Thanks. Appreciate the sound advice. I'd no go further than the parts listed and truly do wish she'd take it to a shop, but see above... 19 year old making 19 year old decisions though being advised to do otherwise.
She does yes. We grilled her about this while she was interviewing. We have a guest room and she has taken us up on the offer of staying twice. That said, where we live (Springfield, Missouri) has a lot of small town outside of town and we're the only "big town" around. Many, many people commute in for work. Not that this matters in this discussion, but she's in the process of finding her own place in town.