When the kids and I came back from Japan a few months earlier than my husband to set up house, we purchased a van from his uncle that owns a dealership. My father raised me to be self-sufficiant, before I was allowed to get my driver's licence there were certain things that I had to be able to do, check the oil, change a tire etc.

Anyway, we bought this van, and it was burning oil. I called hubby's uncle and told him about it. He asked how I knew, I told him that I'd been checking it when I'd gas up and it needed about half a quart every refill. He did not believe that a woman .... you get the picture, my father in law had to check it and confirm that the vehicle was in fact burning oil before he'd take it in the shop and fix it.

He later sent my husband a letter with the key codes "for when the wife locks herself out." I have never locked myself out of the car! My husband on the other hand...