Automotive Performance Shop

Automotive Performance Shop

Automotive Performance Shop

Professional automotive technicians depend on service and repair manuals to perform their jobs. While passenger cars and trucks follow similar operational characteristics, the technology used by manufacturers differs significantly.

Repair reference manuals, as well as computer-based programs, provide specific details and specifications to aid the technician in diagnoses and repair. Why then would the need for such information be any different for the car owner who decides to perform repairs himself?

The primary media types available to a car owner are print, online and CD-ROM. Print media repair manuals were available in small quantities as early as the 1940s. Online reference sources continue to grow through subscription services from publishers, to free access by national auto parts retailers. CD-ROM based repair information was originally only available to dealership auto technicians. Today, electronic automotive repair information is available to anyone willing to pay for it.