Women Looking After Cars

[Nicola]

At work this morning, a few of the sales staff have come up from London for a meeting.

Our only female sales member came up to me and said 'You know about cars' (compared to the average woman, I know cars, compared to car nuts I know nothing).

So I said 'yes'.

I was then asked to go with her to her car to show her where to put the oil in (she has a Golf). I showed her (most of the engine is covered, making it obvious where it was) and said about checking and filling when the engine is cold.

When back inside and a girl in the office asked what I had been doing, so I told her.

She said that even she knew where to fill her car as the dipstick was in an awkward place. I didn't bother saying that you don't pour into the dipstick slot.

Maybe dipstick should be the new name for the average woman with a car.

[jaxx]

you just have that special quality that most bloke search for in a woman!

[nws25]

you just have that special quality that most bloke search for in a woman!

Yes indeedy

Can you cook aswell??

[Nicola]

I can't cook everything (as I haven't tried yet), but I live with someone who does that.

When it comes to special qualities, I hate shopping too.

I decided not to ask the others in the office about putting oil in their cars, as I can guess the result.

[yannick]

I decided not to ask the others in the office about putting oil in their cars, as I can guess the result.

To be honest there's a fairly high percentage of blokes who wouldn't know the difference between the oil filler cap and the radiator cap :P

[jaxx]

I decided not to ask the others in the office about putting oil in their cars, as I can guess the result.

To be honest there's a fairly high percentage of blokes who wouldn't know the difference between the oil filler cap and the radiator cap :P

so thats why the engine sounds like a bag of spanners

[kaz]

When I got my very first car my now husband said "don't expect me to do anything on your car, I'll show you and you can do it" at the time I thought "What a git" but know I appreciate it as I now know quite a lot about cars and how to look after them.

I used to have an old mk1 escort that every morning (in Winter) I had to take out the spark plugs clean and heat over the gas stove to get the car to work and when it rained I had to be careful driving through puddles or I had to get out dry off the alternator and spray with WD40 or it would conk out !!!

Mind you I still play the feeble woman if I get a flat tyre and it's cold !

Kaz

[yannick]

so thats why the engine sounds like a bag of spanners

Now that I don't believe in your case!

[Unity Jon]

you just have that special quality that most bloke search for in a woman!

Yes indeedy

Can you cook aswell??

ha haa i've got one of them.... (women that fix cars)

when we went out on our second date the car i used as a run about mk1 golf decided to bust its fan belt and wrap the remains up around the pulley etc so we had a hour long wait in the sun on the road side for the AA, we were laughing about it and suprisingly it didnt bothe rher at all (we were off to Lakeside for shops, meal movie- turns out she hates shopping :) ) but when we got home i went inside to get my details for the break down guy and he looked at me and laughed then pointed to the car, Lizanne had the bonnet up and the car in bits removing all the debris and fitted the new one.....

I knew then. she's now my wife. :D

[Karma Supra]

I know a few girls like that.. a rare and special breed and always taken

She had a mk3 supra like me that she was breaking and I was buying some bits off her.. we went about stripping the car, I took the brakes off one side she did the other... she only beat me on doing her side

Then again she is a mechanic by trade

[nws25]

Oh stop it..............there's just something about women working on cars and getting all dirty..............

[knowlson]

women working on cars and getting all dirty..............

I swear I have seen a film on men and motors that started like that

[vmail]

a gurl asked me if i knew what a 710 was, took me ages to find out what she was on about, look under the bonnet and there i saw a OIL cap upside down

[jaxx]

so thats why the engine sounds like a bag of spanners

Now that I don't believe in your case!

our lass knows jack about cars! i cant expalin the most simple things without a look of total loss.

tried to explain how a clutch works and had to finally narrow it down to ''two plates that are between the wheels and engine! - oh yeah i get it now! . . . . . . . no i dont''

recently i was asked how a turbo and 'charger work. half way through the explanation of a turbo i could see steam protruding from the ears!

[Jamesb4uk]

a gurl asked me if i knew what a 710 was, took me ages to find out what she was on about, look under the bonnet and there i saw a OIL cap upside down

sorry - old i know but that had me in stitches...

J

[supragal]

She said that even she knew where to fill her car as the dipstick was in an awkward place. I didn't bother saying that you don't pour into the dipstick slot.

You sure she meant it like that? Sounds to me like she meant "My dipsticks in an awkward place" rather than "I try and pour oil down that tiny tube"

Know what you mean though, the guys I live with know nothing about cars really, in fact one doesn't even drive. Took me along time to explain that wheels didn't come with tyres

[jimma]

you just have that special quality that most bloke search for in a woman!

Yes indeedy

Can you cook aswell??

Do you like football and driving at 11pm

[+Steve]

we caught the secretary in the office adding oil through the dipstick

she looked dizzy afterwards!

[System~G]

Not the first time I have heard of this. A mate told me of someone he knew (a bloke) who bitched about the length of time it takes to put oil in a car until he found out it wasn't the dip-stick end

The only time I got slated at work over my treatment of cars was when I kept fogetting to put oil in my old escort and it kept running completely dry, making the worst noises ever!!! But you got to give the engine credit as it is still running perfectly (when kept topped up with oil) :P

[Viper_7]

She said that even she knew where to fill her car as the dipstick was in an awkward place. I didn't bother saying that you don't pour into the dipstick slot.

Aye, I'm sure she actually does it properly in that, you remove the dipstick, before putting the oil in. This way the air can get out, as you pour it in, making it much easier.

Just remember that once dropping the oil, and filling her with new oil....ermm oh yes...put the sump plug back...that always helps :-)

[Paul C]

Just remember that once dropping the oil, and filling her with new oil....ermm oh yes...put the sump plug back...that always helps :-)

hate to admit it but been there done that even us motor vehicle technicians can get it wrong we've even put new oil in with out draining the old out that makes the old car smoke a bit!!

[supragal]

Not the first time I have heard of this. A mate told me of someone he knew (a bloke) who bitched about the length of time it takes to put oil in a car until he found out it wasn't the dip-stick end

No WAY! Seriously?