Automotive Service: Inspection, Maintenance, Repair

Great deal on a great book.

I am incredibly impressed by the content, structure, and formatting of this book. The text spans over 1500+ pages and contains a load of knowledge concerning all you ever wanted to know about maintaining or servicing a vehicle. It is a great investment for an individual studying to become a technician, an enthusiast, or just anyone who wants to learn how today's advanced internal combustion vehicle operates. I am about 1/4th of the way through and feel much more confident in regards to my knowledge of how a vehicle operates as well as the businesses that service them. I picked my copy up used for around $85.00, and I feel like this was a steal for all of the knowledge and experience contained within. A word of advice on textbooks (collegiate and technical); buy used. Do not be the one to take all of the depreciation. This book is not too old either, and all of the information within is timeless. Supposedly a new edition is coming out next year, and usually new editions are nothing new at all, but with how some vehicles have evolved since this books' publication (Tesla), I am interested to see the updates. Another aspect of this book that I really enjoy is that it is not one sided (everything is like a GM product). In addition, the author conveys a positive, warm, and educational tone that is not overbearing or arrogant (he knows that you are attempting to learn). In closing, books will only go so far in a career field like this, but I am studying to become a Lexus Certified Technician and am incredibly impressed.

I bought this book for a night summer class I took to learn about cars (it was required) but I am very impressed on how much information is in it. It is definitely geared towards people that plan on going into the industry since it has a lot of "how to" interface with customers but it still has plenty of information, and background, on all types of cars.It is structured so that it will describe how a system works, like the brakes, the different types of systems, how to diagnose them, and then how to fix most, if not all, of the problems that come up.

I bought this book for my son, It is an awesome book, very detailed oriented. I love reading in it as well, It explains everything easily. The book came to us quickly as well.

Good book, brand new and much cheaper than my school sells it for. The eBook version is even cheaper, and I use that version the most, but keep the hard cover as a backup.