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YouTube - Top 10 Worst Women Drivers For 2009
Some of worst women drivers ever. Just something to laugh about
Some of worst women drivers ever. Just something to laugh about
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From: McKenzie River
Had to revive this thread because of this update:........Got a call from buddy who's daughter has the Tracker, She overheated and seized it........After being towed to shop, closer inspection revealed, no oil showing on dipstick, radiator less than half full, Father asked daughter if any "odd" things had been happening, she said it had gotten "hot" several times and was making a "ticking sound", and was "thinking" of letting Dad look at it!......... "Dad" has washed his hands of this vehicle, and recommended public transportation for his daughter. This is the 3rd vehicle she has destroyed due to neglect!
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Another time, I did a tune up on a little blue 3cyl geo metro. The car looked a little abused as all the cars did up there but this one was notoriously dirty under the hood. It looked similar to a greasy mud ball. I put plugs and wires on it started and test drove it, no problems. Headed back to the shop and parked it in the oil change bay to spray the hell out of it to at least clean it up a little. After I finished, I went back into the office to bring the ticket up so the lady could pay and be on her way. I then got back in, turned the key and it wouldn't fire. I checked all the plug wires, firing order even how much voltage the coil was putting out and even went under the dash to look at the fuses. Nothing. It sounded funny too. It was turning over erratically when the starter was engaged. I was like "wtf?" So, I decided to check the worst..... I pulled the plastic timing cover back a little to uncover....nothing..... The camhaft pulley had come off and wedged itself between the engine mount and water pump.
I went back into the office to tell the lady that her car was seriously f-ed and that it would be over $700 to fix it when she said "where's my car". I told her that this happened and instantly she blamed me for the damage. She said she "saw" me break her car. I just about flew off the handle. She eventually admitted that she falsley accused me and that she never kept up with the scheduled maintenance. She left all pissed off and we pushed the car out into the parking lot where her husband came and towed it away.
I went back into the office to tell the lady that her car was seriously f-ed and that it would be over $700 to fix it when she said "where's my car". I told her that this happened and instantly she blamed me for the damage. She said she "saw" me break her car. I just about flew off the handle. She eventually admitted that she falsley accused me and that she never kept up with the scheduled maintenance. She left all pissed off and we pushed the car out into the parking lot where her husband came and towed it away.
Ignition lock cylinder siezed on a 96 Corsica while pulling it into the shop. The car wouldn't shut off.
A similar thing happened to me while test driving a 96 F-150 after a tune up. The pin for the igniton switch actuator (deep in the column) worked loose and it woudn't shut off. I was the only one at the shop and very inexperienced...but took that column completely apart and fixed it.
Intake gaskets sprung a major leak on a ~92 Olds while driving it in for a tranny service.
Ignition module went out on an 88 Buick. I had done some minor unrelated work and went to move the car the next day and it wouldn't start.
I've found some really bad (and obvious) neglected front ends and brakes too when the customer comes in for something else.
edit: Just saw this is an older thread. Must have missed it the first time
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OK, fun to bash the girls, and they give plenty of ammo... So there I was back in the early '70s at "Island Mobil" doing my stint as a pump jockey. In rolls a car towing a mid '50s Olds four door hardtop (IIRC). Two tone, nothing special to me. So the guy pops out, says a little this a little that, then proceeds to unload some of his divorce baggage on my young ears, including how the ex- and the kids had "ruined" the car, it "was nice till they got through with it..." etc. So I asked him a couple things and I got a little whiff of a familiar scent. I asked him what trans he had: "Hydramatic", he says. I asked him if he had pulled the drive shaft. "No". "How far you tow it?" "50 miles or so..." "Hydramatic? Not any more" I says. To which he replies "what the hell do you mean by that..." etc.
We pop the hood and the smoke curls out a little. I pull the too-hot-to-touch trans dipstick, which was covered with brown oil and little bits of metal....
He didn't want much else.
Probably blames her for that, too.
We pop the hood and the smoke curls out a little. I pull the too-hot-to-touch trans dipstick, which was covered with brown oil and little bits of metal....
He didn't want much else.
Probably blames her for that, too.
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From: wichita kansas
A friend of ours had to change the oil in his Caravan so he ran it up on his ramps and drained the oil, but only then did he realize that he didn't have a filter for it. So he left the hood up and took their other car to go get one a few blocks away. While he was gone the wife went out closed the hood and drove off with it. Made a few blocks and the engine froze up. Ended up costing them another rebuilt engine to put in it. After that he made sure that the car would be disabled and a note on the steering wheel for just in case.
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From: Houston
god, you would think people would check first before driving off in the car.
Hood up no one around usually means not finished had to go get something.
But boy am I glad I dont got any women like that to deal with. Only one is my sister and she atleast knows alittle something about cars even if I am the one doing the serviceing on it.
Hood up no one around usually means not finished had to go get something.
But boy am I glad I dont got any women like that to deal with. Only one is my sister and she atleast knows alittle something about cars even if I am the one doing the serviceing on it.
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I am lucky I don't have to deal with any women. My mother, the expy belongs to her, knows when I am working on it and asks if I am done before she uses it, and besides that, we have my sister who is the same way, except when driving, she assumes up shifting in the transmission is a "power gear" for when you need to pass, and the only way to activate the power gear is to floor it", which I actually find funny.
