MEN make more mistakes with car maintenance than women, according to a new study by oil brand Castrol.
The findings show that women are less likely to have driven on a flat tyre, forgotten to use anti-freeze or put petrol in a diesel car by mistake compared to men. And the girls are also 11 per cent LESS likely to have over-filled fluids in their engine whilst topping up their oil, water and brake fluid.
However, women can’t claim perfection as a sixth of female drivers admit they don’t know how to open their car’s bonnet and 15 per cent admit they have forgotten to fill up the oil in their car’s engine.
Motoring expert Quentin Willson, who is backing Castrol’s ‘Right Oil for Your Car’ campaign, says: “I’m a great closet feminist and reckon women do lots of stuff better than men. They get too much stick for their supposed lack of knowledge about cars, so it’s great to see the sisters doing it for themselves and getting stuck into the male territory of DIY car maintenance. Blokes please take note!â€
With the pressure of the financial crunch it appears more of us are attempting our own car maintenance, however men are more likely than women to have broken something on the car whilst attempting to fix it, with 6 per cent having snapped off the wiper arm whilst changing the blade and 3 per cent managing to short circuit the battery whilst jump starting the car.
Source: Motors Today website
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