Students interested in do-it-youself car maintenance may be intrigued in an event hosted by the Women’s Center. The group will host a basic car maintenance workshop on Monday, Nov. 18, at 11 a.m., behind the Women’s Center.

The workshop will be taught by Jerry Damson Honda’s Bobby Nabors who has been with Jerry Damson for 15 years.

Nabors will bring a car and teach women who attend the basics on car maintenance, such as changing oil, or were other fluids would be placed in the car, said Emily Kelley, director of the Women’s Center.

“He’ll (Nabors) bring a car, probably a used Honda, and park it in the Women’s Center parking spot, lift the hood and show were the fluids go,” Kelley said.

The workshop will give women knowledge on a range of topics that include not only under the car hood maintenance but also how to change a flat tire and maintain a car. After the outside demonstration about the car the event will then move to inside the Women Center and there will be a question and answer opportunity for attendee’s to ask in depth questions, Kelley said.

“I try to cover the basics of the car give them the low down,” Nabors said.

The workshop will begin with lessons under the hood of the car. It will then move to the trunk, where Nabors will talk about the spare tire and talk in depth on how to change a flat tire.

When the event moves inside, Nabors will explain how to buy a used or new car and how to talk to a sales person, Kelley said.

“He has a daughter he spent a lot of time teaching the same things, so he takes it serious,” Kelley said.

The workshop welcomes the opportunity for women to learn things they might not understand about the basics of taking care of a car, Kelley said.

“It’s a gender-base thing where guys are brought up to know about cars — where women are usually the ones stranded,” said sophomore Rebecca Joy.

Nabors, who has been doing the event for four years, said the inspiration behind it was Kelley, who thought it would be a good thing to host so women won’t feel intimidated when it comes to their cars.

Attending the workshop gives the opportunity for women to not have the stigma of being taken advantage of in some situations where a person might think the woman does not have the advantage of knowing about cars as much as men, Kelley said.