# Recommendations for a general car repair guide

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-general-car-repair-guide/378162>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 27, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-general-car-repair-guide/378162 "2006-10-27T19:39:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-general-car-repair-guide/378162/1 "2006-10-27T19:39:37Z")

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(CS or IMHO…it is about books, but not literature. IMHO it is!)

I’d like to be able to at least diagnose, if not fix myself, problems with my car. It’s an older car, so I have a feeling minor repairs are going to become more and more common. Plus, it’s just good knowledge to have.

So my plan is to get a good book on general car repair that covers the basics, and then a more specific guide to my car ('93 Acura Integra, if any body’s interested).

So I turn to you, my dear friends, to steer (no pun intended) me in the right direction. I’m mostly looking for the general repair guide, since there’s probably only a handful for specifics, but if you’d like to recommend the specific guide as well, be my guest.

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**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-general-car-repair-guide/378162/2 "2006-10-28T19:10:21Z")

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I recommend the [Haynes manual.](http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=1563923351)