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Show D-2 TheSalt Lake Tribune AUTOMOTIVE Friday, June 4, 1999 d-mannered appearancesare deceiving w th Mazda Protege By RICHARD TRUETT THE ORLANDO SENTINEL but I don’t remember driving a car ly. I like the thick rim of the steering wheel with fewer than !25 ponies under I love cars like the new Mazda the hood that has as much spunk as what appears to be just another the Protege ES The engine has a hearty, BMW- sportier suspension systemthan you car, might expect Althoughthe Protege is available with a four-speed automatic trans ay impressive as its mechanical the sporty, unprofitable cars from ity lineupin recent years the RX-7. mussion, the stick shift makes this ones. But the dash is made of hard Protege ES. You look atit and see The standard power-assisted front disc/rear drum brakes are anotherof the Protege’s strong points. The small, mild-mannered imported like feel \ pedal hasa solid feel,and the brakes sedan aimed at budget-minded famspeeds, and if you rev it hig! grab quickly and stop the car effi ilies. andshift the five-speed transmission ciently under duress. Refined, balanced and ath engineered, the But Protege ES is more than that just right. you can leave Ourtest car was little road rock- respectable patch of rubber on the Protege ES is a cut above most et, packing muchmore muscle and a pavement. Not bad for an economy small economy cars. Marda may have pruned many of Onthe surface. it looks as if the Protege’s cosmetic touches are just car funto drive. Theclutch is light plastic. It’s not softly padded,like and easy. and the shifter notches you'dfind in a Honda Civic. Prosnugly into each gear tege’s dash, which has inserts (ee eee the Protege. Protege comes with a four-wheel aroundthe radio with a golfball-like The 1999 Mazda Protege, which has afirm and sporty ride, is a cut above ‘most small economycars. Mazda offers the Protege in three independent suspension system texture, looks nicebutfeels cheap to models. The DX and LX versions The ride is firm and sporty, not soft the touch. Too bad. because a the Protege. For a compact car, it ES model, which makes the car a $16,000. The Protege ES exceeded my come with a 105-horsepower, 1.6- and cushy like a Honda Civic or classier dash and more paddingin offers excellent roomfront and rear solid bargain. Thelist includes: air liter, double overhead cam fourToyota Corolla. The Protege loves the seats would beenough to make headroom, so even 6-footers will be conditioning, power windows, mir- expectations. It’s a great little car cylinder. The ES model ourtest to be driven hard around comers the Protege a strong contender able tosit comfortably. rors, remote control door locks. that will never leave you wondering for best-in-class honors. Our test car came with just one cruise control, till steering wheel if you could've bought smarter. Procar — comes with a |.8-liter four The power-assisted. rack-and-pin cylinderthat sports 122 horsepower. option, an $80 set of floor mats. and an AM/FM/CD player. That's a tege gives you your money's worth, ion steering system has a nice Bethat as it may, I can tell you that Maybe the secret is in the gearing. weighty feel, but it responds quick you'll feel at ease ight away inside Everything else is standard on the lot of stuff for a car that ts way under maybe more. the MX-3 and MX-6 but the spir it of those cars 1s alive and well in Thecar seat wars: They’re bulky, bewildering anda basic factoflife By Liz Stevens The do’s andthe dont’s of child car seats mysteries. “She's only 2." notes Bobbie Hickman, Antia Hickman’s grandmother, “But I'll tum KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS. freeway, and I'll look back, and she’s stand- KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS The child car seat: at one point or another, the bane of every parent's existence. Bulky. inconvenient,stinky. the car seat is nonetheless an essential accouterment of child-rearing. After all. it saveslives. But the roadto car-seat satisfaction is no easy journey. In fact. some families never achieve the spintual plane of car-seat con: * For a convertible or front-facing seat, secure the car seai snugly with the seat Don’t forget: belt. Then, with the child out of the seat, press your knee down into the car seat with all your weight while pulling the seat * The back seat is the safest place for | children to ride in a motor vehicle. Never | place a child in the front seat in a vehicle | equipped with passenger-side air bags. | * Read and follow the manufacturer's tentment: wherein a child happily remains in the seat and does not spill. goober or other- wise despoil the fabric covering the seat: belt even tighter. * Never buckle two people instructionsfor installing and using your hownot to place a child in a car seat. There istrationformsothat you can be notified if was the time Lyrtrina Jenkins was leaning your car seat is recalled. If you have any over her baby’s car seat and slipped onthe car’s vinyl upholstery. sending her face-first Administration's Auto Safety Hot Line, particular safety seat. embarrassment; wherein said seat does not concerning which seats best fit your vehicle and how toinstall those seats. withstand one crash.) + Never use acar seat that does not ha call the National Highway Traffic Safety involved in a crash. (They are designedto (800) 424-9393, or check the Department of Transportation ho ome page al http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/. tothe other during a short tiptothe grocery store, clip hamesses, ete,, ete “This would be one of my great sources of humor,” notes Brenda Hantsche of the car- every different weight Coleman. mom of -year-old Savannah. complains Loraine “They smell up your car. claims Julie Wende, 6-year-oldJoey’s mom. “Tt wasjust a little metal frame with a cot those primitive models. 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Or the time Hantsche, trying to extract her infant’s car seat from the stroller, smashed Petite Julia Decker, mother of four, drives a Williams tries for a lew more seconds before instructor Kathy Owens jumps in and “Along with safety.” Hantsche adds, “comes alot of frustration and confusion. ton piece of fabric for the seat. Andall it did was hook ontothe back of the front seat Hantschesays. “However, youdidn’t need an engineering degreetofigure it out.” Cars Ey]Peewee |00, we ay ot S600 obo 569-1488 cr 9688292 attending a 1 1/2-hour class on car-seatsale: ly. It is her turn to demonstrateproper installation of a car seat usin nz the demo model at the front of the classroom. It is not goin “There ts one for every different age and seat phenomenon. An Arlington, Texas. mother of six, Hantsche remembers the car seat her little brother rode in during the “60s. 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