Success the best revenge for female mechanic

nice to see, as a male working in the trades (hvac/r), anytime I see a female in the trades, I'm impressed for the shear fact that she is willing to get out of the box and do something way out of the ordinary..great job.

Yes, but ultimately it was a MAN who chose to hire her and give her a chance. So the insinuation of "sexism" in this article is misleading. Furthermore, the guys were right to be sceptical of a female mechanic; most women don't know anything abput cars. The average woman can't even change the oil in her car!

Good for her!!!

Awesome! Well done Nadja for showing that women make fantastic automotive mechanics. My mom owns an automotive repair shop and has been supportive of women in automotive mechanics. We love to hear about more and more women challenging the assumption that mechanics are male.

David, honestly you could have left out the deflamitory remarks of "grease monkey" Way to go Lenehan!

You Go Girl...YEAH!!

I work in the Ag industry, and we too have a female apprentice(oops, she's at school rightr now so in 3 more weeks I suppose she can trade that tittle for Journeyman) In the 4 years thta I have known her she too has exhibited great attention to detail, and perfecting her skills. How laughable, a female Heavy Duty Ag Tech?? I for one am not laughing. My only wish is that more women would take up the trade. Good on ya.

Good for her for not giving up when those stereotypical, chauvenistic, macho, sexist pigs thought she couldn't do something based only on her sex! And kudoos also to Mark Bones for giving her a shot despite his reservations. THis just goes to prove that any person can do any task that they put their minds to.

Interesting, I started pulling wrenches in 1982. So what is the big deal? Also did machining. Yes, I am a female. What happened to true equality. shouldn't make any difference on her sex. A job well done regardless. What about all the women who worked in factories (male dominated pre WW2), and all the truck drivers, farmers and other trade women before her. She is hardly the first.

...I'm a backyard mechanic and I was taught by my father, brothers, uncle and male friends and I can say one thing..."YOU GO GURL!!!!!

CONGRATS ON YOUR AWESOME WIN OVER THE GUYS!

Go Nadja! I always enjoy hearing women's success stories, and it's always extremely satisfying when you're the one who's proven themself, and people apologize for judging you. Good job Nadja, don't stop now, you're on a roll!

Hey Kelly, maybe you should go back to elementary school and learn how to spell before you comment on a female mechanic. I am willing to bet she knows a hell of a lot more about cars than you do. Suck it up princess!

The question here is why would a woman be fixing cars...
...in the kitchen. YEAH!

Kelly- I bet the average man doesn't know how to change his oil either. I have done it myself but it is a pain in the butt if you don't have the right tools and then having to properly dispose of the oil too. I'd rather let someone who has done hundreds of times handle it, male or female.

Kelly, as a woman who does change her own oil, renovates including electrical, plumbing, drywall, tiling and any other home repair, I applaud Nadja. You should be quick to remember to never judge a book by it's cover, unfortunately judging by your spelling skills, I don't think you've read many of those.

And Jimi if you don't change your attitude about women in the kitchen you'll be eating alot of fast food, because there won't be anyone willing to cook let alone do anything else for you.

memo to female mechanic-she should send profile to 2 of the most experienced mechanics in /vancouver-peter griffiths motors-owner ralph wright-604-986-5006/em is rewright@shaw.ca/this message from jdenishuggard-604-926-3661 in west vancouver-as well she should send me profile-lotsa work in curacao/aruba/bonaire/etc

As a female who grew up being a tom boy in my pre-teen years, i loved taking my bike apart and putting it back together, when I grew up I enjoyed fixing things around the house, and doing basic home repairs on my car taught by my father who loved fixing cars. I found as a result some immature colleagues of mine were intimidated by my "jack of all trades" attitude and motivated to learn just about anything if I had a need for it or to save money if I do it myself. Some men and women were amazed and others just looked at me like i'm crazy and where do I find the time to do all these things, because most of my peers were princesses (not to their own fault) they just grew up in a way they did not have to fix things they just bought a new one. I am still single, attractive, in great shape and most people say when they first see me they think I am a princess because I like fashion and change my hair style daily, I have a lot of skills in many trades...just goes to show just because a woman is pretty people should not assume there is nothing between the ears, you would be surprised what abilities alot of men and women have if you get to know them and do without stereotypes our culture is so used to. Some of my male and female colleauges did not understand me nor cared enough to ask about my past and did not understand why the majority of my friends were guys. They think you have a lot of guy friends because you want to sleep with them and not because you have real activities and interests in common that regardless of their sex you would hang out with women too if they too had those same interests. I find even in this new decade men and women just don't understand why some girls have more in common with men and does not mean we want to sleep with them or anything sexual is going on. I know the article does not explicity make a relationship to what I am talking about, but thought some people might enjoy reading my personal experience here. Thank you and glad to hear success and happy stories like this one.