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Thread: Would you let anyone else drive your car?

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    Default Would you let anyone else drive your car?

    Personally for me, no. I just can't let anyone drive my car. It's always a paranoid thing really though. I have had a t-bone in the past and if anyone dinged it, I would be devistated.

    Do you? Would you? let anyone else drive your car?

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    i voted yes, but i needed an inbetween option that says 'depends on the person'

    i let a few of my friends drive my car, and my fiancee drives it, my little brother has driven it but i wont even let my little sister sit in the drivers seat.

    i guess it all comes down to how well i think they can drive, should anyone even scratch it though and id be very very upset

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    Would depend for me as well, an ex of mine was on her 'L' plates and drove myself and a mate to Rye once and was taking the roundabouts at nearly 90 k's and generally scaring the bejesus out of us. Needless to say my mate and I decided one of us would be driving back
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    friends drive my xr8, heck i even loan it to close mates. My SS, the only time other people get to drive it is when they are working on it
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    im pretty lax about it, like all stock VS's they dont stop too well unless your good with your foot (thankYOU defensive driving course! ) but probably the only person i get uptight about driving my car is my brother, my mother has driven it, my sister is on her L's but i've putted around a couple of carparks with her, i try to make it an aware but relaxed enviroment, no point in getting wound up over mistakes, point them out, correct them and then if needed demonstrate.

    if any of my mates wanted a quick spin i'd be only too happy, its a interesting perspective to see how others operate your vehicle, how they adjust it etc
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    Depends on the circumstances, in general, i dont let anyone drive my car, and dont ask to drive others.

    Besides that, if a mate needs a car, i will lend it to him/her as long as they pay for insurance under their name.

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    Yeah, I would let others drive my car as long as they know they will be paying for any damage that's caused by them. I would have to know the person to let them drive it though

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    My car is the only one in our family strong enough to tow anything, so I let dad use it for that

    No one else though.

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    I only let my parents drive it. Once at my mates place, I let his mum drive it (she was running down to the bottle shop for us)

    None of my mates will ever touch my car, after seeing how they drive theirs with me in it!

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    yeh depending on the person... i'd let my mate Guy drive my 5ltr but most other ppl i dont think i would
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    Yeah. Depends, on the person though.

    Only one of my mates has driven my car. (Because the rest can't drive a manual hahaha )

    Which is good, because they have Autos and I've asked to drive their cars. Driven 2 VS Berlinas this year, a V6 and a V8, both mates cars.

    If anyone else besides my parents drives it, I'll go with them. I would never let anyone drove it, without me in the car.

    Mainly me and my dad drive it now.

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    yea not a big fan of letting them driving it "for the fun of it"
    i have let me misses drive it a few times (l plater) only really let me mates drive it a few times as i was over the limit or when i fractured me foot

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    I've let a fair few people drive my car but I've been in it and its like up the street and back as they like the novelty of a manual. This issue came up between a few of our friends a couple of days ago as one of them just bought a Nissan Silvia. very quick car so obviously we all want to get in and put our foot down. My other friends dad is a mechanic so the car got taken there and the Silvia owning friend wouldn't even let the mechanic drive it to check for any funky noises etc. needless to say i don't think anyone will get a go any time soon. Everyone loves their car it is pretty hard to hand the keys over. especially seeing as they cost a fair bit also.
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    how can he expect to get his car fixed if he dosnt let the mechanic drive it???
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    before i bought my 18" chromies yes, now depends on the person, but yeh i will lend my car to close mates

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    Hey Guys - new to the site - NO WAY IN HELL WILL ANYONE DRIVE MY CAR. Admittedly it is a weekender only but most friends are too scared in case something should go wrong. The only person i would trust is my wife but she is intimidated by the sound. if you need a car, come and borrow my ford econo gas powered work beast.

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    I'll let SOME of my mates drive my car provided I am IN the car. But they're good drivers anyway.

    I let my ex gf drive it when she got her L's.... In a carpark. Was an interesting experience to say the least...

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    first time i let anyone drive my car, we ended up off the road about 2m from a pole! (my old VS) ive been too trusty with my mates driving my cars and then i find out they go and do burnouts in them (cos they all drive gay 4cylinders)

    my mum drives with 2 feet (auto!)

    so that only leaves my dad and my brother (when he gets his l's!) that id trust

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    Quote Originally Posted by ducatis View Post
    hahah someone voted for the blank option lol
    I think someone must have submitted it without ticking an option. Bit of a forum bug I'd say.

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    as my dad has warned me, dont ever let anyone else but you drive your car, if they **** it up, bye bye friendship, damage and TROUBLE

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    im actually pretty strict really
    ill let my
    -mum
    -dad
    -sis (wont even let my brother drive)
    they can take the car anytime, all they have to say is can i take the car? and they know the answer is yes,
    ive got 3 very close mate i would let, because i know they wont smash it and wont be ********s, 2 of them are male and ive told everybody i wont give there car a beating unless they want me to. and im like i expect the same treatment back to me and my car and they all said thats alright, and i also told them if the thrash my car without me saying, they will regret it,
    but i dont think i would lend someone my car over night or anything because 2 reasons
    1. i need it
    2. i dont trust people who associate with them...
    so yeah it all depends on the person and circumstances and like 1 or 2 more people if i was pissed or something and couldnt get a taxi and they were sober THATS IT!

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