Automotive innocence

Good observation Rani. Just Sunday I went with the GF for a meet-up with one of her kids that lives 3 hours away to hand off some stuff. We met in the middle and after we took off, we got a call from the daughter that her car wouldn't start but they had been idling in the drive-through line a while and it had been getting hot. I asked if she was low on coolant and she had no idea what that was or where it was. Then there was a five minute discussion on the radiator (the flat thing with lots of wavy fins that you can see through the grill) the overflow bottle (white opaque plastic container connected to the radiator with a tube coming from the cap) and so forth. We finally determined it had coolant so I told them to leave the hood open for 20 minutes or so, and if it starts turn off the AC and turn on the heater to high. It started up after the cool-off and they drove home.

I guess my takeaway from this is confirmation that the daughter has zero mechanical ability or inclination. I've tried to explain a few car things to both of her girls and I get nowhere. However, my GF and both of her daughters are fabulously talented artists. Me, I couldn't draw a circle if I traced around a juice glass. So sometimes I think it's just a matter of being differently-abled.