So how many of you..
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Topic: So how many of you..
Posted By: MissCandice
Subject: So how many of you..
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:05pm
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Know how to change a tyre?
My uncles girlfriend was here and we were talking, she was about to leave and i said 'yu do realize your tyre is dead flat aye?' Nope she had no idea, and then she said she doesnt know how to change a tyre, so i got the jack out of her boot and she tries to put it ONTOP of the flat tyre in the wheel arch!! LMAO i was in hysterics of laughter by this stage! How is that suppose to jack the car up! Lol so i ended up changing it for her. So how many of you know how to change a tyre? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:08pm
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My dad made sure I knew how to change a tyre before he gave me my first car. It's come in handy too. I've had to do a tyre change on the side of the Akl motorway during peak traffic and in a carparking building in the middle of Wgtn during peak hour too - I would have been there for ages, both times, if I had to wait around for roadside rescue to come and do it for me. ETA: Sounds like an amusing visit, did you get any of it on camera? -------------  
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:09pm
I sort of know... maybe I should take some lessons from DH to be sure?!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:10pm
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LMAO! I've seen it done often enough to probably figure it out, but I don't need to - I have a Willie -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:12pm
LMAO! It was the funniest thing iv seen all year!! Na i didnt get it on camera but i did say to her that seeing her doing that on the side of the road would win her 'Americas Funniest Home Videos' for sure!! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Maya wrote:Posted By: ohanlon82
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:15pm
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ha ha
yip i know how to... My dad was like yours Jo - made sure i knew how to do it 
not that i have need to so far (wanders off to find some wood to touch) ------------- http://lb2f.lilypie.com/TikiPic.php/RPaODBg.jpg |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:18pm
| I 'know' how to do it but the only time I tried I couldn't get the nuts off, then when someone else took them off I was too weak to lift the tyre on! |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:22pm
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Nope, neither does DH. We are screwed ------------- 
 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:22pm
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My Dad made me chane tyres and oil before I was allowed my first lesson! doesnt mean I wont pretend not to know
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:26pm
| Lol Im the same as you summerlamb. Especially when the nuts have been tightened by machine after having a wheel alignment, its impossible for me to do! |
Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:29pm
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i know HOW too, but i wouldnt do it, thats mans work. ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel 07/08/2014
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 2:44pm
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dad is a mechanic so i can change a tyre, change an oil filter, air filter, spark plug most other simple things although if i had to do anything else i could probably guess. on the other hand my sister hates getting dirty, she is 10 years older than me and i had to show her how to pour petrol herself if there was no attendant. she cant even change a lightbulb. lol. everyone is different. she has AA so its no biggy. ------------- 
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Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 3:06pm
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Lol that would have been so funny!
My Dad is like some of the others on here. I wasn't allowed to learn how to drive until I knew that! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 3:09pm
I do!! And when the nuts are stuck I just jump on the handle. I know how to do most of what Monikah does...I just plead ignorance now though, it's what DF is for unless I'm really stuck  (or I'm stuck on the side of the road with a flatty). Helps that I help DF build and pull apart his speedway car motor every season though, and we frequently change the tyres depending on the track conditions.
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Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 3:17pm
| Isn't that what the AA is for |
Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 3:25pm
Same here. I've only ever had one flat though. I was driving through town and the tyre started banging. So I pulled over and sure enough, totally flat. I realised I was just outside a mate's place, so I texted him and said I was outside changing a tyre and he should come help. So he came outside, confessed he had no idea how, and proceeded to sit on the footpath and watch me do it. Good thing I knew how  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 3:52pm
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My parents used to own a garage so have known for a while how to do that. -------------  
 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 4:40pm
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Yep I know how too, I even know how to lower a car and chop springs (past life I was a boy racer's chick) ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Aprilfools
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 5:03pm
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I can but I would hardly ever do it. That's what brothers are for. Could also do an oil change and all that if I reeeally wanted to...................................... but I don't. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 5:12pm
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Yep! It was one of the first lessons my dad taught me while learning to drive. That and checking oil & water. Very good skills to learn I think -------------  
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 5:19pm
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oh thats easy , this is how I change a tyre
"DF ! come here ! ......please " "Yes ?" " tyre flat , you change, me watch tv/read mag/sit on ar*e " "grumble grumble " "WHAT? " " nothing " he changes tyre, I do one of the above mentioned activities . Tho yes, i should learn . .....so that I can do it better and then criticise DF when he does it .... ------------- 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 5:49pm
DH and my Dad taught me a few years ago.. and then we got Roadside Rescue 
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Posted By: fallen
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 5:55pm
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I learnt during a driving course I did at high school.
Have only needed to do it once, I was halfway done and a guy stopped and helped. He said he'd hope someone would help his wife if she was in the same situation one day. |
Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 5:59pm
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I can change a tyre and have been known to help the odd stranded person.
