do your mates let you drive their cars?

[RAPID_BA]

I have a mate who owns a ba fairmont ghia 3v 5.4, its stock as far as I know.

He turned up to a party I was at and I had my Windsor powered LTD with me. I was having a look at his car and he hands me the keys. "Take it for a drive" I said no its ok I know how they go. He looks at my LTD and says I know you have a V8 but he said the way the new v8s go, he then pulls this face, mutters something in another.language, snarls, grabs his head, you will never beleive it. Then he forces his keys into my hand.

I said hey its ok, I'm sure it goes good, I don't want to damage it. He.got all offended that I didn't drive it. I mean a 3v 5.4 goes ok but you won't be blown away by a drive.

Do you have mates that show off by asking you to drive their car so you will feel their car is superior.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Nope. Would only drive a mates car to get them out of a pickle... and only if that was the only sane option left.

[falconnut]

Nope.

All my mates are sane, they know how i drive!

[XRGhia]

Dunno yet, but i'm sure I know theinterceptor's reply, haha...

[tankclare]

My mates are the opposite. They all want to drive my car and never really let me drive theirs unless I have to for some reason. Or when they brag about their car for ages before I'll go for a drive in them and usually I am disappointed and then laugh at them. People need to realise not every newer car is more powerful than the older ones.

[falconnut]

Never driven a mates car, their usually all crap.

[Zero_PSI]

Meh. I have about 3 or 4 mates who I let drive my car. Same guys that let me drive their cars. I don't know why, but we all just enjoy driving each others cars sometimes.

Can't say it's for bragging rights though.

[XF Falcon]

Don't have any mates who make me drive their car to see how fast they are.

Usually they will offer to take me for a drive in their car to show off new mods or something like that, but thats only because I'm also curious about how well it goes now. I've only let 2 people drive my car so far, and they are trusted friends/family who know how to handle a powerful car and I've always been in the car at the time with traction control on.
I've had the pleasure of driving a few friends nice cars before, and I always insist they come in the car with me and I don't feel right thrashing it - even if they give me permission to do so.

[GTpilot]

between my circle of good mates we have no problems. we have a common "agreement" you bend you mend.

Funniest time was when my best mate lost his licence in my old mazda. 97 in a 60 zone. for ages he would not tell me where, until one day, he let slip..He knew that I would know what it takes to get that car up to 97 from the last intersection, within the short distance he did

For laughs, I made him change the next head gasket, whilst the rest of us watched and drank beer.

[John_Doe]

Depends on what kind of car they own.

Mates that own Datto 200Bs don't seem too fussed handing over the keys.

Mates with Porsches seem a bit more reluctant.

[Ben73]

All my mates have crap cars. So doesn't worry me. I only drove a mates triton while doing shuttle runs for downhill mtb.

[GreenR]

I will only drive their car if needed and asked of me (ie being the sober one). Other than that I do not drive people's cars as I don't like people driving mine. Not from a money or car value perspective but more so just out of respect for personal belongings (as I don't reckon there is much of that anyway).

[burnz]

Originally Posted by Zero_PSI

Meh. I have about 3 or 4 mates who I let drive my car. Same guys that let me drive their cars. I don't know why, but we all just enjoy driving each others cars sometimes.

Can't say it's for bragging rights though.

same, we have so much respect for each other cars.

i will loan a mate my commo and i know he wont thrash it..

[Airmon]

All the time. Borrow them every now and then, or I may know the way to a destination and just drive instead of directing.
Sometimes we'll leave cars at each others homes for whatever reason.

I know how my mates drive so it doesnt bother me. Some I know thrash cars, but they're good mates so I let them drive anyway.
And when you drive your car with a mate interstate you can't be picky.

Ranges from crapbox runabouts to full on s/c or custom show cars.

I trust my mates, they're not going to intentionally damage my car so whats the harm?

That said though, I dont lend my brother my car and nor do I drive his, under almost any circumstance.

[jpd80]

As said above, I only swap car to help someone out of a pickle

Swapping cars for test drives can turn really ugly if the mate drives like a loon..
Try explaining that one to your insurance company / getting your car impounded....

[Ben73]

If you trust your mate and he is not a ******** I don't see why you wouldn't let them have a steer. It's not like your Sharing your missus or something.

[LTDHO]

Yeah I get to drive almost anything with te understanding they wont get the keys to the LTD handed to them.

[Express]

I grew up in a small town out in Western NSW. Amongst mates any of us drove each others cars, if you needed to go somewhere you took the last car in the driveway, the keys were always in them.

When we went to the pub we’d leave the keys in the ignition so we wouldn’t lose them.

I’m now in Sydney and much older and now don’t have many mates interested in cars. I offer to let them have a drive of anything new I might have but rarely get any takers. I’m not usually interested in theirs as they are not the type of car to excite me but if they were, I’d ask.

I asked my brother-in-law if I could go for a spin in his new M3 and he threw me the keys. I had it for 6 months while he was overseas and drove it everyday to work.

I take the simple approach. I’d say no to anyone I didn’t trust and with the rest, if they have an accident and as much as I’d rather them not, accidents do happen. I’ve had one come back with a scrape up the side and one returned as a write-off. Both paid my excess and being mates, both were forgiven.

[vibe_xr6]

My mate with the SS always makes me drive it, he also always makes me pour smoke out of the tyres without doubt

[R1XSTA]

a car is a car at the end of the day, Maybe i don't have a big power/new enough car to care.

