female mechanics..

[chromenlipstick]

I'm a panelbeater and I get some pretty strange looks when I first meet customers.. But once they realise you know and love what you're doing they pull their heads in pretty quick.. As Ed Roth says, it's all about the sunglasses and the walk hahahaha

[hell in high heels]

wow thats like my dream! i've always wanted to be a mechanic! since your a panel beater, i want to know whats the best panel beating or just plain mechanics.. i wanna do both cause i love cars and i would love advice from a female panel beater! and ur from brissy! yay! me too! im from riverhills lol.

xjenx

[chromenlipstick]

wow thats like my dream! i've always wanted to be a mechanic! since your a panel beater, i want to know whats the best panel beating or just plain mechanics.. i wanna do both cause i love cars and i would love advice from a female panel beater! and ur from brissy! yay! me too! im from riverhills lol.

xjenx

I'm actually from up the sunshine coast but close enough I dont do mechanical stuff very much unless i have to. Panel beating is normally split into either straight beating or spray painting but i do both. I think its a lot more flexible that way.

It's a really satisfying job because you have to use your brain as much as your hands and you get a real sense of achievement at the end of the day when you look back over what you did. It's really hard work and dirty too and most of the stuff you have to do is really shitty but at the end of the day it's all worth it!

I think its a great idea to do a mechanical course of some kind whether you want to be a mechanic or not. It will always come in handy when you break down somewhere!

[hell in high heels]

aw wow thanks! haha sunshine brisbane same thing thanks for that im looking into doing a mechanical course i think itll be heaps of fun! i added you to myspace if you dont mind have a great day!

xx

[thatonegirl]

I don't think getting people to come to you once you're already a mechanic would be the hard part. All but 2 of the women I knew who has that idea dropped out of school 1/2 way through. Going through the extremely sexists schools is the hard part. Then trying to find a job where you don't get talked down to by everyone you work with everyday. You actually have to be better than most of the men in your class because any shortcomming will get blamed on your vagina. But, if you're good, and you can take it and dish it back, none of that will matter. Once you're good and have some experience and have proven yourself within a community, you may actually find youself with extra business because you are a female doing a good job in a mans feild.

[Runyerpockets77]

I do collision repair myself and my first job was working on cranes & tractors and shit. I was the only person in the entire place that could spray and not run, weld, do bondo, and everything else effectively, and I worked with all men! It was tuff for a lil while, there was this really creepy guy that kept hitting on me...he had no teeth and was the head welder but he ended up getting fired (thank god). But if its what you want to do go for it. I love it. A lot of guys (even my boyfriend) talk down to me cos they don't think I know shit from a stick but when I pull out all the shit I know and top em they shut the fuck up. I was fortunate enough to have an amazing teacher that saw my skill and really push me. I was thrown out of the class a year ago and plan on starting over come next school year so I can be certified.

[Taia_Aggro]

So long as you can fix my car I don't care if you are male, female, or undecided. I read about a blind guy a while back who could diagnose most car issues just by the way the vehicle sounded.

that is the sign of a good mechanic...too many of them rely on little computers to give them alist of things that might be wrong...then they just go down it charging you all the way....

[Spazandtwitch]

would you guys bring your car to a female mechanic? i was thinking of becoming a mechanic. work for someone for a few years then open up my own shop. i was talking about it to my ma + she said that it probably wouldn't work out because most guys would rather bring their car to a male mechanic. so, would you guys bring your car to a female mechanic?

Chicks would come to you! I wanted to be a mechanic and got signed up for school and everything until my ass of a sperm donor talked me out of it. I can't believe I was stupid enough to listen to him. I look back on it all the time and wish I had done it. I say go for it if that's what you are passionate about.

[anenticingword]

if i knew of a female mechanic near me, i'd be in her door so fast.

i wish i knew more about cars. i just got a job changing oil though and i'm the only girl working there.

[Fuck_Authority]

I think it would be awesome I'd have my car fixed by a girl if I had the chance. I know my tools pretty well, but I don't know much about fixing cars other than how to change the oil(which I've never done myself.)

[LizaJane]

DANG! runyerpockets, cromenlipstick.
i have new she-roes.

[Runyerpockets77]

DANG! runyerpockets, cromenlipstick.
i have new she-roes.

Awww, thank you!

I just love that shit.

[chromenlipstick]

DANG! runyerpockets, cromenlipstick.
i have new she-roes.

tee hee hee.. awww shucks

[Brutus]

It doesnt matter, my business goes to the best mechanic, no matter what gender.

[naton]

i wokr with 4 female mechanics. theyre awesome. we dont fix cars though, we fix planes.