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Topic: Do guys find gearhead grrls intimidating?
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GreenEyedGal
Gearhead Posts: 112
From: Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 08-29-2004 10:36 PM
  
Hey gals, do your non-gearhead guy friends find it intimidating to talk to you about cars? Just wondering your thoughts and experiences.Thanks,
Colleen ------------------
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xxx5oHb0mbsheLLxxx
Journeyman Posts: 33
From: Franklin, VA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 08-30-2004 11:27 AM
Well it's sad really....my guy friends are into cars but I can talk circles around them when it comes to Mustangs. They hate it!! 
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Ked
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From: Fayetteville, N.C.
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 08-30-2004 08:26 PM
Gearhead or not, they find me intimidating! 
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Stewart
Gearhead Posts: 10041
From: Monterey, CA Mustangsandmore Member #437
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 08-30-2004 11:12 PM
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Originally posted by Ked:
Gearhead or not, they find me intimidating!
Not all of us! Stewart 
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GreenEyedGal
Gearhead Posts: 112
From: Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 08-30-2004 11:17 PM
LOLI was wondering cause my best friend and I are both service advisors for a riceburner dealership. I've started really paying attention to the guys that know nothing about cars and they seem "scared" when I can explain what is happening and they have no clue. Also, it seems in the dating world, that I have a lot of questions about what I do for a living. When I tell guys I've made my hobby my job they just give me a strange look like "grrls are supposed to like cars". ------------------
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fordnmerc
Gearhead Posts: 1001
From: Watkins Glen NY USA
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posted 08-30-2004 11:47 PM
I think it's much the same as in any field of endeavor....there will always be the type of men who feel intimidated by women who know more than they do. And the ridiculous 'macho' types who will try to belittle and criticize women who are superior to them.Then there are those of us guys who truly appreciate and respect beautiful women with the intelligence and talents to match their looks.
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2427
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 08-31-2004 05:11 AM
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Originally posted by GreenEyedGal:
LOLI was wondering cause my best friend and I are both service advisors for a riceburner dealership. I've started really paying attention to the guys that know nothing about cars and they seem "scared" when I can explain what is happening and they have no clue. Also, it seems in the dating world, that I have a lot of questions about what I do for a living. When I tell guys I've made my hobby my job they just give me a strange look like "grrls are supposed to like cars".
Grrls are suposed to like cars and power tools and such. Ask K.K. What the rules are..
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69 Sportsroof
Gearhead Posts: 2124
From: Valley, Alabama, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-31-2004 08:17 PM
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Originally posted by fordnmerc:
Then there are those of us guys who truly appreciate and respect beautiful women with the intelligence and talents to match their looks.
I just love girls with really big brains...
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GreenEyedGal
Gearhead Posts: 112
From: Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 08-31-2004 10:31 PM
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Originally posted by Dave Witthoeft:
Ask K.K. What the rules are..
So K.K.....what are the rules?
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 44935
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 09-01-2004 07:32 PM
I love grrls that know about cars. Sharing a common interest is a turn-on.If the people you date are turned off or intimidated by you being a gearhead, I suggest you start dating MEN. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
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Mooney
Gearhead Posts: 1943
From: Marietta, Ga
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 09-01-2004 07:46 PM
I think it all depends on the guy honestly.
My girlfriend at the moment is a social work major w/ a minor in spanish and was planning on being an Algebra teacher until Social Work fell in her lap. One of the smartest people I've ever known. And she talks circles around me all day long about a lot of things.
And a couple of her previous relationships didn't last because she knew things they didn't. And when she met me and realized that I dug cars.. she started researching them. She could care less that she knew nothing about them, she was going to find out! Next thing you know, I'm getting asked questions like
"whats a spool?"
"what ratio are your rocker arms?"
"And will you buy me a 32 Ford???!?!"I think its a matter of confidence is all. The people that can BS about anything even if they dont know about 'em.. are sometimes the most confident.. but then you also fall into the arrogant category as well in some cases.
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2427
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 09-02-2004 05:08 AM
The woman I'm with now isn't into cars. (Although she has some good points.) So I often disapear by myself into the shop. My next girlfriend will have to be the local version of K.K... (Or my dog and I will just get a satalite dish.) ------------------
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71 Mach 1
69 Fastback
92 F-150
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 2895
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 09-03-2004 09:16 AM
I'm intimidated by all beautiful GRRLS.
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Mooney
Gearhead Posts: 1943
From: Marietta, Ga
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 09-03-2004 05:17 PM
I'll second that! If they're beautiful and know about cars, then darn, I'm just spellbinded!
