Reuters

A study conducted by Bosch Car Service in the UK reveals a large number of women are still asking men to take their cars in for services.

In fact, just 30 percent of the women in the survey said that they take their own cars for a service, compared with 70 percent of men.

Although neither men nor women expressed a particular 'dread' towards car servicing when asked to compare it with any other household chores, a significantly greater number of women (35%) stated that they were not confident that they would get a good experience from a car service, compared to just 24% of men.

The survey was conducted to compare drivers' perceptions and to highlight any concerns amongst the public towards car servicing.

Almost half of the women in the survey admitted that they leave car servicing up to the men in their families, with 36% leaving it to husbands, 6% to boyfriends and 4% to dads.

The survey also revealed that three in ten drivers under the age of 24 admitted to letting their parents deal with the responsibilities of car maintenance, and just three in ten took their own cars in for a service.

This was significantly less than the percentages from other age groups that take their own cars to be serviced - with all other age groups showing as approximately 50%.

In contrast, younger drivers didn't express any greater concern about car servicing experience in general than any of their older counterparts, so cost must be a factor here.