February 8, 2011 • Page 6 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com ABS Brakes Are A Must For Young Drivers BY TOM AND RAY MAGLIOZZI Dear Tom and Ray: My 17-year-old niece is interested in a 2007 Toyota Matrix, but it does not have antilock brakes (ABS). She may be heading to college in a place where it snows. Is it critical to have ABS brakes? Should this be a deal-breaker on the purchase of this car? -Carol Lee TOM: I think so. I’d scratch it off the list. wheels lock up, the car skids and turns sideways and the driver loses control. With ABS, even while slamming on the brakes, you still can steer, so you have a chance to direct the car away from an oncoming cliff or Lays Potato Chips van. RAY: And that’s an option you want your niece to have, right? TOM: These days, only the cheapest cars, or the cheapest versions of cars, come without ABS. RAY: When you’re dealing with a young driver, you want to give him or her every possible safety advantage, because we know what young people tend to do with cars, right? Drive them too fast, get distracted, make mistakes due to inexperience and crash into things. TOM: The purpose of ABS is to allow the driver to keep steering the car during an emergency stop. Without ABS, often the Call Classifieds 665-5884 Koupal Angus 34th Annual Bull Sale Monday, February 21, 2011 • 12:30 p.m (CST) Selling 150 Registered Yearling Bulls, 30 Registered 2 Year Old Bulls and 10 Registered Fall Bulls. No Creep! Real Bulls For Real Cattlemen! First Breeding Season Guarantee! 12 Sons Sell Koupal Juneau 037 16725286 Sire: OCC Juneau 807J MGS: SAV Initiative 4406 BW -1.9 WW +54 YW +95 Milk +24 BW 60 lbs. • 75 ratio; 205Day Wt. 675 • 103 ratio OCC Juneau 807J • 13627989 BW +1.6 WW +57 YW +91 Milk +21 17 Sons Sell Koupals B&B Extra 7080 • 15857738 BW +3.5 WW +64 YW +110 Milk +24 Koupal Juneau 0129 16725217 Sire: OCC Juneau 807J MGS: Koupal Legendary 554 BW +1.5 WW +66 YW +104 Milk +24 BW 79 lbs. • 97 ratio; 205-Day Wt. 737 • 113 ratio Koupals B & B Extra 0078 16725422 Koupals B & B Extra 0011 Sire: Koupals B & B Extra 7080 16710494 MGS: SAV 5175 Bando 4597 Sire: Koupals B & B Extra 7080 BW +3.0 WW +63 MGS: LT 598 Bando 9074 YW +110 Milk +29 BW +3.3 WW +62 BW 81 lbs. • 103 ratio; 205-Day YW +111 Milk +24 Wt. 736 • 114 ratio BW 89 lbs. • 110 ratio; 205-Day Wt. 753 • 117 ratio Koupals B & B Upward 0020 Koupal’s B & B Pioneer 006 16710463 16739822 Sire: Sitz Upward 307R Sire: SAV Pioneer 7301 MGS: GAR Exaltation 3144 MGS: Koupals B & B Discovery BW +2.0 WW +58 503 YW +112 Milk +36 BW +1.9 WW +60 BW 82 lbs. • 102 ratio; YW +102 Milk +23 205-Day Wt. 706 • 109 ratio BW 74 lbs. • 101 ratio; •AM-NH Tested Free 205-Day Wt. 728 • 110 ratio •Semen tested & ultrasounded •Volume Discount AI Sires: Sitz Upward • 21 AR Roundup Limestone Darkhorse • SAV Bismarck • SAV Pioneer • Predestined Koupal Brulee 010 16725199 Sire: Koupal Brulee 698 MGS: Whitestone Xception BW +2.0 WW +56 YW +104 Milk +27 BW 87 lbs. • 104 ratio; 205-Day Wt. 736 • ratio 112 Koupal Maverick 068 16725304 Sire: BC Maverick 2266-5 MGS: Sinclair Prime Papa 4P11 BW +.6 WW +47 YW +81 Milk +18 BW 80 lbs. • 98 ratio; 205-Day Wt. 691 • 105 ratio Herd Sires: Koupal Brulee 698 • Sitz Great Day • Koupal Juneau 797 BC Maverick • Duff Special Edition • Duff Amigo E&B Prediestined • SAV Initiative • OCC Patriot E&B Asti • Koupal’s B&B Marathon Koupal’s B&B Initiative 608 • Koupal’s B&B Rest E-Z Take Bulls home Sale Day & Volume Discounts Free Delievery 300 Mile Radius LaVern & Alice Koupal Bud & Bernie Koupal 40050 303rd St. • Dante, SD 57329 (605) 384-5315 or (605) 491-1768 lakoupal@cme.coop www.koupalangus.com 40083 300th St. Dante, SD 57329 (605) 384-3481 or (605) 491-2102 bbkoupal@cme.coop And you guys found one. Congratulations! Now keep looking. What’s the best way to warm up your engine in the morning? Find out by ordering Tom and Ray’s pamphlet “Ten Ways You May Be Ruining Your Car Without Even Knowing It!” Send $4.75 (check or money order) to Ruin, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Got a question about cars? Write Click & Clack to Click and Clack in care of this newspaper, or e-mail them by visiting the Car Talk Web site at www.cartalk.com. © 2011, King Features Syndicate, Inc. Visit our Web site at www.missourivalleyshopper.com 31 ST ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE Looking for something Friday, February 25, 2011 at 1 pm Corsica Sale Barn • Corsica, SD Sale Day Phone: 605/946-5458 different? SELLING 40 Yearling Bulls 7 Coming 2 yr. Olds Find the job you’ve always wanted in the Help Wanted Section of the Missouri Valley Shopper! 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