High Maintenance Women

[Air_Speed]

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I'll change it in December


Up north here, I try to get things like oil changes done in October or November, because December in New York is not a good time to be working on your car (unless you have a heated garage!) I've been known to drain it out a few miles early just to avoid a mid-winter oil change.

 

[Vilan]

Originally Posted By: d00df00d
Originally Posted By: Vilan
My gf knows more about cars than I do. She says she's a Mopar girl through and through. She's done at least one engine rebuild (can't recall which one offhand) and when my battery died last week after the connector on the positive cable snapped, she showed me how to install a new terminal and strip the wires off the old cable and splice them to the connector.

Just lucky I guess.

You're dating Megan Fox's character from Transformers??


No comment. Get your own!

 

[d00df00d]

Originally Posted By: Vilan
No comment. Get your own!

Right on.

 

[Herz]

Did i ever tell you guys about my GF that tried to shift into reverse instead of 4th.

"Babe, the car wont shift." Keep in mind this is on the highway going about 40.

"What do you mean it wont shift."
"The stick thingy wont go into the 4th slot thingy."
"sigh, thats reverse."

 

[RWEST]

Originally Posted By: Air_Speed
Question for people on this thread ...

It seems a lot of guys here lament the damage done to their vehicles by the various "female drivers" in their houses/lives, but my experience has been different.

What is interesting to me, is that my wife, while not OCD like me, knows quite a bit about car maintenance. Not necessarily auto repair, but the basic regular maintenance spelled out in the manual.

In fact, when we met years ago, she was the one who taught me how to change my own oil (I am a city boy) and transmission fluid, replace my spark plugs and battery, and how to drive a manual. Maybe it is because she's from the country, and there was not a single mechanic or quick lube place within 15 miles, so often it was faster and easier to do it herself.

She inspects her wiper blades and tire pressure once a week, and fluid levels. Once she had to add plain water to the antifreeze, and she came home to test that the freeze protection was still good enough, concerned about the ratio.

What prompted this post is that we went out to dinner last night and she leaned over to me in the candle-light and said, "Can you buy some synthetic oil, fresh antifreeze, and winter wipers after work tomorrow? I need to winterize my car."

What women do you know that do their own car maintenance?

You are a very fortunate man. Make every effort to ensure she stays with you.

 

[Popinski]

Originally Posted By: defektes
Did i ever tell you guys about my GF that tried to shift into reverse instead of 4th.

"Babe, the car wont shift." Keep in mind this is on the highway going about 40.

"What do you mean it wont shift."
"The stick thingy wont go into the 4th slot thingy."
"sigh, thats reverse."


*Sigh*.. it's normal. Another reason why we are put on this earth is to correct women.

 

[oilboy123]

Originally Posted By: Air_Speed
Question for people on this thread ...

It seems a lot of guys here lament the damage done to their vehicles by the various "female drivers" in their houses/lives, but my experience has been different.

What is interesting to me, is that my wife, while not OCD like me, knows quite a bit about car maintenance. Not necessarily auto repair, but the basic regular maintenance spelled out in the manual.

In fact, when we met years ago, she was the one who taught me how to change my own oil (I am a city boy) and transmission fluid, replace my spark plugs and battery, and how to drive a manual. Maybe it is because she's from the country, and there was not a single mechanic or quick lube place within 15 miles, so often it was faster and easier to do it herself.

She inspects her wiper blades and tire pressure once a week, and fluid levels. Once she had to add plain water to the antifreeze, and she came home to test that the freeze protection was still good enough, concerned about the ratio.

What prompted this post is that we went out to dinner last night and she leaned over to me in the candle-light and said, "Can you buy some synthetic oil, fresh antifreeze, and winter wipers after work tomorrow? I need to winterize my car."

What women do you know that do their own car maintenance?


I don't know but if you ever divorce her, let me know. Dream woman...........................

 

[tonycarguy]

You have to understand there is a social taboo for women to do these things. It's like a man putting on makeup-- it's not like men couldn't learn how to, it's that they choose not to because of the social sigma.

While modern society publicly praises a woman for being independent, long-standing traditions are hard to break. Virtually all the women I know still aim to be feminine, and working on the car is considered a masculine thing. Not to mention there are practical issues like having long fingernails that would be damaged or difficult to work with, getting grease on their skin, or nicks and bruises on their arms, etc.

As for changing a tire, I doubt more than 1% of the female population has the physical strength to do this.

 

[d00df00d]

^^ Good call.

 

[Air_Speed]

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practical issues like having long fingernails that would be damaged or difficult to work with, getting grease on their skin, or nicks and bruises on their arms


My wife trims her nails (they get in the way of "real work" when they are long she says), and uses GOJO to clean up grease. She thinks it smells better than most perfumes do, actually.

As for nicks and bruises, well, she's never been afraid of them. An old-time remedy they used to use in the country was smearing fresh "road mud" on a cut. Somehow, this was supposed to help it heal. That was one thing we both agreed must stop! I was taught to wash out my cuts with antibacterial soap and then coat with iodine. The sad irony is, now I am allergic to every kind of soap and lotion additive, and my wife has no allergies at all.

I'm still not sure I'd use "road mud" on my kids, but perhaps the antibacterial soap thing wasn't such a good idea either.

 

[HM12460]

does your wife have any sister's?

 

[Air_Speed]

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does your wife have any sister's?


Sorry, but no, only brothers.

I think that explains quite a lot, actually.

 

[Vizzy]

Originally Posted By: tonycarguy



As for changing a tire, I doubt more than 1% of the female population has the physical strength to do this.



I also would say that some of this reluctance to do "manly" things is hardwired into them genetically. It is a scientific proven fact that women and men have different strengths and weaknesses, usually those things are balanced out when the two come together...you know Adam and Eve...

While I don't expect a woman to do the actual dirty work, I would like to think that they can detect the signs of potential problems, and of course their "intuition" is waaaay better than mine or any other man.

 

[Herz]

we were designed for different purposes. Men are generally big and agressive as a means to defend women and children. Women are generally more gentle and better at caring for a child and stuff theres a long list.. like you said we both have weakness' and strengths.

 

[oilboy123]

Hey maybe we could turn this site into an Oil site/Hook up with Sisters of wives on BTOG dating service...........