Study: Female drivers avoid touching dipsticks
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/uk/" rel="tag">UK</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/20/study-female-drivers-avoid-touching-dipsticks/#continued"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="Woman checking oil" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/woman-checking-oil-getty.jpg" /></a>In a study conducted by UK used car website <a href="http://www.autoquake.com/">Autoquake.com</a>, it seems that women are less likely to to perform basic maintenance compared to men.<br />
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According to the study, women are far more likely to avoid checking their vehicles' oil level, with 12 percent of survey respondents admitting they never even look at it. This compares to just eight percent of men claiming the same. Additionally, 14 percent of women responded that they never check tire pressure, while only seven percent of men admit they don't, either.<br />
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On the positive side, a good portion of women <em>do</em> perform basic car maintenance, including 22 percent claiming they check their tire pressure every month and another 27 percent saying they check their oil with the same frequency. Twenty-one percent of females surveyed even say they check their brake fluid level once a month. However, all those figures are still below the percentages for male respondents. See for yourself <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/25/study-female-drivers-avoid-touching-dipsticks/#continued">after the jump</a>.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.autoquake.com/">Autoquake.com</a> | Image: Getty]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/25/study-female-drivers-avoid-touching-dipsticks/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Study: Female drivers avoid touching dipsticks</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/25/study-female-drivers-avoid-touching-dipsticks/">Study: Female drivers avoid touching dipsticks</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:57:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/25/study-female-drivers-avoid-touching-dipsticks/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19684398/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/25/study-female-drivers-avoid-touching-dipsticks/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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