My older brother asked me to lend him my Z...
 

My older brother got 2005 Jeep cherokee, and his car has crashed into pick

up truck yesterday. He asked me to lend him my Z for 3 days, so he can go

to his work in the morning without late.

I don't have a work to do until june 7th, so i don't really need to use my car. I can take public transportation if i wanna go out.

Eventhough, I couldn't decide to tell him say yes or no, because my bro got in 5 accident in recent 3 years since his left eye's surgery.

I know it's very risky decision and i'm sure he could get into another crash with my lovely brand-new Z, but i can't let him late to his work.

If you were me, would you lend your "new" car to your family who has a potential to crash your car?

Whether those crashes are his fault or not, that's really irrelevant. It's either 1 of 2 things: Bad luck, or bad driving. Rental cars are only 20bucks per day, throw in insurance and its about 30$ per day. If the accident was the other persons fault, he should be reimbursed anyhow. If you want to help him out but don't want to lend him your Z, I would just pay for his rental or pay a portion of it for him.

IMO, this is the best way, and you aren't laying awake at night wondering if your brother and your car is okay or not. God forbid he gets into another one.

Good luck bro.

or drive him to/from work if you have lots of time

This is what I would do

Drive him to work tomorrow morning. When he is done working, pick him up. On the way coming back, stop by Enterprise/Avis/Hertz to rent him a small car. When you rent the car, tell them it's insurance related and you will get the special price/day for w/e his insurance company. I was given a 08 fully loaded Camry for 24/day for unlimited days last year when they were working on my 350Z.

I am very sensitive who drives my car. The only two persons so far drove my car are alefcole and onethreefive. No one else is allowed (except emergency)

Rental car for sure :tup: I wouldn't let anyone drive my car, unless I was in it, and it was brief, especially if they have a history of accidents.

RENTAL!!! For god's sake, RENTAL!!!

If my DAD asked me if he could use my car for 3 days after 5 accidents in 3 years, I'd say no. I don't care if he's my dad... THAT'S A LOT OF ACCIDENTS!

I won't even let my best friend drive my car and he hasn't been in an accident in at least 5 years. HAHA... I say let him wake up early and walk if he doesn't want to rent a car. LOL

If my brother asked to borrow my car, I would let him. I love my brother and would do anything for him, as he would for me.

IMO you can't put personal possesions above love.

^^ speaking from the heart.

i say forget lending, just drive him to where ever...that's good enough

IMO theres just some things you don't ask a man to borrow, and a new Z is one of em. Any new toy really, but if it was a new honda I prob wouldn't care and let whoever drive it. If its your only car and his history, there is no way I would consider it even.

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It's just a frickkin' car. Unless my brother was an addict, alchoholic, or clearly abused cars while driving them, I'd just loan it to him, no questions asked. The worst that can happen is money.

But then, my brother would make sure to make it right if anything bad happened. Not sure if yours would...

Give him a ride. Family or not with an accident record like that it would be hard to trust him. I should know, my sister has totaled four cars in the last five years, only one of them being her own.

ok, just give a ride......never know if one day you need a ride somewhere.


why is this still dragging on...lol

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Uhm, nah son. It has nothing to do with love. I'll pay for your rental. Very simple. You are not driving my $3XXXX sports car which I bought with my money. And DEFINITELY not with your driving record.

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This post makes me happy to be an only child.

leepeen hasn't posted anything since 7:56am ET today. My guess is he's chauffeuring his brother around right now. :driving:

What's love got to do with it? His brother has been in five (5) accidents in the last three (3) years. It's a rental all the way. Which by the way, doesn't his brother have a rental car usage on his insurance policy? At times I'd rather deal with my worst enemies than to deal with family...it's much easier, less costly, and time-consuming.

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Or maybe he and his brother had a knock down, drag out fight over this and he's been sent to his room, grounded from the internet the rest of the day. :argue:

Yeah, I like that better. :icon17:

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Some of the responses on here really concern/sadden me.

It actually hurts to see that some of you do not have such a great relationship with your own blood.

Nobody except my wife drives my car. Period. And since my wife doesn't like my "loud" car... she doesn't even drive it.

Perfect.

You can drive my car if you want. :tup:

Your brother sound like a responsible person that he's concern of being late to work, and you're concern enough to even consider lending him your brand new Z. I suggest putting him in a rental car or drive him to or from work.

stop saying put him in a rental car.....either drive him to work b/c he's ur blood or give him a ride to the rental place and he can rent his own car.


just give a ride........i would give a ride to my bro...and to my friends..... and i hope they would do the same for me.

hehe...this has turned into such a heated debate, just to add my .02

everyone has different values. some people see their car (Z..ahem) as JUST a car, while some may see the car as their second wife (or the only wife). Because everyone has different value/priority, of course there is going to be different responses. there's no need to be concerned about people's relationship with their blood. excuse the crude analogy i'm about to give, but would you lend your brother your wife because he's recently divorced and needs some attn? (may seem exaggerated by some of you, but i hope it gets the point across).

What's important is that person is doing whatever he/she can for the brother. That's what brother love is all about!

If i had a brother, i would drive him everywhere if I got time, or make arrangements so that he has a car. Lending him my baby? Not a chance!

In short, no way would I let him drive the car. Just the fact he has to ask shows irresponsibility.

what comes around goes around......karma bites hard.


if you can't help a family member...that's just sad....it's not hard to give a lift to someone. you guys are acting like the bro should sit on the curb for a ride.

I agree that he should definitely be helped out which is why I say go ahead and give him a ride. But letting him borrow it would be irresponsible on the owner's part knowing that this person has a bad history with automobiles. Not only are you endangering your car, you are possibly helping to endanger other drivers and passengers on the road.

i agree with socal.

I suspect his brother is trying to pull a fast one by saying yo bro i need a car real bad please let me drive your Z. Goal was to get his hands on the Z instead of a nice rental

"what comes around goes around......karma bites hard.


if you can't help a family member...that's just sad....it's not hard to give a lift to someone. you guys are acting like the bro should sit on the curb for a ride."


edit: meant to quote that.....





I never said I wouldn't help and/or offer a ride.... but let you borrow it cuz you had your 5th wreck in 3 yrs, whatever... lol