Dare To Repair Your Car: A Do-It-Herself Guide to Maintenance, Safety, Minor Fix-Its, and Talking Shop

I bought this book for my wife, its full of very useful information about car ownership, operation and maintenance. It also provides incentive for the reader to read over the owners manual for further clarification about the individuals car. This book is subtitled a "Do-It-Herself" guide, but the information it contains would be valuable to any reader. Julie Sussman & Stephanie Glakas-Tenet have done an excellent job of tailoring the information to suit the needs of female drivers, my wife loves reading this book. When she's finally finished, she might know more about cars than I.

I bought this book as a gift to my friend who literally knew nothing about owning a car. She couldn't even check the oil, had no clue about even making sure it was maintained. I looked through it, and it's really a great book. It covers all your basics and some advanced stuff. I was raised to know how to maintain a car by a proactive Father, but I even learned some helpful stuff just through glancing through it. I just got my own car and plan to order a copy of this book! I think it'll be extremely handy!

First saw the dare to repair series at my library. Love the concept and how thoroughly everything is explained. I wish there were actual pictures not just illustrations and the paper is pretty much newsprint. The content is solid though and very helpful for anyone who doesn't know much about cars (guys too!).

I'm slowly working my way through the book and writing down questions that I still have (to ask my bf later). This is a really really basic understanding of how cars work, which is exactly what I wanted. The info provided on the car systems and what everything does is definitely the best feature. There is definitely information that is too elementary for me (e.g., how to open the hood of your car, putting a car seat in). But, like I said this book contains the most foundational information needed.

Great book! We bought it for our daughter who lives 250 miles away. Now she has the ability to figure out what is happening under the hood, if it can be fixed, how it can be fixed and how involved the repair will be. I don't see her putting her head under the hood and doing the reapairs herself anytime soon, but it surely makes her a more informed consumer when she heads for the repair shop.

Not what I expected - pictures are not very helpful.

For the woman who wants to know/do more and doesn't mind being a bit independent. It does tell you how do do things like change your oil and detail your car, but it also makes it clear that there are times you'll need a mechanic.

I am very glad that I spent very little on this book. It was a waste of what I did spend. One would think, that by looking at the cover and title, that this book would be about actually working on your car. It is not. It basically tells you to take your car to the mechanic every other page. I was very excited when I first opened the book, and flipped through the index, and it had a section titled "DIY: clean your fuel injectors" I was wanting to do this so I flipped to the corresponding page. It described how to pour injector cleaner into the gas tank.I kept on flipping through, and found more wastes of time,and even some incorrect information.I used to own a copy of "Auto Repair for Dummies" I intended to order that, but ordered this instead because it was cheaper. Auto Repair for Dummies tells you how to work on your own car so you can avoid most expensive mechanic fees. Do not waste your time on this book! BLEH