CROSSPOSTED and OT: question about mechanics

Possibly your government does not subsidize the oil industry in your country.

Not only do they not subsidise, our Government makes about 30-40% tax off every litre sold so maintaining pricing parity with overseas is in their best interests. Overseas oil goes up so overseas petrol goes up, so our petrol goes up so tax revenue goes up. I am also in rural Australia and the cost is now so high it is a political issue.

Cheryl

LOL, but I think the proper response on your part would have been.............. "WHAT DID YOU SAY????"

Michelle Giordano

We are definitely spoiled when it comes to fuel prices, this I know!!! Helps put it into perspective! Thanks!

What a wonderful experience! You saw the true City of Gold! ;-]

$1.37 a litre here in NZ and that is in a major city.

Unfortunately it is only going to get worse. We've known since the

70's that there is a worldwide limit to the amount of oil/gasol>$1.37 a litre here in NZ and that is in a major city.

I would feel no different. Most people choose a profession - at least initially - because they love doing it. Most people who love what they do - do a good job. You notice I said "most" - I think burn out plays a big part later on down the road for "some."

I can relate - !! LOL!!!

ROTFLMAOPIMP!!

I don't have any views either way, whether it is a Doctor, Dentist, Accountant if they are good at their job, but tend to relate better to men as I work with men only and have 3 in the family. My friend's daughter is training to be a mechanic at College, but there are some things she will not be able to do physically, in my opinion. My daughter in law was a deisel engine fitter but hurt her back as she again did not have the physical strength. I am very strong for a woman but cannot use some of my husbands hgv sockets, we have a 7.5 ton lorry. We have a business selling tools to the motor trade and have never had a woman customer in 23 years. We operate a van sales organisation locally and have about 350 customers, so it is not common. I do see more hgv women drivers now as the modern vehicles are easier to drive, also a few women bus drivers. But try to get on a course at your local college before committing yourself, modern mechanics are very different from the old engineers when my husband did his City and Guilds nearly 45 years ago.He now has classic cars, which leads me onto the fact that they maybe easier to work on and there are not many engineers around who can fix those. Perhaps there is a niche in the market there. Liz

Some women are stronger than some men. Then there is leverage. Years ago I took an auto mechanics course in which I was the only woman in the class. I was able to do everything the men did, and more than some could. After this class ended, they began offering a class for women specifically. It was a big success.

Some women are more mechanically talented than some men. My husband says a hammer has too many moving parts and he can't find where to put the batteries.

For some years I took my car to a woman mechanic. She and her husband own their own shop. Cars have changed, though, and repair now consists of replacing parts. For newer cars, you have to have the computer diagnostic machines. It's great when you get your smog inspection and they just plug a cable in under the dash. But the days of actually fixing cars is now limited to the classic cars -- like those now lining the streets of Reno for Hot August Nights.

LOL, and I tell people I am deaf as a rock! So is MSM, so we understand each other perfectly when we don't hear a single word.

I didn't get Pat's post so I'm piggybacking here:

Pat! That's a good one! Thanks for the giggle!

I know exactly how you feel..... At least we can do out back trips ( Mt Dare was the dearest at $!.65)

Dee in Oz

Personally, I would go to a shop where they knew what they were doing, regardless of the employees or owners sex. You said yourself you don't know as much as you like, so until you learned alot, then got experience at someone else's shop, you have no business opening a car repair business.

Joy

When we have something wrong with either of our vehicles, we go straight to the dealer, that's it period. Also, it is the same with all my children and almost all appliances, and/or any expensive equipment except my Pfaff sewing machines. I didn't get along with the dealer near my house, who BTW, is not a certified Pfaff dealer any longer. I take my machines to someone who used to be a Pfaff dealer. That is the way my DD and DM was and I taught the children the same. Apparently, their spouses go along with them. Of course, if I never had to deal with someone like Beverly has endured. Emily