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After a read of the previous posts and a little laugh at some I have to have my say on this. Girls what I am about to say is in no way a slur at your gender, but it hints at something that one of the other's said about tyre changing. I was going to blockbuster one day and as I traveled up the road I noticed a parked car with a flat tyre. I thought nothing of it as I am sure that we have all seen flat tyre's on cars before. Anyway after I had finished at blockbuster and I was on my return home I saw the owner of the car who was wearing a red dress and heals, clearly going out somewhere notice that she had a flat tyre. During this observation of mine, I saw an RACV service van parked nearby and the guy going through the job of changing over the tyre.

Now it annoys me when people do this. Changing a tyre doesn't require strength. It comes down to correct leverage to undo the lug nuts that are on the tyre. Once they give the rest is easy. I think most males can change a tyre and there a quite a few women who can as well. What makes me laugh are the ditzy ones who just have no idea why their tyre is flat and expect it to change over on its own.

Another thing is fluid levels. Now we all know that their are important fluid levels that we are suppose to check in a car. They vary depending on the type of transmission and if the car has power steering or not. Just a quick run down:

Oil, water for the wipers, radiator fluid, brake fluid, power steering fluid, if it has an automatic transmission then their is the transmission fluid to check as well. Some manuals or stick shifts to those americans here also require transmission fluid as well.

The average person can read and in the owner's manual it shows you where these points are and what to use. It even shows you how to change a tyre and where to find the necessary components for this, i.e. jack and spare.

But alas people don't read and wonder why they have problems with the car. I have seen girl P plate drivers here, with a flat tyre on the phone ringing their boyfriend or dad to "come fix it".

These are just observations that I have seen nothing more, so make of it what you will.