magic of beer
 

so my gf was driving home from 115 miles away for a work event in Salisbury MD this evening and about five minutes after she left, she calls me frantically saying smoke is coming out from under the hood. 5 minute diagnosis, steam, car overheating. she had the presence of mind to pull over and stop immediately (hotttt). I had her restart with the heater on and it wouldn't cool off.

so we called AAA and got her towed to a local honda dealer (car is a civic) whose service dept was open til 8. turns out the radiator was busted from a rock or something and they were out. but there was an autozone with one for $100.

So they quoted her parts and $220 or something in labor and she called me to tell me what the dilly was. I told her since the guys offered to do the work beyond closing and were helping her out, to buy them beer.

she said they were stoked to get the beer and fixed up her car super fast and as the guy was writing up her bill, he said "I took a hundred bucks off cuz nobody ever bought us anything before--thanks!" she was so happy.

so that, my friends, is the magic of beer.:beer:

imagine if she walked in with some weed for them.

Man, a case of beer has gotten me back in the circle in construction more than a few times. Screw something up? You're buying the beer.

You need to leave a small toolset in the trunk... and talk her through the next radiator/rock episode :p

Then you can enjoy the beer together instead of giving it to someone else.

i ain't making my woman fix my car. I would be afraid of potential damage she could cause based on her complete lack of understanding of mechanical things and tools in general.




but ... Im not against politely hinting that a little mechanical know-how is a good thing. Maybe one of these days Ill give her a quick run-down on some basic things like checking air pressure, how to used a wrench (not too loose or not too tight!), and some basic things to be aware of when operating a used car, since we are not going to be driving new cars any time soon.

i wouldn't make her change a radiator... plus, shit, 200 bucks including labor at a dealership is fuckin cheap!

good luck with that dave....:gay:

I taught my g/f how to check her own tire pressure and bought her a gauge. She keeps the gauge in the glove box and never takes it out until i ask her for it. Refuses to check her tire pressure. "I'm a girl, you're supposed to do that for me."
Taught her how to change a tire, yeah right, she'd call AAA before she took the jack out. :)
Not that I really want her to do anything on her car, because I don't i atleast give her some knowledge on how to do things. Now i need to teach her to tune MS so I can drive and she can tune VE tables the whole trip. Man that would be badass.

got mine doin that already. Squirting that is. No I won't post any pics.

My wife installed a JRSC on her '91. The only thing I did was pick it up and place it on the mounting bracket (35# is a lot for some women to pick up). I never work on her car unless she is out in the garage helping.

My g/f's van leaks oil and coolant. She learned how to check both by herself. I'm supposed to fix the leaks, but it's an Aerostar. I cringe thinking about working on the engine.

I've had a few customers give me stuff at my shop. We don't expect it, but it's awsome when someone gets us a hot chocolate on a winter day or something.

i tried to teach her how to tune, but it just didnt make sense to her. The combination of shift+up to move the cells up or down and using the arrows to move the pointer around wasn't too bad, but figuring out what AFR to shoot for was enough to make her give up.

Hell even if I could just get her to drive the damn car that would be good enough. She's scared of driving a stick, let alone one with the act hd clutch. Plus she is scared of boost and high rpms.
Here I am wishing she would be into running in the female autocross class so i could actually start talking her into going on the weekends with me. If anything i hoped she would atleast understand the money i put into the car a little more. All in all she's pretty damn good about it all though.

Anyone play any beerpong lately?

my wife yells at me when i check hers. I'm pretty sure she thinks I'm going to break it...dunno why she'd think that. :gay:

My wife keeps bugging me to teach her stuff...but she needs it in small doses, or she starts losing her enthusiasm.

the mechanics also ran a train on her.

my g/f was able to check the oil in her rodeo because it leaked often. Now that she has the 300zx however she knows i'll be more than happy to check on it as long as i get to test drive it to make sure nothings wrong:skid:

Unsupervised, mine's barely capable of operating a gas pump.
Supervised, she enjoys using the cordless drill and air impact gun. Oh, she can also open quarts of oil before she hands them to me.

oh god, mine doesnt know how to open the hood....im serious!!!

My GF had several run ins with her car breaking down so she asked me to teach her stuff. She can check fluid levels, change the tires, distinguish smells; basically all the stuff you should keep check on in a used car. She could probably change the radiator in her dads 92 cherokee if it ever blows again, since that happened and she had to help her dad change it in the middle of no where.

