The Complete Idiot's Guide to Car Care and Repair Illustrated
by Dan Ramsey
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Author: Dan RamseyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-12-10
ISBN: 0028644328
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Alpha
Book Reviews of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Car Care and Repair Illustrated
Book Review: Confused reader, mixed up book.
Summary: 1 Stars
This book was purchased on the basis that it would give a non motor engineer support to undertake repairs to a motor car. The title should not be The Complete Idiot's Guide to Car Care and Repair but should be the The Complete Beginners Tour of a Motor Vehicle.How many pictures of engine cut-aways do you need showing where the pistons are.
The blurb on the front cover says that the book makes the "difficult seem doable", from the inside various tasks that should be left for the professionals are described but without any real warnings or sufficient detail, in a book that is aimed at the "car idiot". Referencing to your own car manufacturers sevice manual on many occasions seems to miss the point why this book would have been purchased, this book should be explaining the processes in simple terms.
The book maybe a spin-off from a more detailed previously published compilation which may have given better all round detail. The author has forgotten the type of buyers he is targeting.
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