Allen was conjuring up a terrifying creature with the body Voyager with the Mitsubishi 3 liter V6. The van has give very reliable service sinc and it now has ju i 20,000 miles onit Recently, hou wever, it ha. of a crab andthe head ofa social worker. Many folks were born, pottytrained, afflicted with acne and veloped a problem. For th a 000 miles or s 0, it has be to burn oil —a bout a quart ev ery 1,000 to 2 000 miles. My by colleges without ever @ cars wheretheir parited in line for gas during mechanicadvi. ses that I get the heads replaced. In addition he says that I should get the timing we replaced, fora com crises st Of| ore $1 500 uld I get work de Pon i worth it? A friend told me Id bebetter ng a reputation for sipas like it was 25-year-old d. some automakers’ creill do this. But the new off getting the entire enginere. placed because if the heads are worn out, then the bottom of t one of them. The LX 450 tested recently than WC. Fields af- the engine is out, as well. With a daughter in college at $15,000 a year, I intend to keep th an, which s LX 450 sport-utility vehi- probably worn a brewery without a f Advertising supplement produced by Newspaper Al been doing about the Sport Utility Problem. n double-checked my e. 14.633 gallons Yep. 9mpg The problem with the wildly popular sport utes is that they ‘d. this is a 2.5-ton. full- have been eating the lunches of ute, and the driving I did for the luxury-car manufacturers Affluent folk have been buying a sport ute instead of a second luxuTy car, and that really smarts if you sell upmarket iron. was largely se was to fold down from the sides o0 f rear storage com raise seati seven. In addition toits re 50 rides well and hanThe comfort-ori- and goosed overthe putting out 212 sponded by giving their luxury lines 2 thinly disguised version of their popular utes. Thus. LincolnMercurygets the Lincoln Navigator, which is a heavily equipped Ford Expedition. and Lexus of course, that al with the test should foot-pounds of normally a goodly mustard, but it proav performance ith a curb weight of the LX 450. which is a heav yota Land Cruiser. periodic trips il. sin- 0iss. finally. a quiet. mpeten t and well- a0 is a big. high-rider something tell youthat getting 1.000 to 2.000 miles to a quartof oi ter 120.000miles sounded pre ty normal to me. But. I decid from 1927 to 194 Your friend w le So. the automakers have re- cker fo ae the LX our family has gr wn to love. advise, 1 do whatever The 1997 Lexus LX 450 has many redeeming qualities including a nicely laid out interior. Would youbelieve nine miles to n? back much ea Bek ltin the! s to drop eg down out o they do. th ing oil. If le sumption will And when the valve guid and put snap ri m to knocking them work. the Lexus LX an example of what ixury-Car companies have 96 & 97 | -AVALIERS CA 2 Doors Start at nang 41,595 44,995 *189 mo or 249mo #c7e1s 4 Doors Start at 13,995 , or $239 mo #07034 ee 97 BLAZER 30 AVAILABLE STARTING AT 97 GEO METRO 14 AVAILABLE STARTING AT 96 & 97 GEO TRACKER 4X49 2 DR & 4 DR MODELS AVAILABLE “aeMf 995 - ren, we ob rez. 14,950 °24,995 14, 995 | an tpaennceemreraten one a 2 Siverade PY Omeea CHEVY/OLDS/GEO _Olds/Used: 576-4640 cadet ee a ede et)') Utah Auto Mall, Sane |