For the guys with women who are not mechanically inclined, wait until something breaks and they are stranded. They are gonna learn preventative maintenance quick.

guys, hustler's sharing his "i stopped at the dealer to get my oil checked" fantasy again.

yea, hes a ho...... fo sho

Hell it probable would have been free if she offered to pull the train. :p

Mark

i vote ban

What are these 'girlfriends' you guys keep talking about?

no shit, thats an amazing price from a dealer

Mine can changer her tires, check her oil, explain roughly how an engine works...and hates every second of handing me tools when I'm under the car, but at least she knows what tools they are.


HOWEVER,

Being an art major and doing wood sculpture she can use all sorts of nasty power saws...its pretty slick.

My sister can change plugs and check oil levels etc and knows how to tell what sounds are bad. i dunno why girls have so little patience with mechanical knowledge most of the time. She even trolls this site under my username reading funny posts. As far as i know she hasn't posted anything yet though.

Mine video tapes me race, and thats all I can really ask for. :)

I have a semi-funny video somewhere of me autocrossing the OTM with my wife on the camcorder, and her completely forgetting to record the first 2/3 of the run. :gay:

I think she posted this. Correct use of the English language and correct spelling throughout. Hmmmm

I agree with olderguy. My head didn't hurt after reading that post. Couldn't have been Magna.

+2 on richard's sister!

My ex-GF overheated her Taurus and kept on driving, till it cracked the block.


Notice how I said ex.

I've posted a pic or two in the past that were NWS and fairly memorable. :D

Mark

i make sure my girls car is the most reliable of the bunch because well she's my girl and i can't always be there. I've worked in a benz dealer for the past 10 years(good lord i'm only 27) and i've done untold amount of good deeds and gone well past the spectrum of my job. Now i've made people extremely happy but i've never gotten beer, i've gotten tips more than what a case of beer costs but i'll tell you the case of beer would mean much more to me because to our customers throwing around 20-50$ is really nothing to them but a case of beer takes effort.

I've met your wife at a miata meet in Charleston (@ Stokes Mazda, went to a Bee hive place and stuff). She is definitely an exception to the norm. In a good way though.

what she didn't tell you is she fucked every last one of them.

you part of hustler's fantasy?

:rofl:

My girl is not a mechanical minded person. But she definitely helps me where she can. She will wash and wax cars, go to car shows (the vette was her favorite), help me with minor repairs. In fact i just talked her into using the coverall jumpsuit that i gave her to help me swap my clutch slave cylinder tomorrow morning. :love:

sorry, i just had to brag a little.

You got my vote for hottest member's girl on mt.net! :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowd own:

LOL, don't make me change this thread to something not work safe. She is cute though. I'm sure that one of the mods could arrange a MT gang bang for her. LMAO.

Mark

watch your mouth mark.

I live in greencastle, i don't think it would be too hard to find you.

I am sorry.

Perhaps i was being a bit unreasonable. I agree lets have that "Gang Bang" organized... In fact Mark can even be the recipient... So moderators, what do you say? Do you think you could share some of Mark's personal information with me so that my girl and i can pay him a little visit. We understand, you where just trying to impress your buddies with a few well chosen words. :owned: :asshole:

it was a joke chill...

exactly, i just turned the joke around a little bit.
why aren't you laughing?

lmao, true true, actually thought you were taking it serious.

tone is a little difficult to discern through text.

Mark was joking. There's a big difference between poking fun and threatening physical violence.

So we'll go this route:
Your girl is ugly
Your bike is lame
Watch your fucking mouth
:magna:

Seriously, just chill the hell out. It's all in good fun.
PS--In for frontal pics :)

Ya, It was a joke...

But come visit me... I'd love to meet you.

Here are a couple of pics so you know who to look for.

5415 Connecticut Ave
Washington, DC 20015


Need a Google map? :owned:

Mark

PS - It's all in fun.

lmfao:rofl:

wow, i am just so incredibly overwhelmed with the amazingly wonderful people in this world today.

"Gang Bang" is not physical violence?

Wow, go this route. Hell, you could even ban me. If this sight is so incredibly wonderful that it promotes violence towards women then i don't think i need to be a part of it. I thought i was just here to talk about cars, and mechanical stuff. In this thread in particular, how our significant others deal with mechanical issues.

This must really be the magic of beer.

Actually a Gang Bang is not physical violence, that would be Gang Rape. The difference being whether she wants it or not. I'm sorry you don't know the difference.

Mark

your parents must be really proud

Unlike you, I'm not the one living in my parents basement, who doesn't know the difference between sex and violence.

Mark

In the interest of general information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_bang

And, Swimming108, she is cute!

That heated up quick...
I thought everyone was joking??
Good read though lol.

-Andrew

you're right, i am a horrible person. I am sorry everyone who is reading this thread that i hijacked it and put funny pictures of my loved one on it.

I am sorry mark that i got onto an argument with you. Here i will even let you have the last word.