When I took driver's ed at school, my dad made sure I knew how to change a tire and how to check all the fluids.
Came in handy! I once was traveling in San Francisco, on a freeway, at night and bam, flat tire.
This was long before cell phones and the other women were like "Oh no, what do we do" and I was like "Ummmm....change the tire, of course". So I did and we were on our way.