Rip-off tip-offs : winning the auto repair game /
Robert Sikorsky.
- Blue Ridge Summit, Penn. : TAB Books, 1990
- xv, 124 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Hightway robbery -- Getting recommendations -- Checking out a prospective repair shop -- Engine analyzers -- Effective communication with the technician -- Codes of ethics -- Trade organizations, certification and "approved" repairs -- Work order and estimate -- Technician's lament -- When it's time to pay the bill -- Rip-offs -- Fine art of effective complaining -- Preventive maintenance -- Modern cars and the technician "crisis".
0830635726 (pbk.)
Automobiles--Maintenance and repair Consumer education--United States