G'day Vicki,



18 Jan 97 07:33, Vicki Crawford wrote to Rod Gasson:



 VC>> mine and put LPG gas in it) and have followed your questions and

 VC>> others replies and guess what? I still know nothing about cars,

 VC>> I still just



 RG>> LOL.  AVTECH being as informative as ever eh?



 VC> Of course. Not here for the information.



Gee, does that mean I'm in the wrong echo?  



 RG>> But even if you did/do know how to open the bonnet, there is

 RG>> pretty well fuck all you can do about most problems anyway.



 VC> That's right. That's why I pulled into a country service station. I

 VC> only opened the bonnet to try and impress him that I wasn't

 VC> completely ignorant so he wouldn't charge me heaps.



But in a country service station you can expect to pay heaps anyway.



 VC>> change a tyre because I have never had a flat tyre in 24 years

 VC>> of driving.



 RG>> I said that after about 10 years of driving.  Over the next few

 RG>> weeks I ended up with 3 different flats :-(



 VC> I am touching heaps of wood.



Good idea.



 RG>> You'll be surprised at the strength & resoursefulness 

 RG>> you'll find when stuck in the middle of nowhere and _need_ to

 RG>> undo them.



 VC> Nope, I would use the mobile phone and ring the RAA. That's why I

 VC> joined the RAA.



Good idea.   Don't forget to always keep a book in the car for

something to read while waiting.



 RG>> Incidently, those puncture_kits_in_a_can can be very useful in



 VC> Will get one.



Hopefully you'll never need to use it, but for $10 it is certainly a

good/cheap investment.



 VC>> just don't want to know about how to fix/maintain a car. I



 RG>> There's nothing to them. They're just like a big/heavy mechano

 RG>> set :-)



 VC> And having no brothers I never played with meccanno either.



So your only experience at fixing things would be putting the arms

back on your Barbie doll ? 



 VC>> I only towed a trailer for the first time in 24 years of

 VC>> driving in the last month.



 RG>> Easier than you thought, wasn't it ? :-)



 VC> Yep. Working out how to get it on the car was my main hassle. I just

 VC> don't have the strength to lift it and haul it onto the tow-ball as

 VC> my husband would have done. Remembering to remove the jockey-wheel

 VC> before I drive off with the trailer is another trap I have fallen

 VC> into.



Yeah, I've done that too.  :-(



 RG>> It takes a few seconds to figure out what direction to turn when

 RG>> reversing though, doesn't it (assuming you did reverse)



 VC> You think I am silly????? Of course I haven't reversed!!!! Having a



LOL



 VC> husband who used to drive tow-trucks is not good for my ego if I

 VC> attempt to reverse. Haven't done it. I have made sure that I have

 VC> parked in a position that I can drive into and drive out of. Even if

 VC> it meant being parked 3 streets from where I wanted to go. If I do







 VC> drive into a position that I can't drive from I have made sure that I

 VC> am where I can unload the trailer (final destination) and then unhook

 VC> the trailer, turn around the car and trailer and drive off forward

 VC> again.



Hey, I never thought of that one.



 VC> Learning to reverse the trailer is my after holiday-makers

 VC> leave project up the end of the dead-end street I now live on. Will

 VC> wait 'til then so that no-one watches me making a fool learning.



While I admit that it is fun watching someone learn how to reverse a

trailer, it isn't something the driver should feel foolish about, 'cos

anyone that has done it, knows how tricky it can be, and those that

haven't done it are certain to be just as foolish as you. ;-)



Cheers,

Rod



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