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Students By JACK DUNN Staff Writer With the influx of students to USC, more and more of whom are driving cars (you can tell by the iewer numoer or parKing spaces), students might need advice to keep their machines moving and campus traffic flowing. Jeff Snow, service manager for the Goodyear Auto Service Center at 1400 Gervais St., said there are important areas of a vehicle to focus on first for preventive maintenance and care. ' "The most important things on your car are the tires, all your fluids, your oil and your radiator flu id/antifreeze," Snow said. "Tire pressure is very important beqause your car can't run indefinitely without the correct pressure. And that's where the rotation and balancing process comes in as well. "Your tires are the most important part of the car because that's the first thing on the road. Then it's your brakes because you have to stop." Snow said changing the oil was especially important in Columbia because of the hot weather. "We recommend you change your oil every 3,000 to 3,500 miles because oil breaks down faster in this heat," he said. Snow listed other automobile areas that should be checked to prevent problems: oil filters should be changed when the oil is changed; brakes should be checked every 24,000 miles as required or according to driving habits; transmission fluid should be Don Schot of HN m take care Always check your car's fluids. Oi changed every 24,000 miles; tires should be rotated and balanced every 5,000 miles; alignment should be checked annually or at least every 6,000 miles; air filters should be changed every 12,000 miles or according to dri't Pri It i HKimJ * ^ .* ^k t >*? , , il should be changed every 3,000 to 3,! ving habits; e tune-up engines every 12,000 a miles on non-computerized cars and t every 24,000 miles on computerized cars; s Snow said cooling systems c should be checked once a year or c 1111% CI I ii|M i I J n A * car main 500 miles. :very 12,000 miles because S mtifreeze can produce an acid thei mildup. deta "Antifreeze can produce white a 1 plotches on your radiator that can wit! :irculate and eat away at other parts >f your car," he said. nd Di Box Challenge, P.A.C. Low Impact Form Trait k y Close-out prices on FIRM' Catalog Merchca Cher, Kim Basinger, and Laure most famous users of our award videos. BuUwm can do them one bett* where the FIRM's revolutionary 2-in training" workout began. Visible res workouts. Expert teachers, great mi classes weekly?seven days a week, or by the Month ($43). Special stud< available. No membership contracts. >9-3317 for recorded schedule MS - -r ? ? tenance '% - > 1 Eric Glenn/The Gamecock now said students can bring r vehicles to Goodyear for a died inspection. Goodyear offers 5 percent discount to students i USC identification. rive K, iling Egggg vdise n Bacall are the [-winning workout it: \bu can work out -1 "aerobic weight iiilts within 10 usir. anrl nvpr fiO By the Visit ($5), int discounts >12 Harden Street