Hello all, first off thank you for all the information on these forums. They are extremely helpful.

I have a used car and will have a used car for a few more years. WHat is the best way to learn how to maintain my own car. I am talking about general maintenance, changing the brakes, oil, spark plugs, etc

Hello all, first off thank you for all the information on these forums. They are extremely helpful.

I have a used car and will have a used car for a few more years. WHat is the best way to learn how to maintain my own car. I am talking about general maintenance, changing the brakes, oil, spark plugs, etc

Hi there. You can buy yourself a Hayne's or Chilton's manual for your specific car at an Autozone or some other place. If you don't have basic automotive know-how, can go to bookstore and buy yourself an introductory book on automotive technology. Be aware that there are books for classroom instruction that go into greater detail, but can also be tedious for self-learning.

If you have a garage you can use, the better. I've heard of some people who learn by getting real hands-on experience on their own second/project cars in their spare time--using a Chilton's or Hayne's or some other specific repair manual/media, of course.

U don't have to buy a manual or anything only if u need to go indeep. However, for general maintain Autozone have FREE repair manual (electronic copy of Chilton) http://www.autozone.com/repair_info.htm good luck.:smokin:

I just picked up the haynes book for my toyota. thanks for the advice. I also used autozone.com as well. thanks again

U don't have to buy a manual or anything only if u need to go indeep.

If I was keeping the car for a while, I'd prefer buying the manual. Unless you have internet access in your own heated garage where you're doing the car work, I don't see how practical it would be to have to run into the house to check the manual in the Autozone website.

You can always print the applicable pages off the website.

Indeed so. And this might be the way to go as far as the threadstarter himself was concerned.

I myself would rather have access to any information I might need anytime, anywhere.