Do you care if a buddy drives your car?
07-09-08, 01:21 PM
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The only person so far that i can trust driving my car is my father. My mother is still very nervous with it. My roommate said he could drive stick, but when i let him have my car he went down the street with the e-brake still on and grinded into second. He's not driving it again until he gets some practice in.
07-09-08, 01:42 PM
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My buddy is overly **** about his car I now know. I never assumed he was until now. He has no wife or kids and he is 30 years old. He is trying to tell me how it works with his car since it is "one-off" type of NSX. It bothers me since he claims I should drive a NSX but he won't let me drive his car. I told him you can have my car if I destroy yours. That didn't seem to help. He has spent a fortune doing odds and ends to it and treats it like a piece of a refined Gold. He actually used the analogy of a stamp collection with his cars. I said this to him, "How am I going to tell my sons that they can't take the comic out and read it since it will devalue the comic? What good is a comic book if you can't read it I say."
This guy also doesn't drive his car very often if at all. It is more of a museum type of car than an automobile. To be honest, I lost some respect for the guy when he went off the deep end about his car.
This guy also doesn't drive his car very often if at all. It is more of a museum type of car than an automobile. To be honest, I lost some respect for the guy when he went off the deep end about his car.
07-09-08, 01:54 PM
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I love having my friends drive my car and push it to the limit. The only thing I worry about is if I'm not in the car while they're driving it. I would die if they scratched my wheels on a curb, or scratched the bumper or something...
07-09-08, 06:30 PM
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I let the wife drive my cars. What more do I need to say?
07-09-08, 06:47 PM
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07-09-08, 06:50 PM
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I will gladly let any of my friends drive my car, provided they have enough money to buy me a new one. If somebody has absolutely no means of reimbursing me if something were to happen to my car, I wouldn't be comfortable letting them drive it
07-09-08, 08:02 PM
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Yep. My friends drive my car (the ones that obviously know how to drive a manual). We even switch off for weeks sometimes. But that usually happens when something is wrong with his car or mine (and we dont feel like returning it immediately 
). Im comfortable with that. I grew up with them and know how they drive and they all baby there cars like I baby mine. So its never a problem. My old roomie......no way!!! He breaks and smashes everything. No chance in hell.
). Im comfortable with that. I grew up with them and know how they drive and they all baby there cars like I baby mine. So its never a problem. My old roomie......no way!!! He breaks and smashes everything. No chance in hell.
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07-09-08, 08:14 PM
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there are only a few people i'd let drive my car...
my parents both have clean driving styles and clean records to match--they're no problem.
there are however, only a few friends that are allowed to drive my car...(less than a handful)
my parents both have clean driving styles and clean records to match--they're no problem.
there are however, only a few friends that are allowed to drive my car...(less than a handful)
07-09-08, 08:14 PM
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The only other person who has driven my car as is is my father, as his car is lower than mine haha. I wouldn't have a problem letting a friend who also had a kitted/lowered/wheeled car drive it. Driving a modded car is definitely different than driving a stock car, and if you don't have that experience you can seriously mess someone else's car up.
