& people thought it was weird of my Dad to force each one of his girls to change a tire while he stood by & watched before giving us keys to the family car when we got our licenses. He also showed us how to use jumper cables. 3 out of 5 of us can change our oil & brakes. I can personally do much more thats why I'm my Dad's favorite (he just won't admit it around the others).

 

Her name didn't happen to be GIGI, did it?

 

My wifes step dad did too as well as made her change her own oil and lube the chasis fill up with gas etc. Before she could even go take the test to get her drivers license.
I am grateful for that but that's about the only good thing I have to say about the "for lack of appropriate words" (person?).

 

So did she throw her old rim and tire in the ditch as well? Im pretty sure it says in the manual to tighten the lug nuts. And obviously if there are no lug nuts with the spare, and the instructions dont say "use new special spare tire lug nuts supplied with spare to install the spare tire" she would have to be a grade AA moron.... just my $0.02.... you dont discard what you dont know about, or could possibly need in the future.... assuming she wasnt planning on running on that spare till all her tires needed replacing.... she should have at least been smart enough to think "well, since i cant use the lugnuts to put on the spare, i may need them to put the original back on".... as stupid as that sounds, at least it was more acceptable than throwing em in the ditch because she didnt think she needed them anymore...... god forbid she did a brake job

 

Make sure to tell her to rotate her lug nuts, she doesn't want them to wear unevenly

 

Don't forget to tighten the carberator & brake belts, check the blinker fluid, and rotate the air in the tires.

 

i would be careful what you say.... if she is watching, i damn near think the rotating the air in the tires thing would have her stumped for weeks.... i could just see it... some idiot in the gas station sittin around tryin to figure out how to deflate the tires and re use the old air.... the man who video taped that one would win the nobel prize....

 

Did she even speak english? if so.... she probably stole her husband/boyfriends car.... lol

 

LOL...here is the story behind that one.
Some of my cousins friends told her when she had just barley turned 16 that she needed to rotate the air in her tires. So she went to a service station and asked them to rotate the air in her tires. The man at the service station looked at her very confused so she explained why she thought it needed to be rotated. Of course he busted up laughing and informed her it was a joke. Later she said something to her mom and dad about it then they told me and the rest of the family a couple of years later during a family joke session. No she is not blonde, she just dosen't always think things all the way through before acting on them.

 

That happens here in eastern PA all the time when the stupid Jersey drivers come across the state line. In New Jersey, it's illegal to pump your own gas. Having everything be 'full' serve creates tons of good, high paying jobs

 

Good for you!! Stick up for us girls here. I too can change a tire, change the oil and jump start a vehicle (the proper way). I have replaced a starter solenoid and a radiator and I can identify most of the parts of a vehicle, inside the engine as well as out.

We're not all air headed bimbos ya know!!! I even know what lug nuts are and the fact that there's no such thing as "fender fluid".

 

So you're saying the dealer just ripped me $50 to change mine? ouch!!!

 

I desperatley hate to do this and even reluctant to, but.... actually "no bull" there is....It's called Gorilla Snot (AKA fender grease or fender fluid by some body shops) and was used on 70's VW, Corvettes and a few others. It is an extremely sticky tar like substance that was put inbetween the fender and the body to reduce vibrations and rattles. On the Corvette since it is fiberglass if you didn't replace it when you took the fender off, then the vibrations would either crack or break the fender. On most others equipped with it hardly anybody replaces it. I have used it to repair wore or tore weather stripping on doors, trunks, and hoods.

 

Hmmm, IF it exists...it's not officially called fender fluid and if it's an extremely sticky tar like substance then it's not really a fluid at all is it?

 

No it was just nick named grease or fluid. It's actually an adhesive so it does just the opposite of grease too.

If you went to the auto body store and asled for it by that they may or may not know what your asking for. But ask for Gorilla Snot and they will. I'll see if it has a website. Can't beat it for fixing weather stripping. Expensive for a tube but cheaper than new seals.