Book offers handy auto tips for car owners

A new source of car advice, written by automotive journalists Alex Law and his wife Susan Winlaw, has become available for the Canadian consumer.

“Anyone concerned with her fiscal and physical well-being should find Car Advice For Women (and Smart Men) of great value,” says Susan Winlaw, the 312-page book’s co-author.

“We filled Car Advice For Women with information that would help people who already have a car as well as tips for people looking for a new one,” Winlaw says. “So it’s more of a user’s guide than a buyer’s guide.”

Because safety and security have long been the primary auto-related concerns for women, Car Advice For Women covers those issues in great detail, offering tips on how to make your current car safer and how to pick out the safest vehicle possible if you’re buying a new or used car.

“Some of the safety tips will be familiar (seatbelts and so on),” says Winlaw, “but many of them may come as a surprise to readers. For example, most women don’t know they’re in danger because they sit way too close to the steering wheel, or because they leave objects lying around loose in the car. And almost no pregnant women think about the risks to their unborn children they’re creating by simply being in a moving car."

There’s also a significant amount of information on how to address affordability issues, which are becoming more important as fuel costs rise.

“Following any one of several pieces of our advice will enable you to earn back the cost of our book,” Winlaw says.

Car Advice For Women (and Smart Men) is available for $24.95 (plus shipping and handling) only at www.caradviceforwomen.com or www.carnewsforwomen.com

Car Advice For Women also pays considerable attention to the bad advice that’s gained undue credibility through constant repetition.

“We call those things Old Husbands’ Tales,” says Winlaw, “and we throw some reality on them.”