Comments on: Bragging Rights

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:30:37 +0000

As someone who also knows nothing about cars, I am duly impressed. Also, I can’t believe that guy was concerned about getting sued, although it’s hysterical that the parole office and the library are right next to each other. At least it’s not next to the school!

By: Painted Maypole

Painted Maypole — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:53:21 +0000

can you adjust mine so they point in the right direction?

By: patois

patois — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:22:02 +0000

Bravo! I’m wiping a proud tear away right now.

By: Formerly Gracie

Formerly Gracie — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:50:03 +0000

Umm… I can pump my own gas and take the car to the shop when the blinky light tells me too. That’s about the extent my car know-how, so you GO GIRL!

By: dgm

dgm — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:02:05 +0000

I actually love learning new things about how to maintain/service my own car. I took an autoshop class in high school, mostly because I knew there would be a lot of guys in there, but I learned a couple of things. It’s very empowering when a service light goes on and I have to figure out what to do.

Next up: change a tire! And memorize where those cables go. It’s a simple, empowering thing to learn and you could really help someone out sometime. Believe it or not, I’ve encountered men who have no idea how to use their jumper cables and I think, “Dude, why did you even admit you have them?”

By: T

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:34:32 +0000

I did that once too! I bought the bulb and then called my dad and had him walk me through it. When I was 18, I changed out the fan on the A/C in my ‘82 Firebird (called my brother and he talked me through that one!)

By: Veronica Mitchell

Veronica Mitchell — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:27:02 +0000

Good for you. I felt something similar when I installed our new kitchen faucet. It felt great.