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This one dates back to when I was in school. I was walking out of class one day headed home, had my iPod on, and not really paying much attention when some rather stuck up looking girl runs up to me and asks for car help.
Girl: Please help! I can't get my car to start and I'm stranded and can't get home!
Me: Sure. Where is it? *puts iPod away*
I have her pop the hood, and give the car a quick visual inspection for the usual culprits like loose battery terminal etc, before asking her to try to start it.
*Car turns over, but doesn't start.*
Me: Ok, everything physically sounds and looks fine. *checks to make sure plug wires are tight, then stops*
Me: How much gas do you have?
Girl: It's on E and blinking red. Is that bad?
Me: Yes. Very much so. Cars don't like running with no gas. Go ahead and try to start it, I'll pump the throttle and see if we can get a few gasps of life into it. Sometimes they'll start on fumes, but you'll have to go to a station NOW if I get it started or it won't restart.
Girl: Oh...ok.
I get the car started, and tell her to go get gas now. She seemed incredibly vapid and empty headed by hearing her talk, and her lack of common sense still makes me shake my head to this day. If I remember correctly, I saw her car by the side of the road when I made it to my car a few blocks down and left, just past the gas station I told her was closest to the location.
Seriously. Learn at least a LITTLE about cars before you get behind the wheel. People like that frighten me.
Girl: Please help! I can't get my car to start and I'm stranded and can't get home!
Me: Sure. Where is it? *puts iPod away*
I have her pop the hood, and give the car a quick visual inspection for the usual culprits like loose battery terminal etc, before asking her to try to start it.
*Car turns over, but doesn't start.*
Me: Ok, everything physically sounds and looks fine. *checks to make sure plug wires are tight, then stops*
Me: How much gas do you have?
Girl: It's on E and blinking red. Is that bad?
Me: Yes. Very much so. Cars don't like running with no gas. Go ahead and try to start it, I'll pump the throttle and see if we can get a few gasps of life into it. Sometimes they'll start on fumes, but you'll have to go to a station NOW if I get it started or it won't restart.
Girl: Oh...ok.
I get the car started, and tell her to go get gas now. She seemed incredibly vapid and empty headed by hearing her talk, and her lack of common sense still makes me shake my head to this day. If I remember correctly, I saw her car by the side of the road when I made it to my car a few blocks down and left, just past the gas station I told her was closest to the location.
Seriously. Learn at least a LITTLE about cars before you get behind the wheel. People like that frighten me.
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