Hi Chrissy,
I haven't had any problems with mechanics or parts dealers (yet!), but my
landlady does think it a bit strange that a woman has so many cars (a Subaru
sedan (boring), a '73 Spitfire, and a '70 Gt6+). The fellow that does some
yardwork for her thought the cars were her husband's, and he thought it
strange too when she told him they belonged to a woman :))
I'm happy to raise their consciousness about LBC-owning women!!!!!!!!
Anne
-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Edwards <cedwards@cox.net>
Date: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:47 AM
Subject: Female LBC owners, was: RE: Hello from a new list member!
>At 11:50 AM 6/21/2002, you wrote:
>
>>Hi Chrissy . Welcome to the brotherhood ( and sisterhood ! ) of Triumph .
>
>Thank you! I'm glad to be here!
>
>>Man , it's amazing to see so many ladies that are passionate about
Triumphs
>
>Apparently, there aren't many around here (Phoenix, AZ). How many women
>are on this list?? I'm curious, because I've already experienced several
>sort-of discriminatory comments, being a woman and owning a "collector
>car". I've had several people say things like "Oh, your husband bought
>himself a toy, eh?" as they walk by my garage. I don't HAVE a husband, so
>that would be tough. The guy I bought it from asked me if I knew how to
>drive it. My knee-jerk response was to throw my hands up into the air, and
>in a high pitched sarcastic squealy voice say "Oh no, I'm a GIRL, I don't
>know how to drive a stick, can you teach me?" but I managed to keep my
>mouth shut.
>
>I've also noticed that auto parts stores are weird about women...they
>either fall all over themselves to help me in a completely patronizing way,
>or they ignore me completely, like I must have wandered in by mistake on my
>way to shop for drapes.
>
>I'm a woman who has never restricted myself to "typical gender roles" so I
>suppose I should be used to this kind of thing by now, but it still bugs me
>a bit. Ladies, have any of you had similar experiences?
>
>-Chrissy, apparently a bit grumpy this morning :-)
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