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| The Complete Idiot's Guide to Car Care and Repair Illustrated | 
| Author: Dan Ramsey
Publisher: Alpha
Category: Book
Buy New: $33.94
Buy New/Used from $14.54
Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 596882
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0028644328
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2872
UPC: 021898644329
EAN: 9780028644325
ASIN: 0028644328
Publication Date: December 10, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Knowledge September 30, 2008
For those who are not naturally Mechanically Inclined , this book is Very useful.
 OK August 10, 2008
Some good pointers in the book, but not as well organized as it might be.
An excellent general-interest guide. October 14, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dan Ramsey's CAR CARE AND REPAIR ILLUSTRATED (0028644328, $18.95) is for any newcomer to car repair and care - the perfect gift for the teen: it provides easy checks to maintain performance, step-by-step instructions for common auto repairs, advice on preventative maintenance and more. An excellent general-interest guide.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
 Are you certain you are a complete idiot ? May 22, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
The only fault I can find with this book is the misleading title. I thought I had purchased "The IDIOT'S COMPLETE Guide to Car Care and Repair" and in fact had purchased " The COMPLETE IDIOT'S Guide to Car Care and Repair". This is a book for someone who has never changed his/her own tire, never looked under the car or in the hood, and couldn't tell the difference between the radiator reservoir and the window-washer reservoir. I needed a book that would guide me to do repairs with confidence, this book really just skims the subject and is not a very good step-by-step manual for anyone other than a professional mechanic, who wouldn't need it to start with. I do not recommend this book for a person who is interested in getting dirty, and gave it 1 star as 0 wasn't available. To sum it up, for an at-home do-it-yourself-mechanic who needs to start somewhere, this is not the one and for those, this book is more a "bandaid" when a "tourniquet" is needed.
Without value April 24, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
There is less information in this book than is in my owner's manual. A quick look is quite misleading as there are lots of pictures of detail. However, there is no text or instruction to go with it. For example, there is a nice detailed picture of a drum break assembly, but the text that goes with it says "Drum brakes are replaced in a similar way. Only the parts are diffent [from a disc break]".
The first 130+ pages cover what is in the owner's manual, but in less detail, and the rest mentions other repairs and directs the reader to the shop manual.
Don't bother. Read the owner's manual if you want to do routine stuff (oil change, windshield wipers, etc), there is much more information there. If you want to do more, get a shop manual such as Chiltons to Haynes (I've found that the actual shop manual from the manufacturer assumes ownership of specific tools designed for that car).
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