But if i don't want to drive, i hand them the keys and they take it. My mates and I have a rule.

"if its your idea to go there, we take your car."

[gregaust]

Originally Posted by Ben73

If you trust your mate and he is not a ******** I don't see why you wouldn't let them have a steer. It's not like your Sharing your missus or something.

Well there's two things you never lend out, Your car or your mrs, you know how they'll come back

[sexyxe]

I don't really like driving my mates cars, not because they are rubbish, quite the opposite. I'm worried I'll break something and be up for the damages.

We all own like cars, xr8 sedan, ute, 3v ute, F6, R8 etc.

I've only let one mate drive my F6, due to necessity and because I know he only likes in gear accel from 80-120 up. I'm happy to drive them if need be, being on the turps and need a DD.

[V3RSAC3]

All my mates have drove my car. Not through a, my car is so cool drive it and feel it. But for some reason they have had too, ie. Went to town and drank too much, or injury at soccer.

But being the "car person" in the group I always drive into town so they may offer for us to use their car in which case I end up driving it home. But mainly between me and my God Brother we drive each others cars flat out. Even leave them at each others house then go into town and in the morning will drop it back off.

It's mainly just because it's different to drive another car. Especially his WH Caprice or Range Rover Sport.

[2011G6E]

Within your group, with guys who are used to that sort of car, no problem.

It's interesting...in the motorcycle world, guy are from two extremes...ones who just chuck thier keys at you, saying "you break it, you fix it", and others who won't even let you sit on thier bike to see what it's like.
In the bike club I used to belong to, there were riders of all ages and experience levels on literally all sorts of bikes (everyone welcome, membership approval kind of consisted of "yeah, he rides a bike...they're in... ). Some guys obviously had decades of experience, some were new. Some of the new guys thought they were gods gift, others took the quite sensible position of "I can always learn more".

My 1974 Kawasaki H2-750 two-stroke triple was a case in point of who I chose to let ride it. They weren't nicknamed "the widowmaker" for nothing. If you didn't respect and understand it, it will spank you badly. One guy I let ride was an older guy who I knew had owned triples in the 1970's so he knew what he was lettting himself in for. He threw me the keys to a brand new BMW tourer and we swapped bikes on a club ride.
My brother in law was a different kettle of fish. He was always begging me to let him go for a ride. Knowing his "skills" on a little old Suzuki GSX250, and the number of times he'd fallen off, I knew that if I let him I would end up with one wrecked bike and one dead brother in law.

With cars, I've also seen the two extremes. Some guys are positively eager for you to experience thier pride and joy, others won't let you look in the window.
One of my mates used to own an XY GT, and when we had our Cortina GT, he asked if we could swap cars, as he was keen to have a go at the "little GT"...being the same colour as his XY (Gold with black stripes), also made my Cortina look like an XY that had shrunk in the wash...
I still remember every sensation of driving that XYGT, something I know I'll probably never experience again, unless the six numbers come up in lotto.

It's all personal choice and assessing the guy who you are going to consider letting drive your wheels...if you aren't comfortable letting him drive it, don't feel bad about saying "sorry, but no".

[bingoTE50]

Living in the country we drove each others cars and bikes usually to go home and grab something.No big deal . Geez I loved those days . Late 70's early eighties , great times.

[LTDHO]

Originally Posted by gregaust

Well there's two things you never lend out, Your car or your mrs, you know how they'll come back

You don't want either returned smalling of burning rubber!
(too far??)

[XR6_661]

My close mates do…

One owns an award winning VW Beetle, other a modified BA XT and one with a 400hp VL. Never put my hand up to drive any though…Rather be a passenger.

Only other time I’ll drive a mates car is if we are doing shuttle runs for mtb, but then it’s usually a company ute.

[Chilliman]

My mates ocassionally ask me to drive their cars if there's a reason e.g. they're out of town and had it booked in for some work etc.

When I had my EF XR6, I once lent it to my brother who took his then girlfriend (now wife) out in it. The next week people kept coming up to me and commenting on the race against a VH Commodore SS that I had had? The XR6 won but I had some really stern words with my brother

These days he keeps trying to get me to drive his worked 2004 Monaro while he's away working up at the mines, and while I don't mind giving the thing the odd squirt now-and-then, I find it attracts the wrong kind of attention.

The funniest people to lend your cars to are your parents - my mum would always complain that my XR6 would spin the tyres when she took off from the lights and my dad noted that when he drove the Monaro everyone was trying to race him.

[Mr Scheme]

Im always driving my friends cars. Generally if i cant afford to fix it i will say no to driving it but Im usually the one who helps them work on theyre cars anyway.
Prefer to drive with them in the car as I can judge how far theyre happy for me to push it
I let them drive my cars often enough but they say no regularly because of how much of my own time i put into even the shittiest of my cars

[tankclare]

Originally Posted by Chilliman

The funniest people to lend your cars to are your parents - my mum would always complain that my XR6 would spin the tyres when she took off from the lights and my dad noted that when he drove the Monaro everyone was trying to race him.

Reminds me of the time I was away and my brother and mum took my 351 XE into town (75-80km each way) without me knowing. At the time it was running 2.5inch side pipes exiting before the 275 rears. My brother was only on his L's at the time and drove it to work. From there mum drove it into town and said she parked around the back street near a church so the police wouldnt see her. When she came back a bit later after shopping she found the car surrounded by police cars because there was a police funeral service on at the church. I can just picture her getting in the car and putting down the road as they all watched.