borrow your car mate?

spiggotpaddy

with all the new cameras and big brother watching us virtually, i'm less inclined
to lend my wheels to a friend or family member.not that a friend or family member would'nt hold thier hand up but the hassle of fines and points is off putting.
i was driving behind a mate of mine at 80 in an 80 zone when the traffic opened up he was out of sight in minutes.when i asked him about his driving style he said " i'm fairly sure i don't speed" although he admitted having a couple of points on his license.

so would you lend your car without a second thought?

keithclancy

spiggotpaddy wrote: »

with all the new cameras and big brother watching us virtually, i'm less inclined
to lend my wheels to a friend or family member.not that a friend or family member would'nt hold thier hand up but the hassle of fines and points is off putting.
i was driving behind a mate of mine at 80 in an 80 zone when the traffic opened up he was out of sight in minutes.when i asked him about his driving style he said " i'm fairly sure i don't speed" although he admitted having a couple of points on his license.

so would you lend your car without a second thought?

Don't know about Ireland, but when you get a fine here in Holland/Germany you just fill out your mates details on the back of the form and send it back.

They just re-issue the ticket to his/her address.

If you make a false declaration you are in deep sh*t

ottostreet

Depends on who its to really. By and large though, I would let them borrow it, cos they would own up or pay up if something went wrong (well the ones I would lend to would).

Reloc8

If it was just the fines/points its not really a concern as the notice comes to the registered driver and you can nominate the person actually driving at the time...unless they're very dishonest and deny this, in which case they're not your friend.

Accidents and liability etc. are their problem also presuming they are properly insured to drive your car. You might not fancy your pride and joy being wrecked however in which case if you knew someone to drive recklessly, then I suppose you would have at least second thoughts about lending them your car, presuming their was no particular emergency.


If you let an uninsured driver drive your car, that itself is an offence by you btw.

Anan1

Yes, but only to people I trust.

Toots

I'd let my husband or immediate family borrow my car but I wouldn't let friends etc. I know my husband/mum/dad/sister would own up if they got a speeding ticket on my car, but I couldn't be sure if a friend would. As regards an accident, my parents' insurance gives them tpf&t for other cars, so another party's damage would be sorted, and luckily they'd be able to afford to replace my car if they wrote it off (it's not worth a whole lot lol)

biko

Just the GF but no-one else have asked really. If it was a close mate then yeah.

cosmic

No one drives my car except me. When the OH learns to drive he can use it but only with me in it too til he gets his full license!

whippet

not a chance would I lend my car to anyone.

Not worth the argument when / if something goes wrong. Imagine getting the car back from your mate and a little dent in the bumper. Mate swears he didn't do it .. must have happened in a car park .. etc ....

mates are mates, blood is thicker than water and all that .. but petrol is even thicker than blood and your motor is sacred !!

Although I did have a lend of my father-in-law's motor a few years back while he was on holidays. He always keeps it in top notch condition (bit like I keep my cars). I came back to it one day in a car park in Athlone to see a massive dent in the rear passenger wheel arch. No CCTV anywhere and absolutly no idea of the culprit.

I was gutted ... went a body shop, got a quote in the region of €1500, booked it in for repair before he came home. Luckily, he called my wife before I dropped it in and mentioned to her if she could get a quote for damage that was on the car!!! turned out my mother in law did the damage before they left and I never noticed as it was on the passanger side !!!

Stinicker

I wouldn't lend my car to anyone but my father and sister occasionaly drive it if there own car was in the garage etc.

inforfun

Following items i will not lend out to anyone:
1. Car
2. Wallet
3. Girlfriend

And yes, in that order.

no1beemerfan

I wouldn't lend my car to anyone after I let a relation use it one day a few years ago. Came back with a scrape on the bumper and a trolly dent on the passenger door. Not worth the agro it causes as I was told the damage must have been on the car before they drove it.

Vicxas

My brother crashed my car.... so no

mickdw

To be honest everyone I know would not even consider asking for my car. Not a hope in hell would they get it.

ShadowHearth

We'll I newer give my car to anyone. Only me or misses, end of story. Thought last time I gave skyline to misses she stalled 8 times.... Newer touched it since...

Too much hassle, I better offer to give a spin instead of giving keys.

Break all ties

Do it all the time.

As the car is insured and not the driver there is no problem lending the car to anyone. No need to worry about fines as they are the problem of the driver and not the owner. No cameras or toll bridges to worry about here.

Top Dog

There's only 4 people I'd trust to drive any car of mine -

Wife
Mother & father
Mother-in-law

Pretty sure everyone else knows better than to even ask

Need to move some stuff? Want something towed? No problem ... but I'll be the one behind the wheel!

dr.fuzzenstein

Break all ties wrote: »

Do it all the time.

As the car is insured and not the driver there is no problem lending the car to anyone. No need to worry about fines as they are the problem of the driver and not the owner. No cameras or toll bridges to worry about here.

I know exactly what you mean.

In Germany:
Me: Can I borrow your car?
Mate: (flings keys) sure grand.
Sorted. Car is insured instead of driver.

In Ireland:
Wanted to borrow car of someone. Had a company van at the time, parents where coming over, only two seats in van.
Tried to get car of someone, they where going away for the exact time my parents where here.
They wouldn't add me to their insurance even though I offered to pay, my company insurance wouldn't let me drive other vehicles.
I then tried to get temporary insurance on that car, but was told you can't insure a car twice.
I tried a few other ways and after two bloody weeks of pissing about finally gave up and rented a car. This was a few years ago, things have improved a little since and I am now able to drive other people's cars on my own insurance.
Insurance in Germany is designed to make borrowing someone's car as easy as possible.
Here (at the time) everyone was insured to drive their car and no one else's, insurance was specifically designed to prevent people from driving each other's cars.
It's the normal Irish thing of "we have to make everything as difficult, complicated and expensive as possible so people will think we're really professional" but which is really just a dead giveaway of a true banana republic.
Wouldn't even try, gives you ulcers, too much hassle.
Getting pain in chest just thinking about it.
Only exception is that I'm insured on her MX5 and she's insured to drive my Focus.

So between me and her, no problem.

Seth Brundle

Stinicker wrote: »

I wouldn't lend my car to anyone but my father and sister occasionaly drive it if there own car was in the garage etc.

So if you wouldn't lend it to anyone, do your father and sister just take it without permission?

Gary ITR

A fellow boardsie loaned me his car when mine was having a paint job. There are people I would lend my car to and there are others I wouldn't. This Saturday coming my father will have mine because I'm taking his to the dyno day

seanybiker

Gave bikes to friends over the years. Most of the time it was grand. Once or twice got the bike returned to me in the back of a van. Had to replace tyres. Wouldn't give the bike I have now to some of them