Comments on: Men not necessarily more car-care savvy than women

By: RangeRoverBoy

RangeRoverBoy — Wed, 17 May 2006 18:15:06 +0000

Inflate to 100psi and go.

Great gas mileage!

The Door sticker only gives you proper inflation for stock tires, they have no idea what we off road maniacs are going to try to mount on the rig.

It took one of my buddies two weeks of adjusting air pressure in 37″ GY M/TR’s to suit his 1993 Range Rover. No factory numbers there, since it came with 205/80r16 (between 28 and 29 inch) tires.

By: Tyson S.

Tyson S. — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:51:31 +0000

“That’s wrong. Different tires require different pressures. If you run a normal all terrain tire on your truck then the 30psi or so that is on the label on the car may be fine but change to a bias ply swamper and you may be running 15 or even lower psi on the street.”

well there is always exceptions for everything, but for a MAJORITY of all cars, the weight of the car/truck on street tires decifers what the psi should be in the tire.

“THIS IS A LIE! ALL LIES!”

i call a HUGE BS!!! sure, there are quite a few women that know how to change their tire, or even check their oil if they so wanted, but as a majority, women dont know. dont mean to burst your bubble. and if what you say is true, then i’d like you to prove me otherwise.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 13 May 2006 07:27:23 +0000

“When asked where a vehicle’s proper tire-inflation pressure information is located, 67 percent of men and 45 percent of women said on the tires’ sidewalls. In fact, that’s wrong. ”

That’s wrong. Different tires require different pressures. If you run a normal all terrain tire on your truck then the 30psi or so that is on the label on the car may be fine but change to a bias ply swamper and you may be running 15 or even lower psi on the street.

By: Tony Brown

Tony Brown — Fri, 12 May 2006 21:41:21 +0000

This is a really weird quote

“Antifreeze/coolant also remains liquid in cold temperatures to help protect the engine during extreme-cold starts,�? Ferner said.

it doesn’t really help with the extreme cold starts as much as the extreme cold sits.
The only things that help cold starts are some way of getting heat into the engine or some way to get the oil moving prior to cranking. For all the engine knows, on startup, there is no cooling system.

little dissapointed in LLN for lettting that slip, expecialy on a topic about car know-how

kinda funny when you think about it

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Fri, 12 May 2006 18:08:28 +0000

Madcapp – and as with all things technological, there will be workarounds… eventually.

By: A. J. Viggen

A. J. Viggen — Fri, 12 May 2006 14:08:55 +0000

Yeah, funny how so many of the “right” answers in this quiz involved buying more of the products and services that Jiffy Lube just happens to sell…

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Fri, 12 May 2006 12:55:27 +0000

Oh,its worth mentioning that OBD3, when it arrives, uses telemetry. So your car and every trip you take will be tracked and recorded for the rest of time, you could theoretically be issued speeding tickets in the mail based on recorded data from your vehicle speed sensor, or if you were being chased by the police, they could simply call in your license plate number and shut down your car down by sattelite. Interesting world we live in.

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Fri, 12 May 2006 12:40:19 +0000

What Madcapp said

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Fri, 12 May 2006 12:35:24 +0000

Goot thinking TW, you’re just 17 years late to the party because the universal management system is called OBD, now in its second generation called OBDII starting in 1996. The third generation is in final development and testing right now. You can get software and a OBD connector for your computer all over the internet. I thought this was a forum for people tho were automotive enthusiasts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Board_Diagnostics

By: TW

TW — Fri, 12 May 2006 12:04:25 +0000

For those of us that have laptop computers it would be nice if programs were available that could be “plugged” into our respective cars so we could at least monitor whats going on. There are are many very powerful programs out there availble to us for a variety of things other than cars. Why not automotive programs for the owner also?

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Fri, 12 May 2006 11:49:31 +0000

agreed with steve. i wish i could fix my own car. Things used to be more mech, less tech, and people could do a LOT more DIY car repairs. People are losing these skills quickly… it’s a shame – as a car nut I am disappointed in myself too.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 12 May 2006 04:02:37 +0000

People as a whole seem to be getting more and more negligent in proper car care.

By: David

David — Fri, 12 May 2006 03:47:11 +0000

“Yes ma’am, that’ll be $240.00 for changing your alternator fluid. Plus $50.00 for shop supplies, of course.”

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 12 May 2006 03:26:07 +0000

BS!
My roommate (female) once woke me up at 7:30AM telling me that she had a flat tire. She asked me if she was “supposed to call somebody or something.” VERBATIM! After changing her tire, I realized I should have told her, “Yeah. Go look in the phonebook for ‘flat tire repair’.”

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:10:51 +0000

I once ran into a woman at a gas station that needed my help because she couldn’t figure out how to put gas in her Volkswagen Cabriolet.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 May 2006 01:10:48 +0000

this is bull shit. women can’t even change a tyre with out help

By: sean

sean — Fri, 12 May 2006 00:20:31 +0000

I just couldn’t finish reading this survey. I assumed that the questions were going to be bias to JIFFY LUBE’s results, and I am happy to say that I don’t think I am wrong.

We’re all suppose to do A LOT of things, but just don’t.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 12 May 2006 00:14:44 +0000

I don’t think I agree with that ^

By: John

John — Fri, 12 May 2006 00:11:30 +0000

THIS IS A LIE! ALL LIES!

Actuall women know far more than men do. That’s why women always ask men for help. It’s their humorous entertainment of the day to laugh at some poor knucklehead having to talk out of his ass. So the next time you see a woman on the street looking for help, don’t be the fool!