Story (has to be like those old "blonde women jokes") from a car dealership service manager. Starts out that a very cute / young / also very naïve looking girl drives in with her brand new car (daddy must have bought for her to drive to college) etc ...? Anyway she asks if they have any of those 710 caps.? The guy is like??? Hmmmm a 710 cap? So she tells him that her 710 cap is too tight so she wants a new one installed as she points to itMy wife thought the oil life monitor percentage displayed on the dashboard of her GM told you how much oil was left in the car. At least she knew enough to bring it in for "additional oil" when it got to about 10-15% before she met me.
One of my buddies was riding with his wife. She spots one of those silly vanity accessory type of things that some guys like to install or hang of their truck rear bumpers. Well this time it is NOT the giant leather ball sack or the two giant screw on nuts hanging. This guy must be a fisherman so she asks my friend "babe , what is.... why does that guy have that little tiny propeller installed on his bumper below his license plate. My buddy without skipping a beat and used to her silly questions just like some involuntary or incontrollable reactions simply says "well honey that is one of those new trucks with the turbo installed on the bumper. That propeller is his turbo charger!" LOL. She froze in deep thought for a while and told him. "ok, that is what I was thinking !" Ha ha ha ha............. WOMEN. LOVE them right! What else you gonna do with them. Been enjoying and loving one now for just 44 years!A golden opportunity.
Tell her an engine with a Supercharger will charge the battery faster...
I so appreciate that my wife, despite knowing little of cars, is willing to let us own exclusively older cars. She has doubted 10 year old cars reliability, but is willing to let me take responsibility for the sake of saving money on cars. I know many women are not willing to drive older cars because of fear of reliability. She took some convincing to ride around in my 30 year old Toyota though.She is currently driving a 2021 Traverse. It pains me to get her new cars. She treats vehicles like they're free. Well... to her, I guess they are.
I could write a book of stories on this subject.
Another favorite... My wife apparently doesn't understand the proper use of climate control. She either has it full on or off. Lots of fun when we're driving together in extreme hot or cold weather. Just a couple of hours ago she was driving me to the train. I'm going to be at work for 24 hours and I don't want to leave my truck at the station. As I'm getting in her car I see her turn the climate control completely off. It's 60 degrees out with 92% relative humidity. Three blocks into the drive the windshield starts fogging up. She hits the wipers. Of course it does nothing since the fog is on the inside. I hit the defroster and adjusted the temp and fan speed so it isn't annoying. I KNOW when I get home tomorrow it will either be exactly the same or off. She's been driving for forty years. This CAN'T be this complicated.
How does he have a functioning 24 year old accord with that sort of ignorance?We have a dear friend who is not too mechanically inclined. He hit something (don't remember what) and called me to come and check out his '97 Accord. The radiator and associated parts were smashed in. He told me not to worry because he immeadiately added 2 quarts of oil.
Amazing isn't it? Like setting house thermostats to 65 when you want 70 so it 'cools down faster'....You would be surprised by the number of people that do this, including people I've worked with. blows my mind.
Well, I take care of his cars, so there's that.How does he have a functioning 24 year old accord with that sort of ignorance?
The one that surprises me (bet none of you) are all the people who drive around breathing other cars exhaust simply cause they do not "realize" how their own auto A/C systems work (or don't care?). They do not realize there is a vent switch that opens and closes outside air. So a lot of times when they switch to different A/C modes , on some settings, the vent opens and they do not catch this and end up riding around with outside air coming into the cabin, this reduces your cooling and also causes the volume of air from the blower to be reduced. You can tell by pressing the open / close button and hear and feel the air volume kick in to high when you select closed.You would be surprised by the number of people that do this, including people I've worked with. blows my mind.
Yep. When I start to smell exhaust nastiness I switch to recirculate. I hate that.The one that surprises me (bet none of you) are all the people who drive around breathing other cars exhaust simply cause they do not "realize" how their own auto A/C systems work (or don't care?). They do not realize there is a vent switch that opens and closes outside air. So a lot of times when they switch to different A/C modes , on some settings, the vent opens and they do not catch this and end up riding around with outside air coming into the cabin, this reduces your cooling and also causes the volume of air from the blower to be reduced. You can tell by pressing the open / close button and hear and feel the air volume kick in to high when you select closed.
My M5 had an "environmental hazard" mode where it would automatically switch to a filtered recirculate function, it was quite interesting.Yep. When I start to smell exhaust nastiness I switch to recirculate. I hate that.