Lucille's Car Care: Everything You Need to Know from Under the Hood-By America's Most Trusted Mechanic

By Lucille Treganowan

Book Overview

In a practical guide to car care, the star of her weekly cable show Lucilles Car Care Clinic walks car owners through basic repairs, reasonable rates, dangers of bad driving habits, and even how to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786862017
• ISBN13: 9780786862016
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding

I bought my first car and this book at the same time. I have had many car problems in the past few years and this book was the only thing that made conversations with a mechanic seem almost painless. Lucille's book helps to identify smells, fluids, sound and much more. Without this book I'd never know how or when to change fluids, what smells or sounds to be concerned with. What is safe and what is not...even if a job will be very expensive! A great book, maybe the most well used book I've ever bought.

A great introduction

This was a great introduction for someone who knows very little about cars. She explains what the major systems of the car are (like the drive train, suspension, etc) and identifies key components (like the radiator and catalitic converter) and explains what they do in simple terms. My only complaint is that as someone who just bought a classic car and wants to really learn to be a weekend mechanic I wanted to know more about certain things and was frustrated by not being able to "double-click" to get more information about something she had described too generally. She really does explain things in an easy-to-understand and entertaining way and gives a great maintenance plan for the average car owner who wants to save money by doing it themselves or just know what mechanics are talking about so they don't get taken for a ride.Lucille herself is quite inspiring - I'd like to know her! Stop by greasergrrls dot com if you like and say hi :)

A great reference for mechanically challenged drivers.

This book is a valuable reference for all drivers who would like to understand how their cars work and how to talk to and understand a mechanic. It is well written and organized. I learned what many of those squeaks, clunks & chirps mean & how to do my own maintenance. I'm giving Lucille's to my neice for her 16th birthday.