"Hey MAN"...

[Dichotomous]

well whens inside the car she knows roughly what it is (either a big H looking at her [it is a civic] or the chevy cross deal on hers) but if randomly asked I dont know if she could really come up with make and model if not right there with it.
but then again I know guys that actually didnt know what they were driving (it was his dads SUV in highschool) "I think its a jeep" (it was a 4runner) or another one who had a buick skylark and told me it was a ford once, so it goes both ways I guess.

[MicheleZ]

LOL - well there are things people are interested in and there are things people are not interested in. When I am not interested in something, I am not going to be able to tell you anything about it even 5 minutes after you explained it to me (or I read about it). I guess some people see cars as 4 wheels with something on top of them that moves them around and they don't want to take any brain space with any of the details . I value my brain space and won't keep anything that doesn't interest or concern me.

[Wrider]

Sorry to butt in here... But yeah, I'm becoming more and more of a gearhead. I'm trying to sell my car right now, and have signs in the windows. The other day at a gas station some sales guy comes up to me and gives me his card. I asked him about one of the models they have (Nissan dealership, asking about the older Maximas and such) "Well, I don't have my little book on me right now so I couldn't tell you." Why would you be a dealer and know so little? I knew (found out later on) that I knew more about ANY of his cars than he did, and Nissans aren't really a fancy of mine...
Wrider

[dr_bar]

In this situation, it's hard to blame the guy. In general, women are just not up on or into machinery or technical details.

Sorry to butt in, BUT!!!....

My daughter was one of many women, (as in about 30% of her class) graduating as an engineer
a few years ago. I think you date yourself, or at least your opinions, of women in general with a
statement like that. More and more women are trained or working in what are considered to be
"NON" traditional jobs. My niece is a journey(wo)man welder, and has been for better than 20 years...

Sorry for the mini rant...

[jonnythan]

In this situation, it's hard to blame the guy. In general, women are just not up on or into machinery or technical details.

Sorry to butt in, BUT!!!....

My daughter was one of many women, (as in about 30% of her class) graduating as an engineer
a few years ago. I think you date yourself, or at least your opinions, of women in general with a
statement like that. More and more women are trained or working in what are considered to be
"NON" traditional jobs. My niece is a journey(wo)man welder, and has been for better than 20 years...

Sorry for the mini rant...

I said "in general" and it's completely true. Most women are *not* engineers or mechanics. Many, many women are techies and gearheads, but most are decidedly not so. My statement stands.

[mtn_horn]

[quote="jonnythan]In this situation, it's hard to blame the guy. In general, women are just not up on or into machinery or technical details.[quote]

ummm...I don't think I would classify knowing what type of bike you're riding to be a "technical detail."

[QuietMonkey]

I felt like saying much more (like... and it's my bike), but I didn't feel like wasting my breath.

OK - rant over...

Cheers,
Loonette

here's my 2-cents (Canadian, almost 2-cents American with our current exchange rate!): I think you missed a great opportunity! Your breath wouldve been better spent educating/informing/awakening/embarassing that guy than carrying around the breath and blowing it out on the forum

honestly Loonette, you should've went with your gut feeling on that one. the opportunity you missed was for you and your hubby to have a little more FUN with this guy. Scan could've lured him in with some direct responses like, "do i look like i'm riding a bike?" or, he could've turned to you and asked, "honey, darling, sugarplum, what kind of motorcycle do you own there?". You know, have some fun with the guy! maybe the guy wouldve figured it out for himself with a little prompting, and then he'd feel better about discovering that women to ride bikes

i think Scan could've got things going easier by supporting and prompting you and saying to the guy, "Maybe you should ask the woman who rode in on it, since it's her bike", or "Are you scared to ask my wife what her bike is?". That might work well too. Of course Scan did leave the door wide open for you to get a good dig in at the guys expense, but in Scans position i find it's always fun to get the ball into play with more than a wink in your direction Seize the Day, Loonette, Seize the Day!

ah well, education is an arduous task... takes alot of patience... but it's either that or we beat eachother with sticks, get frustrated, and the circle of ignorance continues...

//monkey

p.s. In your situation it sounds like the guy who asked the question may not have known much (which i find very typical of people who aren't really into the bike scene, but they are curious or feel obligated to ask some sort of mundane manly question)... so maybe he was just shy about asking you as much as ignorant and more comfortable asking your husband. Sometimes people don't mean to be rude or malicious, they are just approaching things from there perspective. If he was less oblivious to the stuff around him he may have at least thrown a guess that the bike was a) japanese and b) ridden by the person wearing some riding gear.

[captinamerica]

Some of us guys think it inappropriate to approach another guys wife or girl friend. i personally think its rude to approach a clearly taken women and engage her in conversation. Just tring to not be offensive to either her or her husband

[HYPERR]

well, not all women know what kind of car they drive, and non-motorcycling guys will assume that women wont know what kind of bike they ride. which if they rode they would know that a bike is much more personal than a car, and women WILL know what they ride.

How could someone not know what kind of car they drive? I can't even fathom that depth of cluelessness.

I agree. I have never met anyone that did not know what kind of car they drove.

[Lion_Lady]

Some of us guys think it inappropriate to approach another guys wife or girl friend. i personally think its rude to approach a "clearly taken women" and engage her in conversation. Just tring to not be offensive to either her or her husband

OMFG!! I'm MARRIED, not "taken." And its a conversation, not sex, for crying out loud. How insulting it is of YOU to speak to my husband, when you have a question for me. As if I were incapable of thinking or speaking for myself.

If I were by myself, would you wait until some guy showed up before you asked him the question? How would you even know who I was "taken" by? Criminy.

P