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 24577
From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 09-03-2004 08:00 PM
I find it very sexy...xxx5oHb0mbsheLLxxx,
lets talk Mustangs... (damn fingers)
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stang68
Gearhead Posts: 550
From: Buckroe Beach ,Hampton,Va.
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 09-04-2004 10:14 AM
i think its great.....------------------
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kwazykat
Moderator Posts: 7456
From: ...a wonderful place to be.... orange county... NC!!!! M&M member #92 .... a blue-oval GRRL-deluxe.....
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-05-2004 09:54 AM
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Originally posted by GreenEyedGal:
So K.K.....what are the rules?
i have them in a file on my puter*.....
will grab 'em and post them later today!!
kk
[*we log on to boyfrinns puter more since his is in the living room and mine is in the ~ahem~ bedroom...]
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2427
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 09-05-2004 11:02 AM
Here comes the refresher course..
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kwazykat
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From: ...a wonderful place to be.... orange county... NC!!!! M&M member #92 .... a blue-oval GRRL-deluxe.....
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-05-2004 12:48 PM
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Originally posted by Dave Witthoeft:
Here comes the refresher course..
someone once asked why we are "GRRLS" and not "girls"..... here is a very important life lesson....
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WHY GRRLS? GRRLS is an ATTITUDE and embraces everything with passion and gusto.... GRRLS know what they like and how to say so.... GRRLS like to touch before you "have to ask" .... she knows what YOU like as much as what SHE likes.... and.... she really truly likes to do the things YOU like.... a touch from a GRRL can melt you down into mass of wonderment ... marvelling ..."how does she do that..." a GRRL will speak her mind and will never settle for anything less than what she wants.... a GRRL also knows how to make sacrifices so that she can get what she wants.... a GRRL is independant and headstrong but tender and loving..... a GRRL is a female without all the whiney clingy dependant indesiveness stereotypically associated with "girls".... if we wear lace .... its to bed.... with the intention of not keeping it on very long if we need an oil change, we do it ourselves ..... we can open our own jars... we own power tools .....AND know how to use them... we become delicate tigers when it comes to the boys we have hearts for..... our fierce loyalty is one of many admirable traits.... we live each day knowing we will never have the opportunity to experience it again.... we feel intense pleasure when we give what we know is wanted and needed by the ones we love..... and we love until we are exhausted.... we are a unique breed
not many in number
but those of us who truly "are"
...."are" with a heartfelt dedication and passion..... with more spirit and spunk than most people even dare dream of having .....
kk
and yes, "boy" is a term of affection and endearment when it is from a GRRL.... cause we know you are really all-man... yet playful and sexy enough to attract the attention of a GRRL.....
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kwazykat
Moderator Posts: 7456
From: ...a wonderful place to be.... orange county... NC!!!! M&M member #92 .... a blue-oval GRRL-deluxe.....
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-05-2004 12:51 PM
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Originally posted by Dave Witthoeft:
..... My next girlfriend will have to be the local version of K.K...
you know you are my fave-dave-dub!!!
kk
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GreenEyedGal
Gearhead Posts: 112
From: Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 09-05-2004 05:29 PM
K.K.--That is awesome....and soooooo true! ------------------
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kwazykat
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From: ...a wonderful place to be.... orange county... NC!!!! M&M member #92 .... a blue-oval GRRL-deluxe.....
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-05-2004 09:10 PM
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Originally posted by GreenEyedGal:
K.K.--That is awesome....and soooooo true!
.... yah! ------------------
the original GRRL...
ford true-blue-blood
60 falcon wagon... the next project
62 fairlane 500 sports coupe, she will be my street-legal-drag-racing-machine one of these days!!(CHIKCOOP)
currently racing boyfrinn's 70 mustang with my racing powerplant and full street dress....best time: 1.64 60' and 7.557 ET @ 91.184 MPH in the eighth....
