Are you okay with people borrowing your car?

i would be very,very picky over who i let borrow my car. i would let either one of my sons use it but would have to give alot of thought to anyone else. i plan for this to be my last car i buy & i don't want anything to happen to it & hope & pray it doesn't.

I am not comfortable with lending anything that is precious to me due to bad experiences during my younger years. My sister's roommate's mother lent her car to someone who wrote it off and neither of them had insurance! The last time I lent my car to someone was to my brother in law and his wife because they flew here for our wedding from the other side of the country and in that instance I was fine with it. For me aside from feeling upset if my car was damaged I would feel very inconvenienced having to have it fixed because I rely on it quite a bit and can't manage too well without it. I am insured but I am choosy who I would lend my car to.

It depends on who the person is. Our girls take our car alot, but anyone else I would probably offer to drive them instead. Especially my brothers LOL they all have pretty bad track records with accidents, tickets, etc.. If a close friend or family member did have an emergency and I couldn't drive them, I would probably let them take it.

Nobody has ever caused me a nightmare from my car but I am quite possessive with it and I would not feel okay about anyone borrowing it. Even though me and my mum share the car I prefer it if I am driving when we go out together! I know it sounds strange but it's almost like my car is my baby!

Jen- There was a time when I had a neighbor who didn't have a car who always wanted to borrow mine to do this and that. It got to the point I was loaning out my car so much, that it was costing me. She never put gas back in, never helped maintain the car that I finally just cut her off. I'd never do it again today. Oh, I'll still drive someone if they need it, but put time limits on it, etc. I think that being helpful is one thing, but we need to make sure that we're not being used either or taken advantage of. And, with the cost of insurance and what not, I can't afford to have someone have an accident in my car. Namaste-Anora

i don't usualy but i let my nephew borrow it a couple of weeks ago. he got it back ok. but i am not going to make a habit of it.I let him take it cause i didn't fell like driving him where he needed to go.

My wife (before she was my wife) once loaned her wheelchair van to her boss. Her boss was very trustworthy and also quite considerate. He even brought the van through the car wash. So the van was sparkling clean when he pulled back onto the road...and another car crashed into it. Nobody was hurt but the van was totaled. It had been a used van when she bought it so she didn't get much from the insurance. Not enough to buy another van. But there was enough insurance money to buy a computer, and it was with that computer that my wife and I met online. So now my wife's former boss takes credit for my wife and I meeting each other. :o) However, if we ever do get another wheelchair van we will not loan it out because no matter how good the driver we might loan it to is, accidents can still happen due to other drivers on the road.

I'm pretty giving too but not with my car. I need my car to get back & forth to work which is out of town. I can't afford to replace it should something happen & even tho I have insurance, I can't afford the down time without a car. I couldn't even afford the rental they give you if it isn't your fault. They make you pay for insurance on it and I don't have it. A couple of years ago, I let my daughter use my car an awful lot. She was 19 at the time. She put so much wear and tear on it that I had to find an old beater to replace it. I have a decent car now and there are a couple of people that I wouldn't hesitate to lend it to if they needed which I am almost certain they won't. If someone asks to borrow my car, I offer them a ride instead.

I have not let anyone borrow my car for awhile, but I did for about 6 months last year. My sister had it. She actually owns it now. I used to let certain people borrow my car without giving it too much thought though.

Hi JenInTN, In the past I lent my car to close friends and family and each time although I am covered fully comp and they third party I have said you break it you pay and so far nothing untoward has happened but these days for some reason I am a little reluctant as I don't have a lot and it is my means of earning of being able to get to and from work as no public transport available so I tend to say NO and explain that I need it for ...... been stung too many times in other areas so protective these days of this one if that makes sense. Huggles. Ellie :D

I will never let anyone barrow my car again. I also let a gal barrow my car years ago and she ran it into a telephone pole because she couldn't turn the corner. She lied and misrepesented herself to me. I was trying to be nice and help her out because she was in a bad way. This whole subject and memories of it make me angry. I can't afford the best insurance and to replace my car is not something I could do either.

No way. If I cannot afford to lose it, I cannot afford to lend it. That goes for money, food, anything. If the bank won't lend someone the money to buy a car or the insurance company won't insure them, they are probably a bad risk, why would I be a chump and expose myself to that risk. Even if you were nice to me, I would still not let you borrow my car.

I have let a few people drive my cars in the past and it was okay but I found dents in the front of my car after they drove it. I was okay with it than but would I now more than likely no. Now the other day my friend let me borrow her car but she was with me when I was driving and I am a very careful driver. I was super careful with it but would this happen again? I say no because I feel it is her car and her stuff not mine. Take care and happy mylotting to you as well.

Hi, No i don't think its a great idea to borrow your car to someone else.because that person never thinks that its his car while driving...

no, but I have let one friend drive my car, but only because I was too sick to drive it myself, I was along for the ride tho

Only family and close friends. I had a friend of my son's use my car a few times and he had an accident, although it was clearly not his fault, but we found out, later on, that his license was expired. I had a fight with the insurance company but they did pay. I now make sure I see the license first!! LOL My insurance covers a lot, so if I know them as good drivers, I will do it, but I rarely am in that situation anymore.

Hi JenInTN, Since i don't have a car yet. I can't tell you if i will lent my car to my friends without thinking twice. But i do have some bad experience that i lent some of my things to my friend, and they break it, it's kind of hard to live with that, you can't do anything! Things are broken, if you got a new one back, the feeling aren't the same. I think i will try to avoid something important to my friend. And i will do the same thing, i won't ask my friend to borrow their private thing to me.

No, I don't feel okay. Even close family, they might do things that they won't with their car (take things for granted?) They won't even fill back the gas and let the tank empty. I am the type of person that avoid holes while driving and take care of my car with care. I borrowed to a family member once and she drive with all her heart content. I was so pissed off. I am not going to borrow my car to anyone anymore.

hai jen......, i am not a noway person but i hesitate to lend my vehicle on someone's first request. i observe him/her necessity, if it admitts me then ok. i seldom borrow other's car. it is too hard to request by me. good day.

No way, if someone wants to borrow it I'd rather drive for her/him. It's not that safe to lend it to someone. Accidents do happen and you'll be the one responsible for that coz you're the owner of the car, even if you didn't do anything. Im not that vain when it comes to the car, I'm more concerned about the legal issues I may be up against acting unresponsively.