F$%$%$ women F3$#$#$ cars F#@# F#$##@ F#@

**Cajun** · 2nd September 2004, 12:47

Originally Posted by Hitcher

The best driver I have ever met is my Mum. She has all of her heavy vehicle licenses as when Dad taught her to drive he only owned a truck.

On the farm we always used to get a truck-and-trailer load of superphosphate delivered and spread it ourselves. The trucking company either came and reclaimed the rig once we were done with it or we delivered it back to them. When I was about 16 we got a call one day in the late afternoon asking if the truck could be delivered back to the yard in Stratford before 5:00pm. Dad had to milk and I only had a car licence, so Mum got to drive the truck. I took the car so as to retrieve her and arrived in the trucking company's yard about five minutes or so before Mum arrived. To this day I can still see the look on some hard-bitten truckers' faces, after having reversed the trailer into its park, my Mum complete with sensible skirt and shoes, twin-set and pearls hops down out of the cab. Priceless!

that would be classic to watch

**vifferman** · 2nd September 2004, 13:02

Originally Posted by Hitcher

The best driver I have ever met is my Mum. ... To this day I can still see the look on some hard-bitten truckers' faces, after having reversed the trailer into its park, my Mum complete with sensible skirt and shoes, twin-set and pearls hops down out of the cab. Priceless!

I can just see that!

I'm a better driver than any women I know, but I must confess to being hard on the clutches of all vehicles I ride/drive, and eventually every car or bike I own starts to have a grumbly transmission and/or clutch. I've never actually burnt one out, but I tend to slip the clutch a bit in the interests of smoothness. This is because my Dad taught me to drive, and he was a scary driving instructor. In fact, he was a scary, grumpy person most of the time! He drilled into me the importance of smooth gearchanges and generally smooth driving.
I've never done dumb things like I've seen some people do - using the clutch as a parking brake on a hill! However, I have abused the clutch to demonstrate the point of clutch and throttle control to my sons when they were learning to drive, by starting from a standstill in 4th or 5th gear...

My wife and I are even on the ticket front, with two speeding tickets each (I also had a ticket for no mirror on my Elsinore, back in 1977.) However, my speeding tickets date back to 1975 or thereabouts, whereas hers are both from 1998 or 1999.

**marty** · 2nd September 2004, 13:16

i bought a '84 bluebird wagon with a slipping clutch, and drove it for another 20000kms before it finally got too much to bear. it would slip when i was driving up the kaimais, and sometimes i would be down to 1st gear. lazy i know. funny thing was, i did the clutch, then sold it! i didn't do a clutch in my L300 4x4, but i completely nuked the gearbox - the main shaft bearing disintegrated while towing a big trailer full of BMX bikes to taupo. it still drove, but i couldn't change gear. i drove it from tirau to taupo in 5th (about 100kms - uphill all the way), finally coming to a stop at the woolworths roundabout, locked up in gear hard. had to be towed with my foot on the clutch to the BMX track. the back of the van, and the trailer, were covered in black burnt txmission oil. best thing was, only $600 to fix - new bearings, 2 synchros, fresh oil. i only did about 1000kms more in it, then i sold it....
that van was the best 4x4 i have ever owned - 2.4i engine, full hand made free flow exhaust, k&n filter, rev to redline, easy 100mph, powerslides in 2wd just a feather of accellerator away, 4wd drifting in the gravel/grass. all carrying 7 adults in a club seating arrangement

**Motu** · 2nd September 2004, 15:30

Clutches are fast disapearing from the scene for cars,our clutch jobs are now months apart and not a weekly occourance like they used to be.Still amases me that people can drive them to a standstill without thinking anything is is wrong - it just stopped! It's very seldom they let go without a few weeks of warning.All good drivers in our family - but one day recently the wife came in saying she thought something might be wrong with the Diamante's steering....I had a look and found the power steering belt gone.She seemed happy to drive it like that,but found it hard to park.

