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Alex Law
Contributiig Writer

KEEPING your vehicle
serviced is as impor-
tant as getting your
booster shots.

And it’s not unduly
alarinist to say that the down-
side of not doing these things
can be catastrophic.

“Easier said than done,”
many of you are thinking
right now, “since I don’t
know how to find someone I
can trust to do those neces-
sary service items.”

I’s women who have the
mast to lose from not know
ing how to deal with ser
people, by the way, since
studies have shown that
women are habitually charged
more than nien for the same
work.

There are other issues as
well, including the reality chat
cars have become astonish-
ingly sophisticated ar an
amazing rate.

The American Automobile
Association estimates that a
mechanic needed to know
4,506 pages of service manu-
als to do a good job on a car
in 1965, while today’s techni-
cians have to deal with about
a halfunillion pages of service
manuals.

Well, there’s help available
to overcome these problems
from a pair of women who
make their living helping
other women e“pe with ewn-
ing a vehicle.

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One is) Mary Jackson,
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to Car Care Confid (Take
the Terror Out of ‘Talking to
Your Mechanic).

The other is Leslie
Hazleton, author of
5 Women Abvays
Wisnted to Know About Cars
(Bat Didn’r Kuew Who to
Ask),

According to Jackson, rhe
first thing vou shauld do is,
“Open the glovebox and read
your owner's manual. Locate
the schedule of service found
in it or attached to it and fol-
low its recommendations
exactly.”

Hazleton calls the manual

and vour

since it vives you

a jot of information about

your car, and when you know

something about your vehicle

it's harder to be fooled about
it.

Jackson says that one
caveat about recommenda-
tions is that the shop rhat
fixed the radiator in your
aunt’s car may not be able to
cope with your transmission,
so you should be wide-rang-
ing and specific in your
queries.

When you're considering
a new technician, Hazleton
and Jackson both stress, look
for signs of  profe ssional
accreditation.

There are AAA and CAA-
approved garages, and techni-
cians who've earned Auto-
motive Service Excellence

(ASE) standing.

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ike new Pe reduced to 0 $28, 988

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rz TUNE-UP

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i Check lights, wipers,

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an Pe
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