Women make up more than half of the drivers on the road, but most girls still don’t know the difference between a lug nut and a dipstick. This engaging, comprehensive, and entertaining guide teaches girls to get intimate with their four-wheeled friends. Includes:
Buying and insuring a Car
Fixing minor problems
Learning what’s under the hood
Choosing a mechanic
Surviving emergency situations
Styling your ride
PLUS: Fun sidebars and statistics about women behind the wheel!
Erika Stalder is a San Francisco-based writer who has contributed to Wired, Missbehave, Planet, and The Journal of Life Sciences. She worked with the International Museum of Women to produce the Imagining Ourselves anthology and wrote the De column for ABC Family’s The Secret Life of The American Teenager website.