In Clueless about Cars, licensed mechanic and diagnostic specialist Lisa Christensen delves into a topic that makes even the most competent consumer run for cover: car maintenance and repair. If you?ve ever found yourself wondering what the strange noise in your engine means, or pondering the difference between a brake disk and a brake drum, this book is for you.
In simple, informative (and often hilarious) language, Christensen acquaints you with your car's fundamental systems and features. This book covers the basics of preventive maintenance and presents advice on how to make a preliminary diagnosis when something does go wrong. She offers information on how to talk to your mechanic, how to diagnose your car's tics, tocs, and knocks, and how to perform some basic do-it-yourself repairs.
Clueless about Cars has been updated with information on environmentally friendly cars, how to care for your car without damaging the air we breath, along with chapters on safety and buying and selling a car.
For the novice driver who doesn?t know a hubcap from a gas cap to the seasoned driver looking for a better sense of control, Clueless about Cars is a glove-box must!

Lisa Christensen
has worked in the art world for over thirty years, holding the positions of Associate Curator of Art at Calgary's Glenbow Museum and Curator of Art at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, in addition to doing freelance curatorial and corporate work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Art Gallery of Alberta. She has served on the Board of the Alberta Museums Association and is currently on the Art Advisory Council to Calgary's Military Museums and the Board of the Leighton Art Centre.

Lisa is a graduate of the University of Calgary and is the author of three books on Canadian art history: A Hiker's Guide to Art of the Canadian Rockies, A Hiker's Guide to the Rocky Mountain Art of Lawren Harris, and The Lake O?Hara Art of J.E.H. McDonald and Hiker's Guide.

This award-winning series of books takes a unique approach to art history, combining a trail-guide format with art history. A Hiker's Guide to Art of the Canadian Rockies won nine awards, including the inaugural W.O. Mitchell Book Prize.

Lisa is an accomplished public speaker, having lectured and presented on the subject of Canadian art at the University of Calgary, the University of Toronto, the University of Alberta and the University of Lethbridge, as well as the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Alberta.

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