66 fairlane 500 4-door (waiting for a new home...maybe)
67 fairlane 500 ranchero (SPUNKY67) currently undergoing a heart transplant... from a 302 to a 351W
carolina cougar club
cougar club of america
67 cougar: dan gurney special (KWAZYKAT)
69 cougar standard convertible (COUGRRRL)
84 F150 (TRUKGRRL)
93 Lightning (a red one! just like boyfrinns!!)REDT'GO!!!
the only polish on my nails is "ford grease black"
http://mustangsandmore.50megs.com/MembersPics/kwazykat_1.html
http://mustangsandmore.50megs.com/MembersPics/kwazykat_2.html
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ddenton749
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posted 09-12-2004 03:28 PM
I find gearhead grrls a HUGE turn-on. I love a girl that knows old cars, can change her own oil, knows about brakes, transmissions, etc., can talk about my Mustangs, and likes to wear jeans and workboots. I just described my present girlfriend. She's a keeper! ------------------
'73 Convertible, 351C 2V
'91 LX Convertible 5.0
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SteveLaRiviere
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From: Saco, Maine
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posted 09-12-2004 07:25 PM
Pam helped me put some trim up in the garage and she even retorqued the lug nuts on her car today.Now I'm feeling all tingly! ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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kwazykat
Moderator Posts: 7456
From: ...a wonderful place to be.... orange county... NC!!!! M&M member #92 .... a blue-oval GRRL-deluxe.....
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-12-2004 07:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
....Now I'm feeling all tingly!
and you think YOU are the lucky one.....
PAM is one lucky GRRL to have you being so hunky and tingly at the same time!!!! kk
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 44935
From: Saco, Maine
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posted 09-12-2004 07:30 PM
Nawwwww... 
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Mr Vids
Journeyman Posts: 71
From: Flint,MI USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 09-13-2004 04:48 PM
Sigh...why didn't I read these rules 15 years ago while looking for a real grrl?
Oh well, my daughter is turning out to be a grrl. She is half the size of her brother and thinks nothing of starting a fistfight with him. Put her in a go kart last month and she smiled the whole time. She LOVES to ride in the 'stang with the top down. There is hope of living with a grrl under my roof yet!
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GreenEyedGal
Gearhead Posts: 112
From: Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 09-13-2004 11:41 PM
That's how I started as a gearhead grrl. I was "Daddy's little helper" every weekend when he kept the o'le 74 RangerXLT running. I learned to hand him the tools he needed.------------------
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2427
From: IL.
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posted 09-14-2004 04:48 AM
Someday I'll find a Grrl that likes tools..
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ddenton749
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posted 09-14-2004 07:53 AM
My daughter (9-Y.O., 2nd of 4) loves to be out in the garage with me while I'm working on my '73 project. This past weekend she got 'Tools 101' while I was pulling the engine and transmission, and she was getting pretty good at it. Maybe she'll be my daddy's grrl.------------------
'73 Convertible, 351C 2V
'91 LX Convertible 5.0
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Ponygirl67
Gearhead Posts: 1121
From: Vancouver Island, Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-16-2004 11:40 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Dave Witthoeft:
Someday I'll find a Grrl that likes tools..
Or she will find you!!!! ------------------
'67 Prowler Purple Mustang Coupe and new addition.....
'89 5.0 LX
The Mustang Stable
Upper Island Mustangs and Fords YOU NEVER REALLY LEARN HOW TO SWEAR, TIL YOU LEARN HOW TO DRIVE...
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2427
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 09-16-2004 12:47 PM
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Originally posted by Ponygirl67:
Or she will find you!!!!
One can only be patient..
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f100cleveland
Gearhead Posts: 363
From: St. James, MN
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 09-27-2004 02:21 PM
I think seeing girls that are interested in this stuff is great. My 14 year old sister will help me do about anything I ask out in the garage. She has a thing for muscle cars and loves the sound of a rough idle. She will be one of them girls that will intimidate the guys in high school. Now I just need to get my fiancee to spend more time in the shop with me and get all dirty.------------------
1982 Ford F100 2wd Shortbox. 357 Cleveland with TRW forged flat-top slugs, rods reconditioned w/ARP bolts and fully balanced. Heads are closed chamber 4v's that have been ported, exhaust side was also polished, rocker pedastals machined for adjustable valvetrain, 2.19" Milodon Mega-flo intake valves, 1.71" Milodon Mega-flo exhaust valves, Crower Stainless 1.73:1 roller rockers, PSI dual springs w/dampner, and Comp titanium retainers. Custom MME Hyd Roller cam with 285/287 advertised, 242/244 @0.050, and 0.640" lift on both sides. Blue Thunder dual plane intake, HVH Street Sweeper carb spacer, and 830 Holley DP w/annular boosters. Custom Flanged Hooker Super Comps. Complete Jacobs Pro Street igntion. Dacco 3800 stall converter, fully roller bearing C6. 3.89 trac-lok rear end. Caltrac Traction Bars.
