Letting others drive your P and J
Discussion
If I'm in the car as well, I'd let most of my friends drive my cars - those who are inept at driving wouldn't get the chance.
However I'll only lend a car to a friend who I know won't abuse it - nothing wrong with giving it a bootful when the engine's warm, but I wouldn't let someone drive one of my cars who would rev the engine from cold or ruin the tyres with powerslides.
However I'll only lend a car to a friend who I know won't abuse it - nothing wrong with giving it a bootful when the engine's warm, but I wouldn't let someone drive one of my cars who would rev the engine from cold or ruin the tyres with powerslides.
Don’t really let friends drive mine unless know how they drive well after an incident of a friend nearly rolling my fiesta on a deserted tesco car park one Sunday night not long after having the car...
However people who I do know well still have no problem couple people have drove the MG and had no issues with how they did as knew they were both good drivers. The one time I was a passenger and the other I let my mate borrow it for the day as needed transport for an interview and he just got day insurance
In terms of mates letting me drive their cars the best I have been in is a new Ibiza sport, BMW 120i and recently my mates 21st birthday present of a brand new 320d more than a fair swap for my little MG I thought...
However people who I do know well still have no problem couple people have drove the MG and had no issues with how they did as knew they were both good drivers. The one time I was a passenger and the other I let my mate borrow it for the day as needed transport for an interview and he just got day insurance
In terms of mates letting me drive their cars the best I have been in is a new Ibiza sport, BMW 120i and recently my mates 21st birthday present of a brand new 320d more than a fair swap for my little MG I thought...
As long as they don't drive / ride like dicks and they understand it's on a 'you bend it you mend it' agreement, I'm happy to let most folks take my stuff for a spin. I think my GTR had more people behind the wheel than most demo cars get. If someone's going to get a kick driving / riding something I own I'm happy to let them, life's too short to be precious about such things IMO.
Vladimir said:
However my FIL, who has plenty of money, seems to have recently decided it's fine to treat our cars like his own. He tested our Defender and stoved off the bumper protector then reversed the tow bar into a pile of gravel, covering it in cr4p and scuffing it.
He got your tow bar dirty? On a Defender? The bd!! Hope you gave him a good kicking.Yes, anyone can drive any of mine. Met an old boy of 85-odd at the wedding of a friend when I had my Camaro last year. He was talking about how he loved Yank cars, so I gave him the keys. He and his mate (who must have been 90+) hopped in and he shot off down the road like a teenager. He came back 20 minutes later with a smile that nearly split his face (his passenger was a little paler).
It's only a car; you can't get precious about it. That's what insurance is for, no?
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