Tamara wrote: <And that concludes *my* test, thank you very much :) I've had my present car for 2.5yrs, and have *yet* to find out which gizmo pops the hood (bonnet) open never having had any reason to learn... >
and Sharon wrote: <As for looking for strangers to help..well, I'm well past sweet young thing...but no one wants to stop for a little old lady either :( Tough times. > Reminded me of when we used to have a Triumph Spitfire sports car (fine for falling into, but the devil of a job to climb out of). Part of the carburetter turned when the accelerator was pressed, and this turning back and forth caused a wire to break frequently. So whenever it cut out, I'd coast to the side of the road and fix it. One day it cut out in mid traffic queue and I couldn't coast into the kerb. So three hulky great men got out of their cars and pushed me and it to the roadside and then got back in their cars - thanks, don't let me delay you. They watched with absolute amazement as I lifted the bonnet (hood), pulled a pair of wire strippers and screw driver out of my pocket, and mended it and restarted the car. Then they gave me a round of applause. If I hadn't been thinking "So now you know that women aren't all ignorant about cars" I'd have kicked their headlights in for being patronising. Could do all sorts with a car engine then - even had my own overalls - but now the layout of engines look so different I can just work out where the oil, brake and clutch fluid, windscreen washer liquid and coolant go. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
