Was a courier driver 20 years back,hit a kerb on round-about,splitting tyre not long before due to return to base. Panic set in.
New i had buckleys chance of figuring out how to do it myself,never mind finding where the jack was kept. Luckily spotted bloke in front garden across the road and bob's your uncle was back on the road in a jiffy. It's not that hard ladies.
Paid the bloke with a pineapple,seemed quite content.
Ha ha.
Pulled up behind a bloke at the air & water bit at a servo. When I went to see what was taking so long the man was trying to fill up a tyre with a hole in the wall big enough to put my fist through.
Convinced him that driving it home wasn't an option and put on the spare for him and he offered me fifty bucks! Tell this tight-arse that $25 will only cover getting the old wheel off
My Idea of Negotiable:
Pay my airfare to Perth, put me up for a night, include dinner and return flight and I will do the bloody tire for free you lazy bastard!
(I will even pay for the taxi to get to where you broke down - Have to compromise a little)
That's the first thing I taught my (then) 17yo daughter when she got her first car... spent an hour telling her all the tips & tricks, including pulling as far off the road as you can etc... made her do everything.
Even got my wife to change a wheel on our GQ Patrol (in the driveway), before this became her daily drive.
Lost count of the amount of tyre/wheel changes I have done for women - posh ladies in a BMW who offered me $15?! and a lady with a very young baby who was clearly distressed...
Might be sexist, but I won't pull over for a bloke... IMO they should know how to do it.
A mates mate once stopped and tried to help a young lady on the freeway south. Anyway car couldn't be fixed so he dropped her home as it was right past were he was driving. So a very grateful young lady said she would have to repay him and blew his tyre if you get my drift..
Anyway my mate was so excited for his mate he later noticed a lady broke down so proceeded to stop and drop her home. He drove 45 min out of his way and to his dismay nothing.. He was gutted. But as i pointed out maybe picking up a young mum who has her kid with her was not such a sure thing as he thought
100% true story..
Hey Suba you got your tyre changed yet
How can you get a driver's licence without a basic understanding of how to change a wheel, check tyre pressures etc?
It's always good to lend a hand guys, yes teaching is the prefered way but sometimes those pesky wheel nuts are just too tight for the weaker sex.
lighten up you bastards
I had to help a lady open her fuel cap the other day at the servo.. she said she felt stupid cos she couldn't find the lever but opens it all the time.
It was an Astra so it doesn't even have a lever, it just opens
Drive that flat tyre **** around for a week before it starts taking chunks out of the road and sparking.
If your a a hot looking women the cops would change if for you when they pull you up.