Charlotte, NC - 01/16/2012 –  LeeAnn Shattuck (a.k.a. “The Car Chick”) of the America’s Garage Radio Show and Women’s Automotive Solutions has partnered with Woodie’s Auto Service and Repair Centers to educate busy women on automotive maintenance and repairs.

According to the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, approximately 75% of all automotive maintenance decisions are made by women.  Yet, many women are not comfortable making those decisions due to a lack of automotive knowledge and a general distrust of dealerships and service centers.  Woodie’s and Women’s Automotive Solutions have partnered to create a seminar to better acquaint women with vehicle maintenance needs and to instill confidence in their ability to communicate effectively with their mechanic.

Women’s Automotive Solutions is a unique car buying service dedicated to helping women through the entire car selection and buying process, enabling them to save hundreds to thousands of dollars on a new or pre-owned vehicle.   Co-owner and Chief Car Chick, LeeAnn Shattuck, is passionate about empowering women to make informed decisions about everything relating to their automobile.  Shattuck is known as “The Car Chick” and co-hosts the weekly educational and entertaining automotive radio show, America’s Garage.

Woodie’s Auto Service is a local, family-owned automotive repair and service company that has served the Charlotte community since 1962.  Woodie’s has seven automotive repair and service centers in and around the Uptown Charlotte area.  Their new, flagship service center opened January 5, 2012 near the corner of Carmel Road and Hwy 51.  “Woodie’s dedication to honest customer communication and quality automotive service made them the perfect partner for this ‘knowledge is power’ car care seminar”, said Shattuck.

The seminar, entitled “My Car Needs a New WHAT?#$!”, is for women only and will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 10am – 11:30am at Woodie’s Auto Service new location at 6625 Carmel Road in south Charlotte.   The cost is $5 per participant, and all proceeds will be donated to United Family Services to benefit the Shelter for Battered Women.

Visit http://womenscarcareclinic.doattend.com/ to learn more and to register for this seminar.

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Shattuck is the co-owner of Women’s Automotive Solutions, a national car buying service dedicated to helping women save hundreds to thousands of dollars without the frustrations of traditional car shopping.  Shattuck is also the co-owner of The Car Doctor, a concierge mechanic service, and the FIY (Fix-It-Yourself) Garage, a facility where do-it-yourselfers can rent professional garage space, complete with lifts and tools, to fix their own cars.  Her goal:  to empower consumers in the automotive industry.

Carolina Car Care Show producer, Chris Pardo, approached Shattuck to co-host the show because of her extensive knowledge of all things cars.  Pardo plans to syndicate the show and believes that Shattuck’s reputation as “The Car Chick^TM” will help attract more female listeners across the country.

The Carolina Car Care Radio Show, which airs Saturdays from 1pm to 2pm on WAVO 1150 AM and WTIX 1410 AM, educates the average person on everything from car buying and selling to vehicle maintenance and current industry news in a straight forward and slightly wacky way.  Listeners can call into the show at 704-596-4900 and listen online at http://www.CarolinaCarCareShow.com.

The show will air Monday, May 18th on the Word Network (Direct TV channel 373) at 7:30am ET. It will also air on WTVI in the Carolinas on Wednesday, May 20 at 7:30pm ET!

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