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Restored Cars, January 2008 Australian magazine  This book could be very helpful to you when restoring and maintaining your older car’s electrics, it covers simple servicing to fault finding and has an in-depth coverage that is easy to understand. The book covers all models from the 1930s to the 1990s, it is packed with useful hints and tips, to keep your classic on the road and in peak running condition. Electrics are explained so that anyone can benefit. The book is Bri…
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From Motorbooks, the leader in automotive publishing for over 4 decades, comes the most practical car care guide ever produced to help the average car owner maintain and repair his or her vehicle – How to Repair Your Car. In this easy-to-follow guide, author Paul Brand, a nationally known automotive expert, takes you through the steps of auto maintenance and repair—simple steps that could add years to a car’s life and save a driver thousands of dollars in repairs. This is al…
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It occurred to me, as someone who grows faint looking under the hood of my car and has no intention of even attempting to fix anything in there, that this is still a useful book, if for no other reason than it will help me determine how honest my mechanic is. The Family Handyman Simple Car Care and Repair offers good, practical, readable, and sometimes even humorous advice for people wanting to know how their cars or trucks work, why they sometimes don’t, and how t…
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From School Library Journal

Adult/High School–Christensen discusses a car’s systems, maintenance both by the owner and the mechanic, and emergencies. She explains how and why actions must be taken to insure the safety and reliability of the vehicle. Environmental concerns are also considered. The clear, chatty voice is perfect for novice drivers, and the author makes no assumptions about prior knowledge. Catchy chapter titles such as “Going with the Flow,” “Gettin’ Down and Dir…
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From Publishers Weekly

Can-do authors Sussman and Glasak-Tenet follow up their best selling Dare to Repair, a home repair manual, with a female-friendly guide to proper care and maintenance for a woman’s second home: her car. This comprehensive, smartly written guide urges women to “take a proactive approach to maintaining your car rather than the typical reactive approach.” Knowing that some readers won’t be willing or able to tinker around under the hood, the authors include bo…
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The top-selling auto repair guide–400,000 copies sold–now extensively reorganized and updated Forty-eight percent of U.S. households perform at least some automobile maintenance on their own, with women now accounting for one third of this $34 billion automotive do-it-yourself market. For new or would-be do-it-yourself mechanics, this illustrated how-to guide has long been a must and now it’s even better. A complete reorganization now puts relevant repair and maintenance in…
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A Great Place to StartThis latest edition is an expansion on the original version which covered many automotive topics in an easy-to-understand format. Now with even more subjects, illustrations, and resources, this book is a great place to start when studying automotive technology or just owning a car. –Eric Zebe, Automotive Instructor, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CAJust Right I’m going to recommend that we use your book in at least 3 of our intro classes. My experi…
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