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Ok..so i just got my car 7 months ago. i live on an island in the azores (atlantic) and my husband is getting deployed and i am heading back to america for six months. well i have a friend (friends for 9 months) who wants to barrow our car due to her car not having a passed inspection to get on base and sold their other car 2 months ago. she said it would be convienent for them. well her husband would be driving the car back and forth to work, not her and i dont know his driving habits . i feel she is my friend and i should let her borrow it from me. i also feel taken advantage of at the same time. i feel its not my problem her car is not inspected and they sold their other one too soon.. bc they are moving off island a month after i leave. i tried to say that we dont really want to put any extra miles on my car, and she kept desperately telling me "think about it". they wouldnt even be here on the island when i get back, if somethen did happened to my car.messy ppl too. what do i do?
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To all the mechanics out there?
Hi, I'm military too, FWIW, and am getting a little bit long in the tooth to boot (over 40), so I am going to help you get assertive. DO NOT, under any circumstances, allow this FREE lease arrangement!!! I may be mistaken, but from what you write and the way it's written, you sound like you're fairly young. I'm guessing under 25. A lot of young women have a very hard time being assertive and setting appropriate boundaries.in all aspects of life. I know I did! Anyway, I strongly think it would be incredibly UNWISE (p*** poor decision) to allow this "borrowing". Free commuting vehicle? For 6 months? AND they don't take the financial hit of vehicular depreciation for the racked up mileage? Who gets to pay the insurance? I wouldn't trust a 3rd party to keep up insurance and man would you be scr**ed if a) they didn't take out insurance and something happened or b) something happened under your insurance. You say this couple is messy...are you going to feel okay with your lending decision if someone spills a Coke all over the floor carpeting? Sits down with a pen in their pocket wrong and either marks or punctures a seat? And so on. I may sound like a mama here, but if your friend is failing to take no for an answer (a.k.a. not respecting YOUR wishes) and keeps bringing it up, she isn't such a great friend. Remember Ben Franklin's "neither a borrower nor a lender be". That definitely applies to "big ticket items"! This friend needs to get her own vehicle to base inspection-quality condition or else check out the Lemon Lot, not try to convince you to hand over what is likely to be at this point in your life your single most valuable possession! If you have trouble being assertive face-to-face, verbally, write out your thoughts. You don't have to explain; a simple "I've thought about it (alternative: I've talked it over with *spouse's name*) and I've/we've come to the decision this really isn't something we're comfortable doing." You can do this! Blame your financing company/bank if you have a car loan.blame your insurance company.whatever, if you aren't up to giving the simple no. You can hold your ground! Good luck! Aim High!Where do I go on the internet to find out how to read VIN numbers?
Check your insurance policy; you may not have coverage for someone else driving your car. And also make sure she has insurance!I just failed my driving test on one thing!!?
But bottom line, it sounds like you don't want to loan it to her. Tell her you've thought about it, and the answer is no.
Where is your favorite stretch of road?
Why not 'sell' her the car instead of loaning it to her then? That way if anything does happen to it, its no longer your problem or responsibility. Remember that you still have to carry the insurance and you're civilly liable for loaning the car to whomever will be driving.Motorbike Spped restrictors possible - cars next?
Seems like she's trying to get the use of your car on the cheap.
Mileage Drop. What are possible causes and solutions?
I work at an auto insurance company and personally I would not let her borrow the car. You do not know her well enough, there are too many what "if's" in this situation. you do not want to be held liable if anything happens to your vehicle in her possesion. Just tell her you are sorry but do not want to take that risk, tell her your car insurance company wont allow it.Why do pumps in Gas Stations carry a number?
dont do it. if the portagees are the same there as they are here (and most of them came from the Azores in this town) dont do it. It will cost you your friendship if anything happened to the car while you were gone. Put the car in storage and put an additive in the fuel intended for storage.Will after market cold air intakes damage your engine or car?
All you have to tell her is that its not a good idea to loan your car to them in case of an accident or if it get s stolen. Im not saying you have bad driving habits, just that they are called accidents for a reason. otherwise they would be called intentionals. i would feel more comfortable leaving the car in storage.
Frankly I wouldn't. If they didn't take care of business to get their OWN car inspected, how will they treat yours? Check with your insurance company, they call them and tell them because of liability concerns, your insurance company advised against it since they wouldn't be covered. Then put your car in a safe place and make sure it's locked.
What's profit of selling cars?
Tell them it would probably be cheaper on them to rent a car for that short a period than to put insurance (full coverage) on yours.
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