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kwazykat
Moderator Posts: 7456
From: ...a wonderful place to be.... orange county... NC!!!! M&M member #92 .... a blue-oval GRRL-deluxe.....
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-27-2004 10:12 PM
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Originally posted by f100cleveland:
.... need to get my fiancee to spend more time in the shop with me and get all dirty.
then she will be a GRRL after your heart! kk ps!! welcome to M&M! ------------------
the original GRRL...
ford true-blue-blood
60 falcon wagon... the "next project"
62 fairlane 500 sports coupe, she will be my street-legal-drag-racing-machine one of these days!!(CHIKCOOP)
currently racing boyfrinn's 70 mustang with my racing powerplant and full street dress....best time: 1.64 60' and 7.557 ET @ 91.184 MPH in the eighth....
66 fairlane 500 4-door (waiting for a new home...maybe)
67 fairlane 500 ranchero (SPUNKY67) currently undergoing a heart transplant... she is ALMOST ready!!!
carolina cougar club
cougar club of america
67 cougar: dan gurney special (KWAZYKAT)
69 cougar standard convertible (COUGRRRL)
84 F150 (TRUKGRRL)
93 Lightning (a red one! just like boyfrinns!!)REDT'GO!!!
93 F350 Quad-Cab Dually for haulin' the race cars.... "Blue House" the only polish on my nails is "ford grease black"
http://mustangsandmore.50megs.com/MembersPics/kwazykat_1.html
http://mustangsandmore.50megs.com/MembersPics/kwazykat_2.html
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ddenton749
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posted 10-17-2004 02:25 PM
I just watched 'My Cousin Vinny' again. The part where Vinny and Lisa are in the motel talking about the leakiy faucet and Vinny wants to know if she turned it off all the way:Mona Lisa: If you will look in the manual, you will see that this particular model faucet requires a range of 10-16 foot pounds of torque. I routinely twist the maximum allowable torquage.
Vinny: How can you be sure you used 16 foot pounds of torque?
Mona Lisa: Because I used a Craftsman model 1019 Laboratory edition, signature series torque wrench. The kind used by Cal Tech High Energy physicists, and NASA engineers. And then there's the court scene at the end:
"...the 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air was not availible with the 327 engine..." What a HUGE turn-on. ------------------
'73 Convertible, 351C 2V
'91 LX Convertible 5.0
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kwazykat
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From: ...a wonderful place to be.... orange county... NC!!!! M&M member #92 .... a blue-oval GRRL-deluxe.....
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-17-2004 08:05 PM
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Originally posted by ddenton749:
...particular model faucet requires....."...the 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air..." What a HUGE turn-on.
heh heh heh yah...... it is..... isnt it!!!???!!!
kk
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6007
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 10-21-2004 02:12 AM
The chick in My Cousin Vinny is a huge turn on anyways. Knowing a 63 Tempest doesn't come with a posi helps reinforce that.I dont conciously have any "non-gearhead guy friends". I do work for a guy that actually runs a shop and still knows very little about any mechanical things. Does the fact he drives only classic cars, owns several and runs a shop specializing in them still make him a gearhead? His missus is certainly not awful to look at, he'll ask me some elementary question about cars like "how does this work"" (pointing at a driveshaft) and he'll then relay that newfound information to her getting it maybe half right. And it's him that gets to boink her!  [This message has been edited by TomP (edited 10-21-2004).]
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ccode67
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posted 10-21-2004 07:37 AM
Marisa Tomei as a GEARHEAD GRRL is an incredible turn on. SHE FLOATS MY BOAT!!!!! 
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gttorinofan
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posted 11-28-2004 06:54 PM
I just love a gearhead grrl that wears that sexy 90 weight perfume. Oh yeah and if she owned a speedshop she'd be perfect.------------------
You can never own too many cars.
68 Torino GT Fastback
75 Bronco
82 Capri 5.0
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Fastback68
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posted 12-23-2004 02:53 AM
I've never met a gearhead Grrrl. In fact I've never met a woman who knew ANYTHING about cars or anything mechanical at all. That's pretty poor going in 48 years, right?
As for men, I've found the following to be true. Out of 100 men:
1) One knows about cars.
2) 98 want you to believe they know about cars, and pray that you don't ask them a question.
3) One will admit to having no knowledge or interest.
