Female Mechanics
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I glanced over when my mum was watching it and saw the pure awesome.
Though to be fair you never see a proper munter in neighbours.
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anybody seen the garage on Discovery ? its a documentary series about a garage for british ex pats (mostly since the bloke running it is very scottish and speaks barely any spanish lol) and they had one or two female mechanics in.
It wasnt even like they were there for the TV, one was a HGV fitter in her previous job, and the other had been to college and looking for her first job.
Both were mad keen on cars and enjoyed drving them as much as being a mechanic. the Ex HGV fitter had an Evo 7 back at home. She wasnt bad looking either lol.
It wasnt even like they were there for the TV, one was a HGV fitter in her previous job, and the other had been to college and looking for her first job.
Both were mad keen on cars and enjoyed drving them as much as being a mechanic. the Ex HGV fitter had an Evo 7 back at home. She wasnt bad looking either lol.
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Female mechanics are underrated.
No, that one is overinflated.
I have a female apprentice. She does very well at college (better than the male apprentice we have) I have found she is much more willing to listen to instructions and has a very good understanding of cars.
She is a total petrolhead and not a munter by any stretch of the imagination. The biggest problem she has is other apprentices and techs at dealers hitting on her (the apprentices have to go to dealers for real world work experience as we work for a large car manufacturer).
Yes she struggles with some of the heavy lifting stuff but the correct tools are in place to overcome that. I have discussed her future aspirations and she has agreed with me that her best route for the future will be diagnostics. She certainly has the capability to do well in that field.
I personally had my reservations about the company employing a girl but it has worked out ok
She is a total petrolhead and not a munter by any stretch of the imagination. The biggest problem she has is other apprentices and techs at dealers hitting on her (the apprentices have to go to dealers for real world work experience as we work for a large car manufacturer).
Yes she struggles with some of the heavy lifting stuff but the correct tools are in place to overcome that. I have discussed her future aspirations and she has agreed with me that her best route for the future will be diagnostics. She certainly has the capability to do well in that field.
I personally had my reservations about the company employing a girl but it has worked out ok
Was one of the girls on the radio called Caroline? We have a female run garage down here called Caroline's cars, and she really milks the fact she is a female. 'Look, I'm female.... and a mechanic..... did I mention I was female?' It gets a bit tedious.
I suppose some women would feel more comfortable going to a female run garage, but persoanlly, as we do most of our maintenance ourselves, I'd rather a bloke look at my car. As perople have said, women's general spatial awareness and other female traits must get in the way. She's apparently very good at bodywork and paintwork though, which I suppose given women's general attention to detail and creativity should be expected.
Those 'get back to the kitchen' type comments made me think, well you get male cooks, chefs and cleaners and no one really blinks and thinks 'get back to the garage'. Personally I am uncomfortable with men in the kitchen but I certainly wouldn't go to another restaurant because I found out the chef was a man!
I suppose some women would feel more comfortable going to a female run garage, but persoanlly, as we do most of our maintenance ourselves, I'd rather a bloke look at my car. As perople have said, women's general spatial awareness and other female traits must get in the way. She's apparently very good at bodywork and paintwork though, which I suppose given women's general attention to detail and creativity should be expected.
Those 'get back to the kitchen' type comments made me think, well you get male cooks, chefs and cleaners and no one really blinks and thinks 'get back to the garage'. Personally I am uncomfortable with men in the kitchen but I certainly wouldn't go to another restaurant because I found out the chef was a man!
I have a female friend who is a mechanic, she is also an amature racing driver, her dad is a petrol head and amature racing driver too, so is at least one of her two brothers ...and I was always a car nut and spent a lot of time with her when we were very young (our mothers new each other before we were even born, so we've known each other since we were in baby grows 
) ...as far as I know she's a fine mechanic, although she has never done anything to any of my cars. She drives a Fiat Coupe Turbo now, so she must be handy enough to keep that going 
...I haven't spoken to her in ages though.
