If you own a car, there's a good chance you'll need to take it to the auto mechanic at some point in time. Whether it's for repairs after a car accident, or a weird noise in the engine, or something as simple as a check engine light, most people will have to come face to face with mechanics to talk about what's wrong. Unless you're the type of person that studies cars, there's a good chance you don't know much about what's going on under the hood. This dynamic can lead many people, male or female, to be taken advantage of financially by a repairman. College students are especially susceptible to this kind of treatment because the mechanics expect you to be naive about the condition of your car.