**James Deuce** · 2nd September 2004, 15:35

Originally Posted by Motu

Clutches are fast disapearing from the scene for cars,our clutch jobs are now months apart and not a weekly occourance like they used to be.Still amases me that people can drive them to a standstill without thinking anything is is wrong - it just stopped! It's very seldom they let go without a few weeks of warning.All good drivers in our family - but one day recently the wife came in saying she thought something might be wrong with the Diamante's steering....I had a look and found the power steering belt gone.She seemed happy to drive it like that,but found it hard to park.

My wife did something similar. We had the Galant serviced and the mechanic didn't put the cap back on the power steering reservoir properly. I noticed she was "glowing" (sweating like a pig) trying to park the car one day, and she said, "It's been like this for ages. It's nearly as hard to park as the Fiat" (no power steering).

**FROSTY:Me** · 2nd September 2004, 16:34

sorry to all females here -I was just a touch pissed off.
Good news -the car may be fixed by saturday lunchtime
Bad news I had to pay someone to do it.
More bad news It cost $450.00 --Turns out the 2.8 laurel has like a truck clutch--twice the price of a normal clutch kit.

**Blakamin** · 2nd September 2004, 16:38

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

sorry to all females here -I was just a touch pissed off.
Good news -the car may be fixed by saturday lunchtime
Bad news I had to pay someone to do it.
More bad news It cost $450.00 --Turns out the 2.8 laurel has like a truck clutch--twice the price of a normal clutch kit.

Holy snapping duck shit batman!

What a price!

so you still coming down?

**Mongoose** · 2nd September 2004, 16:45

Originally Posted by firestormer

I can just see that!

I'm a better driver than any women I know, .

As spoken by a man that obviously does not know many women or lives a dangerous life. Either a brave call or a stooooopid call

**Cajun** · 2nd September 2004, 16:45

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

sorry to all females here -I was just a touch pissed off.
Good news -the car may be fixed by saturday lunchtime
Bad news I had to pay someone to do it.
More bad news It cost $450.00 --Turns out the 2.8 laurel has like a truck clutch--twice the price of a normal clutch kit.

sweet xj see ta down there then

**Hooks** · 2nd September 2004, 16:49

Never done a clutch ..... worn out one wife though .....

**Motu** · 2nd September 2004, 16:57

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

More bad news It cost $450.00 --Turns out the 2.8 laurel has like a truck clutch--twice the price of a normal clutch kit.

These Iranian mechanics are cheap eh! Just got a 2.8 Laurel diesel (AUTO!)going and drove it for the first time last night,this one will be for my daughter.She's been driving my cars for the last 4 yrs,she will pay for this one,it will go in her name and she will pay for rego,WoFs and repairs - say hello to the real world girl! It's a 1993,a nice luxury car for an 18 yr old,down to Waiuku tonight for a test run.

**badlieutenant** · 2nd September 2004, 17:38

might have angered a few ppl with the discrimatory remarks buddy

its not just chicks that have no idea, its alot of ppl. I had an argument at work about wether or not diesels have spark plug!!!! in the end I bet the lot of them and waited for a delivery truck to arrive (im a builder). and it goes on........told my boss, " your exhaust has a leak", you could hear it.........8 months later, boss says " my exhaust thingy is leaking". Its like that thing called common sense, its not very common at all.
Do you have to fix it? can it wait ? she is your ex, emphasis on EX.

**toads** · 2nd September 2004, 17:47

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

sorry to all females here -I was just a touch pissed off.
Good news -the car may be fixed by saturday lunchtime
Bad news I had to pay someone to do it.
More bad news It cost $450.00 --Turns out the 2.8 laurel has like a truck clutch--twice the price of a normal clutch kit.

Not at all offended, just a little reminder that not all of the posters here are blokes, I'm very pleased your car should be sorted for by the weekend, dreadful price though, my daughter who works for nissan parts managed to get us a good price on the last clutch kit we bought ( about 2 months ago) for her sisters car, cost only 1/4 of the price repco could do it for! It cost around $150, but the bad news was, it took Pete and I nearly 2 complete days to do the job, it was a right mongrel.