) ...as far as I know she's a fine mechanic, although she has never done anything to any of my cars. She drives a Fiat Coupe Turbo now, so she must be handy enough to keep that going ...I haven't spoken to her in ages though.
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I don't like any mechanic I don't know personally working on my car TBH.
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we still on about servicing you or the car?
i can 'appreciate' any girl who twiddles nuts.
seriously - makes no odds to me but i always did my own work on cars anyway (ignore my stupid thread - i did ask lol)
i can 'appreciate' any girl who twiddles nuts.
seriously - makes no odds to me but i always did my own work on cars anyway (ignore my stupid thread - i did ask lol)
No. Just no. Comments like that make me want to punch babies in the face, seriously. Being female could sometimes do amazing things to a mechanic's career , simply because a female mechanic is such a rare sight, and when you do get one you have to treat her super nice so you don't appear sexist
. One story I heard was a course teacher put two students of his towards the apprentice of the year awards, one male and one female, both at similar levels as far as work goes. The Female apprentice got the runner up prize (in the entire country), the Male didn't get in the top 200... We had a female apprentice on our Course and Bentley practically bent over backwards for her. First of all she was 21, very little in the way of real qualifications and had a history of changing careers at a drop of a hat, but none the less she was taken onto the course. When her dealer went bust she came crying to the course director who set her up with another dealer which already had two male apprentices, so they fired one of them and took her on instead...
She was absoultely useless at heavy lifting. I know, I don't expect her to be able to bench press 280LBS, but there is a certain amount of lifting you HAVE TO do as a mechanic. When it came to putting wheels on a car she'd refuse to put them on with the car half way on the ramp (Like every technician I've ever seen does it). Instead she'd want the car practically on it's discs, so she could put them on whilst she was on her knees (That sounds like great news for her back).
Work wise she'd have an epic panic attack if something went wrong, like it was the end of the world and that we'd never be able to fix it. Granted, not "panicking" when something gets wrong is a skill you have to learn in this trade, you've got to take a step back and approach it from another angle, not say "It's no use" and give up like she did (or break something, Like I do
). Funnily enough, she jacked it in after 9 months and went back to college (3rd time?) to be an aircraft mechanic
.I've got no problem with the idea female mechanics, as long as they've been taught correctly they'll do the job just as well as any man, but the issue comes from when they want to be a 'female technician' rather than a 'technician'. The simple fact is the customer doesn't care what you do or do not have between your legs, He/She cares about their car being fixed to the best possible standard in the quickest possible time. They certainly aren't going to give you special treatment, so don't be expecting the workshop manager, workshop controller, workshop foreman or other technicians to give you any special treatment. Stop moaning and get to work or go back to the kitchen and make me my Dinner!
I know a female mechanic. She doesn't appear to struggle with any aspect of the job including the lifting and she fits in well with the guys as she isn't easily offended and gives as good as she gets.
I also know a handful of female sprayers. I've had a lot of workshop managers tell me that women often make better sprayers than guys do. I'm guessing that is down to women generally being more patient and so more willing to take time over things.
I also know a handful of female sprayers. I've had a lot of workshop managers tell me that women often make better sprayers than guys do. I'm guessing that is down to women generally being more patient and so more willing to take time over things.
OI !! who said you could use my photo haha
Reminds me I must get on with finishing that beemer before April
One of my ex's wanted to learn all about cars and I did try my best to teach her all the greasy stuff but she could hardly undo any of the bolts as she was a skinny little weakling.
Fit though
Gave up in the end
Let her tighten my nuts instead BOOM TISH !
Reminds me I must get on with finishing that beemer before April
One of my ex's wanted to learn all about cars and I did try my best to teach her all the greasy stuff but she could hardly undo any of the bolts as she was a skinny little weakling.
Fit though
Gave up in the end
Let her tighten my nuts instead BOOM TISH !
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6 cylinder e36 saloon with polybushes... nice
The not worksafe version is still there also! Even more epic.
Slightly OT but does anyone know any techie girls? I.e. ones that could hold a conversation with a geek?