Tried to stand my ground.
01-13-2014, 06:36 PM
#141
01-13-2014, 07:31 PM
#142
Though I think it's presumptuous that a family member would assume it was ok to drive my Corvette, if someone wanted to take it for a spin, they could. My father in law didn’t ask to drive my Vette but did ask for a ride. He said it was the first time he had ever been in one and loved it. I figure if the worst happens, it will not be the last car I own so I don’t lose too much sleep over things. If you really think about it, the odds of anything bad happening going around the block are pretty astronomical. Try not to hold your breath the whole time. As they say, this too shall pass.
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01-13-2014, 07:43 PM
#145
Pro
Are you saying she wants to use the car full time while she stays over - or just go for a joy ride around the block? Be sure to go with her if just a joy ride - but rent her a car for her own use if not!
01-14-2014, 10:16 AM
#146
Le Mans Master
The holy status with which many of you place a car escapes me.
I've got more than 600,000 miles in Corvettes over the past 24 years and I've enjoyed every mile, but these things are hardly rare. A bit uncommon, maybe, but rare, no. There have been more than 1,300,000 Corvettes manufactured since 1953.
In addition to a Vette I also own and drive a Ferrari. It too is just a car - and far more "rare" than a Corvette... but it's still just a car.
To value a car - a thing - over relationships is absurd.
I've got more than 600,000 miles in Corvettes over the past 24 years and I've enjoyed every mile, but these things are hardly rare. A bit uncommon, maybe, but rare, no. There have been more than 1,300,000 Corvettes manufactured since 1953.
In addition to a Vette I also own and drive a Ferrari. It too is just a car - and far more "rare" than a Corvette... but it's still just a car.
To value a car - a thing - over relationships is absurd.
01-14-2014, 10:20 AM
#147
Team Owner
01-14-2014, 11:22 AM
#149
Safety Car
01-14-2014, 11:23 AM
#150
Instructor
My wife read the OP and I think her take on it is spot on. Ever since we got our car every male friend and acquaintance I have has asked "When do i get to drive the car?" My wife explains to them that we were not allowed to test drive the car from the dealer before we laid out 70 large to drive it so you(my friends) will need to put out the big bucks if you want to drive a C7. If they don't own the car they may not respect the cost or power the same way you do.
In the OPs case he said he trusts his friends to drive the car and most likely many of them have. Well the MIL is his wife's friend and since she owns half the car................
One thing we have noticed that all our male friends ask to drive the car but none of the female friends ask. My wife just states"Left brain, Right Brain"
In the OPs case he said he trusts his friends to drive the car and most likely many of them have. Well the MIL is his wife's friend and since she owns half the car................
One thing we have noticed that all our male friends ask to drive the car but none of the female friends ask. My wife just states"Left brain, Right Brain"
01-14-2014, 11:27 AM
#151
Team Owner
you know the difference between inlaws and outlaws?
outlaws are wanted.
Man argues with spitting goat - YouTube
outlaws are wanted.
Man argues with spitting goat - YouTube
01-14-2014, 12:37 PM
#152
sure let her drive it, I mean what's the worst that could happen?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdLHAqL8KJw#t=77
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdLHAqL8KJw#t=77
01-14-2014, 03:02 PM
#153
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Well said!!! I loaned my C6 when it was 18 months old to a friend's son going to prom. He'd just lost his mother a few weeks before, and I respected the young man and the family. The father and son took it for a weekend beforehand- he was a VP at a company I had worked for previously. The car was insured. What's the big deal? It made memories for him he will remember forever. I can't imagine NOT letting my MIL drive any of my cars....
01-14-2014, 04:35 PM
#154
Le Mans Master
I have to admit, "sorry, no" seems to be in almost everyone's vocubulary these days. Would I say "no" to the punk kid next door? Absolutely. Friends and family I respect can use my things; they are just things. This fanaticism over a $70K car is silly. My wife's X5 cost nearly that much. So does a loaded Suburban. The Ferrari owner gets it, and so do a few others.
01-14-2014, 05:07 PM
#156
Burning Brakes
If your wife is Hot and can afford to buy you a new C7... Then let moms take it for a spine around the corner.
My moms 67 and works out, and can drive a C7 know problem.
My moms 67 and works out, and can drive a C7 know problem.
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01-14-2014, 07:18 PM
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Instructor
01-14-2014, 07:41 PM
#158
Burning Brakes
11-23-2014, 02:11 PM
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Well Stinger what happened?? 
Sorry for the bump, blame the new "similar threads" function. I was in an OT thread about dating and this thread was "similar". 
Sorry for the bump, blame the new "similar threads" function. I was in an OT thread about dating and this thread was "similar".
11-23-2014, 02:22 PM
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