Are you good enough to drive your

own car?

Innovative engineering has sent

automobile performance soaring.

Today s car handles better, stops

faster and corners more surely than

its counterpart of twenty years ago.

The number of cars on the road has

increased steadily. Today s ma-

chines and conditions call for more

alertness and skill than ever before.

But America s drivers have not kept

pace. Passing a driver-education

course or a license exam today re-

quires no more understanding of

how a car works than it has in the

past. As a result, most Americans

don t get their money s worth from

their cars-and many of them en-

danger lives every time they get

behind the wheel.

How about you? Do you know ex-

actly where every corner of your

car is when you re on the open

road, parking, or squeezing

: through a tight spot? Do you know

the performanc~ limits of your en-

gine, your brakes, your tires? Do

you know the various types of

curves and how to negotiate each

safely and efficiently?

With this book and a little practice,