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kwazykat
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posted 12-23-2004 09:57 AM
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Originally posted by Fastback68:
...3) One will admit to having no knowledge or interest.
sounds right to me! and.... in my experience, this is also the man who is secure enough to announce he sews lacy curtains and likes womens underwear on other men..... that being said ..... i respect a secure gay man over a weeeeeee-neeeeeee-whiney straight man any day of the week!!!! and no.... i wasnt being ugly..... i am simply being true!
kk
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 12-23-2004 04:56 PM
What I like about women is the vast majority will admit they don't know anything about mechanical things, but the vast majority of those 98% of men that don't know anything will BS you until they're blue in the face.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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69 Sportsroof
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posted 12-23-2004 07:42 PM
quote:
Originally posted by kwazykat:
likes womens underwear on other men.....
ALRIGHT!!! I ADMIT IT!! Are you happy now??????!!!!!
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seefour
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Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 12-25-2004 09:37 AM
Well Im from Texas and I can tell you one thing. I "LOVE" women who know about cars and drag racing. Someday I hope to marry one myself.If you own a hot rod they pretty much know what you want or need for christmas or birthdays, they dont mind you hanging out in the garage drinking a few cold ones, better there than down at the bar, and if your realy lucky she might know how to run the valves on a roller cam, set backlash on a 9 inch rear end gear set, change the dial in becuase the bp changed at the track,
you tell her you found a set of heads that flow 268 at .4 lift on the intake and she says "you bought them right"
Ah yes a good woman! gotta love"m
David
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kwazykat
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posted 12-26-2004 07:44 PM
quote:
Originally posted by seefour:
if your realy lucky she might know how to..... change the dial in becuase the bp changed at the track.....Ah yes a good woman! gotta love"m
David
WELCOME to M&M!!
welcome! yah.... you are on the right track!! thats for sure!
kk
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N266fords
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posted 01-10-2005 01:28 PM
Hell I live to find a grrl who knows and likes old cars and racing.
My soon to be Ex-wife says that those kind of girls are Dykes i tried to tell her that wasn't true but she only went to the track with me once.
Its sad when people cant see past there nose.
I just wish that when I do date again she has a faster car than mine that she biult herself. Now thats love...
bruce
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sigtauenus
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posted 01-11-2005 08:21 AM
My first ever post in the grrls forum! Thanks to Simon luring me over here. Imagine if you will the world of a fighter pilot, almost exclusively white men who are full of themselves and like nothing more than to obnoxiously drink, cuss, fight (I myself am getting knee surgery after wrestling with a Major at the O'club in Hawaii-and losing  , but thats another story), carouse, and otherwise have fun and always be at the center of attention. Then introduce the female fighter pilot into a squadron of 18 or so male pilots. Uh-oh. Its a "show stopper." Steriotypically they are only there because of the fact that they are a woman and got a few breaks in flight school that a normal guy wouldn't have gotten, and now all the guys have to watch their mouth so as not to offend her. Yep, sad but often true. However, what happens when the female happens to be s**t hot? Actually does kick some a*s and proves her worth and that she really does know her stuff and earned her place among the guys legitimately. Wow. Total respect from everybody and never a sly comment from anybody. A girl I went through flight school with was always at the top of the class, was a great pilot and good looking too. She's already been to Top Gun, is currently an instructor at the weapons school and will soon go back to be an training officer (usually given to the best pilot in the squadron). She's one girl who truly rules owns any room or plane she's in and everybody knows it. Intimidating? Nope, she's just one of the guys, except better looking. That's about it for my experience with women who might be intimidating. Haven't really ever had a deep conversation with a girl about cars.
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indyphil
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posted 01-13-2005 12:31 PM
first post here too. I was lured over here by reading about the little "ahem" maturity issue.Anyway I think the root of this is that some people (men and women) are simply intimidated or upset by anyone who knows there stuff. You happen to be in a mostly male world, so when you have a little rub it most liklely occurs to you that its a gender thing. It may just be that they are jerks. Im a young guy (27) and have to manage a lot of older grey haired men with many years of experience at life. Most are great and we get on well but some are just jerks. Now If I was a woman I might imagine some sort of gender problem that wasnt there. I think this works both ways - and I know that in many cases there is gender problems, but for me the way to handle it is the same. I ignor what i cant change, some people are just jerks and no amount of pulling rabbits out of hats will impress them or earn their respect - the trick is to know that you dont need their respect. You seem like a confident person so youll do fine, just dont let them get you down. You dont need the approval of a handful of ricer jerks to know you are doing a good job. Chin up and keep a stiff upper lip!
Then if that doesnt work cut the brake lines on their stupid car (J/K) ------------------
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