I was lucky, when my dad bought my first car he told me I could only take it off the property after i could change the tyre, check the air pressure in the tyre and pump it up if its low (he let a tyre down just so I could practise), check the oil, check, clean and change the spark plugs, top up the water, fill the petrol tank and read all the gauges when I sat at the wheel, and understand when to pull over and check things before driving any further. I hated him at the time, all I wanted to do was go for a drive, but over the years I've thanked him over and over. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: noisybaby
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 6:03pm
| Yip piece of cake. I'm a bit of a car nut so I can do a lot more than that. I reckon it should be part of your licence when you sit it. And you should be able to check tyre pressures, top up the oil and check it etc. |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 6:20pm
Glad I am not the only one that used to date a boy racer, and as for the chopped springs *shudder* the things we thought were cool back then!! I can change a tyre, fully service my car, you name it I can do it pretty much!! Think I hung around my Dad's racing for too many years, so learnt it all! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 6:23pm
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I know how to change a tyre, but when it come to actually doing it, I couldn't get the jack undone and had to phone my Dad to come and help me thank fully I haven't had a flat tyre since Akl is a long way from Feilding.
Oh and a flat tyre usually occurs on my way to work when I'm all suited up and don't want to get grease all over myself. That's what the AA are for. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 9:51pm
yep i can change tyres,oil spark plugs, change batteries & jump start too  only because typically as dh works with cars all day he NEVER gets around to doing anything i ask so i do it myself which scares him! LOL------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 10:16pm
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Well I can speak in op talk , get fully undressed with one hand , fold my ear in and dislocate my shoulder and my butt on command ....... -------------
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 10:23pm
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I have helped a friend do it years ago, although we all had trouble trying to undo the nuts. If I really wanted to I'm sure I could do it but thats what BF is for, although when his tire blew a few years ago we had to call the AA (lucky I worked for them at the time and we both had free membership) to get his tire changed as he had three jacks in his car but none of them had handles don't ask me how or why that worked.
I have state assist through mum and dad on my car, and three brothers and all their friends who will come to my rescue if need be Gotta love being the helpless female. (although nine times out of ten i'll be the one trying to fix things like the computer, dryer, tv, shelves and trying to put things back together)
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Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 7:47am
Hahahaha I've had this happen twice - once in my DH's work van (HUGE hi-top Hiace) at 4am in the middle of nowhere, and the other time in BIL's Hilux. Both times had to raise the jack with a spanner... I learned how to change a tyre at high school in the defensive driving course, and have somehow never managed to have to do it! I've always been around someone else who decided (normally being male) that they were more qualified  . Regularly check oil and water though, but don't know how to change the oil or even where the spark plugs are. REALLY good at jumpstarting cars.
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 8:06am
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Yes, but i don't let it on that I know anything about my car (as in I say I just put petrol in it), I work with a mechanic in camp and he will do everything for me. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 8:22am
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no idea but would love to lrean has hate getting males to help lol ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: mrshouse
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 10:08am
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NOPE no idea either..........my dad does all my car things......lol....i skip DH and go to my Dad.... ------------- http://www.baby-gaga.com/"> 
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Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 1:55pm
| Hate to thread jack but how about backing a trailor? I can't |
Posted By: blondie
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 2:54pm
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Yip I do and like a few of you others on here also know about oil battery etc, mums old BF taught me when I first started to drive we lived at the beach and didnt have a cell phone then so I had to know how but know yes my hubby would hopefully come to the rescue lol ------------- 
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 3:21pm
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I know how to change a tyre but cant because DP always steals spares out of my cars to put on the cars he is dismantling in the backyard after he sell the mags. Lucky i have AA.
I can help do most things but im not really strong enough. I can do an engine swap in a subaru tho (if dp loosens some of the harder nuts). I can back a trailer straight just dont ask me to turn it into a drive -------------   
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 10:31pm
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Sure can! Can and did rebuild the engine in the bastard too :P ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: pomikiwi
Date Posted: 20 February 2009 at 8:25am
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I can check water and oil, can't change a tyre. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: bext1
Date Posted: 20 February 2009 at 2:26pm
I can, but I hate getting my hands dirty  although I have to do a service on my cars and the boys are going to teach me how to do it, so I guess the hands will just have to be dirty for a while!!
oh and i hate trailers!! i can't back them, but can drive with it on :) ------------- 
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Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 20 February 2009 at 3:57pm
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I did when I worked at a petrol station, then I forgot. But I don't drive so when it needs changing I'll be with DH anyways. And when I do drive - we'll join AA :P -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 20 February 2009 at 11:13pm
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I am quite good at it... that said, tho, I haven't changes a tire on my 4wd and not 100% how to get the tire cover off, although I am sure I could figure it out if I needed to, even bust out the manual if I had to! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |