The Garage Girl's Guide to Everything You Need to Know About Your Car

After a home purchase, the most expensive item that most Americans ever buy is the vehicle they drive. Keeping it running well not only protects the investment, it's also important for security and safety. In the crowded field of handbooks about car maintenance, The Garage Girl's Guide to Everything You Need to Know About Your Car is unique in that it is not your typical gearhead's guide to automotive care: it has a sense of humor and an attitude, and is written with women in mind.
The Garage Girl's Guide to Everything You Need to Know About Your Car provides tips for proper car care, and a guide to preventive maintenance to keep your auto in top form. Based on Courtney Hansen's hit television show Overhaulin' on TLC and her widely read automotive columns in FHM Magazine, Celebrity Car Magazine, and Hot Rod magazine, The Garage Girl's Guide to Everything You Need to Know About Your Car discusses everything from basic maintenance to installing more intricate details on a custom hot rod. Readers will learn:
• How to familiarize themselves with everything under the hood
• The essentials of car maintenance, from oil changes to setting up an emergency kit for the trunk
• Where fluids are located in the engine and how to keep them topped off between scheduled changes
• How to keep tires in top form, spot problems early on, and choose the right replacements
• What to do when the car sounds funny, smells funny, or acts funny
• How to change a tire, swap a fuse, cool down a radiator, and jump-start a vehicle
• How to increase performance and install add-ons
• How to customize a car