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Show Thursday, November 27, 1980 Uintah Basin Standard Pump up those tires to save gas Remember way back, year ago. when the neighborhood service station filled your tires while filling your tank with gas? In those good old days passenger tires were mostly one size, and many service station attendants recommend-- . ed inflating them to their maximum. The tires would last longer, theyd say. Later, owners manuals became the authorative guides, and tire pressures dropped to 24 or 28 pounds to yield a softer ride. Well, with gas at $1.20 or so, its time to go back to 82 pounds, or whatever is the maximum pressure marked on the tire itself. This may be eight more pounds pressure than the manual or the sticker on the door of your car recommends. The more pressure you put in your tires, up to the stated maximum, the less gas it takes to drive a mile. That's because harder tires have less resistance to rolling. However, it is useful to maintain whatever difference in pressure between front and back tires the owners manual recommends. For example, the manual might recommend 24 in front and 26 in the rear, while the maximum marked on the tire is 32. In this case, you should inflate the front tires to 80 and the NATIVE ALASKAN ARTIFACTS As part of a unit on the tundra regions of the world Troy Thompson, a student in Mr. Robb s 4th grade class at East Elementary, invited his grand- mother, Mrs. Laura Thompson, to speak to the class and display native artifacts from Alaska. Mrs. Thompson's father was born and raised in northwestern Alaska. , rear tires to 32. All tires slowly lose air pressure. One tire company checked 1900 cars and found that 28 percent had tires that were severely ' under-inflate- And tests conducted by tire companies and by others confirm that more pressure means better gas mileage. In a report to the Department of Transportation, an independent company concluded after examining test results that each two pounds of additional pressure in bias-pltires improves gas mileage by one-haone to one-an- d percent Because there may be a difference of eight pounds between the owners manual and the tire manufacturers maximum, this presents the possibility of a four to six percent gas saving. That's like reducing the price of your gasoline by seven cents a gallon. These savings possibilities are for the highway driving. In town, percentage will be less because of the " time your car spends idling at traffic lights or being braked to a stop. The saving from increased pressure will also be leu with radial tires. With radials, eight pounds of increased pressure yields about a percent fuel uving. y (non-radia- . l) lf USE CROSSWALKS Tom Reynolds, '.Roosevelt City to the kindergarten children at East policeman, spoke about Elementary safety. He emphasized that children ' should always use the crosswalks when grossing a street, sit quietly when riding in a bus or car so as not to distract the driver, and never accept rides from strangers. BASKETBALL OPENER Coach Brad Monks said he was satisfied with the Cats' performance, considering it is early in the season. Union's Karl Hirschi and Steve Robb performed well, but Payson put the pressure on and came up with a 67-4- 2 win. Christmas Specials from Sleepy Hollow -- jmt Basle autumn Breeze $299 2 King and These 1 ,J jr $1 99 k A i f King, Queen, Any Size or Super Single headboard and frame, mattress, liner, heater, drain standard deck and riser, delivery and installation beds and fill, Queen Only W include $29,SSet Promo Sheets Top, Bottom and Pillow Cases, King or Queen Gift Christmas Bonus Free set of sheets with eyery waterbed sold : December st through 24th 1 Our l Certificates Available Service Policy is Watertight" &a u Iflaifr JA 23 |
