my brother refused to let me learn to drive until I could change a tire, check the oil, and add water to the radiator....
wait till you get a flat in the middle of nowhere...and no man in sight...(although I must say, even in the middle of nowhere or in the "dangerous" neighborhoods of the inner cities-- I have found gentlemen to change my tire when they saw me with a flat....)
One thing I hate is that if I get it serviced and they have to take the wheels off they put the bolts back on so tight I can't crack them to get the wheel off if I had a flat.
What I do is after I get home pull the wheels off the car and put them back on again (with hubby's help) without using an air wrench on the bolts so I can get them off if I have to. They're still on tight, just not impossible.
LQ