4WD with no radiator stuck in intersection. Question?????

divioce and who had $17 k for new motor

Makes the suggestion another poster made today in regard to doing your own oil changes where he suggested putting the keys somewhere safe just that much more important...when I read it I thought "Nah...no one would be THAT stupid"...just shows to go ya eh! :-)

Don't say anything, just try not to smile tooo much. You know somehow it is still going to be his fault.
A not dissimilar story - I'm driving down the F/W from up north listening to the radio, one of those buy-swap-sell programs, a woman is after a workshop manual for a car she had bought cheaply (about$200. ) from a friend, and was annoyed with the friend because the car was not running very well. A bloke down the road from her house said he would try to fix it if she could get a workshop manual. When the radio announcer (who was intrigued with her efforts) asked what was wrong with the vehicle she said the motor made a lot of noise. He asked if she had checked the oil in it. Her reply was "That is not going to be the problem because there is plenty of oil, I know because the oil light on the dashboard is always on"
I don't know about the colour of her hair - it was radio. The announcer was very polite to her. Carpe Diem

the husband who loves his wife with all his heart just sat down and tried to explain to her.
1 please go get me a piece of paper love and a pen.
2 could you please find me a dictionary dear.
3 honny could you please write down the following words sweety.
DONT DRIVE THE CAR.
4 look them up in the dictionary and explain what they mean please darl.
5 then he went on with some rubish about HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE KIDS TO SCHOOL NOW???? we swore we would never use the falcon again.

but really what coould you say
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
spose he could take the credit cards of her for a while.looking foward to september(landcruiser park/fraser island)

What an idiot !

Some people have no idea.

I had a couple of locals do a bit of off road the other day on the powerlines track(WA) they found a bit of water and decided to give it a go ,as they knew all about setting up a bow wave they hit the water full blast the bow wave went up the bonett ,up the windscreen and up the roof ,then the water ran down into the bonnet vents and into the air ducts they were quite supprised when the water flooded onto their laps out the interior air vents ,this was very muddy water ,oh well they sure got that off road get down in the mud feelingBorn to drive a 4x4 , not a keyboard
Peter York 4x4

That was a lovely meal dear, by the way where's the car? I've had the radiator fixed cost 250 bucks nearly bought a new one, I must remember to use distilled water oh and the gearbox oil was looking a bit off last time I looked, your not saying much dear, is that a tear I see in your eye? What's wrong dear you seem upset about something? Are you ready for desert dear? Keep the shiny side up

I am flabbergasted, that is truly amazing!!!!

I guess it would have gone something like this perhaps........

I know you told me not to drive it but that was ages ago. How long does it take you to fix the bloody thing. You never do anything when I ask you. I wasn't going that far surely they make cars better than that these days. Well you would think so wouldn't you.. I mean all those computers and things. I was only going to the shops to get your dinner for tonight..... By the way the motor was reving really fast you better have a look at that too. If you think you can....

hahahahahahah

Regards
Rusty

PS

I'm not married anymore cause I got sick of conversations like that. Best thing I ever did

Hey guys, what can I tell you? I've got some really surprising news.

My lady is a really good driver and an excellent navigator. Apart from a small carpark ding (not really her fault), she's never damaged any of our cars. She is always aware of, and sometimes performs, the basic checks required before a trip, or reminds me to. She may not know how to change the oil or replace a spring (yet), but she knows when its its required.

AND, she tolerates/supports my mechanical whims.

BTW, I know some blokes who'd remove the radiator, toss it in the boot and then think they could drive the car up to the garage to deliver the radiator fo repairs. And, they ain't blonde!Life just ain't that serious.
Rohan (Sydney)

Guys,

As one of the few regular female posters on this forum I feel obliged to stick up for my fellow sisters. For my first car, my dad insisted I got an oldy but a goody (all I could afford anyway). He reckoned this way I'd learn a bit about maintenance and maybe some basic repairs. And he was right! For many years on this and later vehicles I did all my own servicing, replaced a water pump and wheel bearings. Later I helped my husband strip and rebuild a diesel engine, clutch, gearbox, suspension and exhaust systems on our old BJ40. Any electrical work that needs to be done I do. To date I've fitted several stereo systems including amps and equalisers, CB's, spotties, overide switches, trailer plugs, aux 12V outlets and so on.

And while we're telling stories, try this one...Good freinds of ours, lovely people. He's a deisel fitter and fuel injection specialist by trade and drives a company car. She drives the family car, a deisel 4WD which for months was using water because of a blown head gasket. He's gunna get to it...eventually. In the meantime she keeps driving it. Inevitably we get a call one night about 11pm cause the cars seized about 100k's from home and can my hubby give him a hand to go and bring it home. Long story short motor was totally cooked, new head needed and everything. Big $$$. And of course according to him its her fault cause she didn't check the water level often enough. We gently reminded him that 1) he's the mechanic and had ample opportunity to fix it and 2) all those months he was complaining cause his wife wasn't checking the water...his line was she drives it, her responsibility. He was well aware that she wasn't checking often enough (meaning everday) but he wasn't going to either so checkmate. Thousands of $ and 2 years later, it still her fault....apparently!

:o) Melissa

Petrol 4.5L GU Patrol &
Camprite TL8 offroad camper

Gee Melissa, you almost had me. I'm thinking your perfect in every way, but you failed my final test. You didn't say you could scale and clean fish.
Ah well, I guess I'll just have to keep looking.

Reminds me of that old story of a bloke looking for a wife and he places an add in the local paper stating his requirements, amongst other things that she must be able to scale and clean fish and have a fishing boat. End of add reads "Please send photo of boat and motor" . Carpe Diem

'Deisel fitter' reminds me of a very old joke.