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Hours of Operation

      Mon - Fri:  7:30a - 5:00p

   Saturday, Sunday:  Closed

 

 

Location

327 Read Road,

Niagara-on-the-Lake

Ontario, L0S 1J0

Tel:  905.934.0444

Fax:  905.934.8690

Car Ad Terminology:

 

IF THE AD CLAIMS: IT REALLY MEANS:
Rough condition - Too bad to lie about
Parts car - Beyond repair
Immaculate - Recently washed
Concourse - Recently waxed
Quiet engine - If you use 90WT oil
Needs minor overhaul - Needs engine
Needs major overhaul - Phone the junkyard
Burns no oil - It all leaks out
Rebuilt engine - Cleaned spark plugs
Drive it away - I live on a hill
Drive it anywhere - Within 10 miles
Desirable classic - No one wants it
Rare classic - No one wanted it new
Stored over 20 years - In a farmers field
Ran when stored - Siezed up
Never apart - Bolts too rounded to loosen
Solid as a rock - Rusted solid
Restored, with 0 miles - Won’t start
Restored, with 2 miles - Won’t stay running
Older restoration - First owner washed it
Good investment - Can’t be worth much less
No time to restore it - Can’t obtain parts
95% complete - Other 5% does not exist
Other interests conflict - The wife says’ Either that #?!#*^#
Thing goes or I do!
Doesn’t smoke - Cause it’s out of oil
New racing slicks - Tires are bald
Reupholstered - New Walmart seat covers
Major performance upgrades - Bolted chrome tip on tailpipe
Complete restoration - New spray bomb paint job
New paint - Don’t get it wet
Sporty - It’s got a floor shifter
Family car - There’s still food under the seats
Will sacrifice for $XXX - Can’t believe I paid $XXXX
Lots of extras - Everything that fell off is in the trunk
Quiet engine - Can’t hear it over the broken headers
Traction control - Only starts in 2ND gear
Race modified - Its got stickers on the windows
Precision machined - I used a degreaser
FAST - ......ER than a GEO