ARE YOU A SEVERE DRIVER?

Auto Channel -- Robert Gordon, Co-Publisher

ARE YOU A SEVERE DRIVER?

NEW SURVEY FINDS A MISPERCEPTION ABOUT THE WAY WE DRIVE


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2001
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WHAT:	When it comes to driving, do you consider yourself normal?  A new survey
finds a misperception about the way we drive.  Just in time for October car care
month, this survey enlightens drivers on how they may be much harder on their 
vehicles than they thought. 

FINDINGS:	A recent Harris Interactive poll finds that although 
fourteen-percent of those initially surveyed rated themselves as severe drivers,
that number increased dramatically to fifty-five-percent when they were given 
the criteria for severe driving conditions.  

Short trips, stop and go traffic, extreme hot and cold climates towing and 
hauling heavy loads…if this sounds like your driving conditions, manufacturers 
say you’re a severe driver and not a normal driver.  If you are a severe driver,
for many vehicles, it’s absolutely critical to get your car in for service every
3,000 miles or you could face costly repairs down the road. Car Care experts say
your owner’s manual routinely describes normal versus severe driving and 
calculates maintenance intervals based on each.  

Open your owner’s manual, read it.  Find what you need to do to take care of 
your car. 


If you would like to learn more about the proper maintenance of your vehicle, 
log on to the Car Care Council at :

www.carcarecouncil.org

For more information, please contact Jim Bowing at 323-930-1030.

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