The Lady Mechanic S Total Car Care For The Clueless

A guide for car owners provides information on lights, leaks, noises, and smells with tips on finding a reliable mechanic and purchasing a car

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Provides information on a car's systems, preventative maintenance, making a preliminary diagnosis of a problm, making simple repairs, how to talk to a mechanic, buying and selling a car, and a car's impact on the environment.

As featured on Fresh Air with Terry Gross A do-it-herself guide to auto maintenance, roadside emergencies, and the real scoop on how women can get honest car service at the garage, from engineer turned auto mechanic and award-winning entrepreneur Patrice Banks. Do you feel lost when explaining your car problems to a mechanic? Do you panic when something goes wrong with your ride? Have you felt like you were being overcharged or pressured into unnecessary add-ons at the auto shop? Fear no more: The Girls Auto Clinic Glove Box Guide has got your back. So many women feel powerless, nervous, or embarrassed when taking our cars in for a repair, and yet we outnumber men both as drivers and as customers at auto repair shops The time has come for us to grab the wheel and finally take control of our cars. Filled with easy-to-follow illustrations and instructions, great tips, and lifesaving rules of thumb, The Girls Auto Clinic Glove Box Guide will help take away the confusion and mystery surrounding cars, teach women what they need to know about how their cars work, and what they need to do to keep them running smoothly. Patrice Banks was once like most of us: a self-professed “auto airhead” who was clueless about car maintenance, yet convinced that mechanics were taking advantage of her. Now she’s an auto pro devoted to empowering women to learn basic car repairs and knowing what to do in an emergency. So whether you get a flat tire when you’re stranded in the middle of nowhere, your car overheats, or a mysterious dashboard light suddenly starts blinking, help is just a reach-in-the-glove-box away.

“The worst thing a customer can do is put the keys on the table and tell the mechanic, ‘Fix it.’ It’s like giving him a blank cheque.†—Lisa Christensen The latest book in The Clueless Series ™, Clueless About Cars, focuses on something near and dear and unnerving for many of us: car repair and maintenance. For most of us, cars rank second only to houses in terms of major life expenses. A car is a statement of independence, a symbol of social status or financial success, a way to get from point A to B. First and foremost though, a car is a significant investment. So it only makes sense that car owners should want to protect their investments and make sure that they get the most mileage – figuratively and literally—out of their cars. In Clueless About Cars Lisa Christensen, licensed mechanic and diagnostic specialist, helps those new to the car game and seasoned pros alike become familiar with their vehicles and learn how to care for them. In simple, informative and often hilarious language, Christensen acquaints readers with the fundamental systems of the car. She covers the basics of preventative maintenance and offers advice on how to make a preliminary diagnosis when something goes wrong (and it always does!). She also provides tips to help car owners talk to their mechanic, how to diagnose a car`s tics, tocs, and knocks and how to perform basic do-it-yourself repairs. For the novice driver who doesn’t know a hubcap from a gas cup, to the seasoned driver looking for a better sense of control, Clueless About Cars is a glove-box must!

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In Clueless about Cars , licensed mechanic and diagnostic specialist Lisa Christensen delves into a topic that makes even the most competent consumer run for cover: car maintenance and repair. If you've ever found yourself wondering what the strange noise in your engine means, or pondering the difference between a brake disk and a brake drum, this book is for you. In simple, informative (and often hilarious) language, Christensen acquaints you with your car's fundamental systems and features. This book covers the basics of preventive maintenance and presents advice on how to make a preliminary diagnosis when something does go wrong. She offers information on how to talk to your mechanic, how to diagnose your car's tics, tocs, and knocks, and how to perform some basic do-it-yourself repairs. Clueless about Cars has been updated with information on environmentally friendly cars, how to care for your car without damaging the air we breath, along with chapters on safety and buying and selling a car. For the novice driver who doesn't know a hubcap from a gas cap to the seasoned driver looking for a better sense of control, Clueless about Cars is a glove-box must!