Vehicle safety checks next Tuesday 28th

 

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(And yes, this was a car once driven to and from college by a Unity student!)

Dear students:

Graduating? Or just getting out of Dodge for the summer?
Before driving off into the wild blue yonder, consider taking advantage of free vehicle check-outs next week, Tuesday April 28th, 1.00 - 4.30 pm, in front of the Activities Building.

Are you a stereotypical Unity College "rugged individual” type? How rugged? Do you really want to find out? Getting stranded in an unpleasant, uncool, or just plain dangerous neck of the woods is one really good way to find out.

Alternately, take advantage of the service offered by your fellow students to prevent such occurrences.

The new Star Wars movie isn’t quite out yet, but we know aging-but-truly-rugged pro star pilot Luke Skywalker always does his own maintenance and lubes on his X-Wing Starfighter. But are you properly trained to fix up your trusty star-steed?

Instead, let the experienced mechanics and other student grease warriors, this year’s team of brave volunteers, check the poor beast out.

We will check your tires and tire pressures and pump them up if necessary, check and top off the oil and other fluids, make sure everything seems firmly attached, and finally and perhaps most usefully, if your CHECK ENGINE light is on, we will use our computer reader to “pull” your trouble codes so you can finally know just what it is that your poor neglected automobile has been trying to tell you all these months.

(Did you know you can save lots of gas and help the climate just by keeping your car’s tires at the proper pressures over the changing seasons? That tire pressures can naturally raise around 4-to 8 PSI between winter and summer if not checked, because of cold? Did you know that a blown oxygen sensor is easy to fix and can save on gas too? Did you know that low oil level can kill your car’s engine? Well, now you know.)

Each participant will receive a written report on the serviceability of their vehicle, with details of any trouble codes and what they mean.

The college accepts no responsibility for the use or misuse of any of the information we give you about your vehicle, or for your car’s safety after you leave the campus, but we do suggest that it’s always better to know than not to know. In most cases.

Employees are welcome too. Thanks to the Maintenance and Student Affairs departments for aid in providing this service.

Brought to you by the students and faculty of this semester’s PS 2004, Physics: Heat, Electricity and Magnetism class.

Remember: Go green, or don’t go.

Mick Womersley

Professor