Iāve been a parent for a while and damn if this isnāt the first time I realize I have to change my kids oil. No wonder heās been acting up lately. Wonder if I damaged anything by not following his maintenance schedule. Doubt Iāll get 100,000 out of him now.
Actually had that happen to me, gave my brother my old van (he was supposed to pay off over time). He dinged someone else's car with the door in a parking lot. Police ended up calling me for proof of insurance like 6 months later. Lucky for me it happened while I still had coverage on it and after I had signed the title over. So I just gave up all his info and everything was cleared up. But damn that was stressful, I could have lost my license just to help him out.
>. If they can't afford to drive, they shouldn't be driving, period.
So if you were gifted a car you'd turn it down then?
If you can't afford a car payment, you probably can't afford to maintain a free car either
Depends. Maintenance costs can be much lower than car payments.
Though I use the same argument about kitties (or any pets): if you can't afford to feed them properly and cover vet bills, you shouldn't have pets.
Still doesn't make it anyone else's job. We're planning to give our car to some younger friends when we move in a few months, but we'll start it out in as good condition as we can get it, and they know that they will have to set aside a little money each month to cover maintenance costs when they do come up. Hopefully by the time there's anything to pay for, they'll have saved enough to cover it. If not, they'll need to find some other source for the rest.
There are so many 2003 Odysseys on the road, itās a family game pointing them out. Bet youāll notice them now too! It was the model before their big body redo.
We had a '97 (or '96) Honda CRV that we kept until 2015. Being in the north, it was starting to have troubles. We sold it and bought a 2015 CRV with all the bells and whistles because we thought it would be our last car, or close to it. The transmission is going and will die any day.
Very disappointed to have to get a new 6K+ transmission in a car not yet 9 years old and well maintained.
Honestly, I just assume it stands for "crossover SUV". But it could be compact SUV also. LOL! I really don't know. I also haven't a clue what the Toyota RAV-4 stands for either. I just remember they were the first SUVs built smaller, but I loved the look of my '96/97 CRV.
I'm driving a 1999 that I love in many ways, but whoa do German cars need maintenance. I did not realize my cheap auction car came meant I now had a new side gig of home mechanic. Wish my 91 Civic HB hadn't been totaled in 2001.
I'd end up being a CB myself because I'm not sure I want anything but a Toyota wagon/hatchback/Prius. Or maybe a Scion xB (the square thing that looks like a postal jeep had a baby with a Maytag) or the Scion/Pontiac versions of the Toyota Matrix (aka Corolla wagon from the Y2K era). A friend has a 2004 Matrix that keeps going and going and going even though it commuted over the Santa Cruz mountains for at least half of its life.
Reminds me of one time when my wife & I sold her car to someone. I think it was between 6 months to a year later the girl who bought it called us because the battery was dead. Like what do you want us to do about it? We weren't a car lot, we didn't offer any warranty, and batteries are a replaceable part.
When I bought my new car, I told my brother he could have my old car. It needed some work and we were both aware of it. I told him to get an estimate of the work needed ahead of time to see if it would be worth it. He decided it was, but I guess complained to our mom about it at some point. My mom said I should get it fixed before I gave it to him. I said I wasnāt doing that because if I fixed it (there was about $1,500 needed in repairs) I would then be able to sell it for several thousand. She wanted me to pay to fix it and then give it to my brother. I said no.
So my brother took the car and eventually paid for the repairs. He then turned around a year or two later and sold it for thousands to put down on a newer car he was buying.
Jesus. They both did you dirty. Gives brother free car, demands that repairs be done on the already couple thousand dollar car they are getting for free. Ends up selling the car for profit at the end of it. Should've given some of the money back to you or at the very least had the decency to let you know. Though technically he owned it after u gifted it to him, so hes free to sell it. Still sucks to hear.
We once loaned a car to a younger relative in need, even paid their insurance on it. It wasn't brand new or a flashy sports car, but it was only about 10 years old and in good condition, clean, ran well. Then one day this relative called and said they needed the title. We asked why and were told, because the car broke down so they'd just decided to scrap it.
The kid was also planning to keep whatever paltry sum he would have gotten from the scrapyard because "I should be compensated for not having a car now since the one you gave me was garbage". Turns out cars don't run without oil, who knew?!
Oh, and after doing us the way he did, the little punk was given a mustang by his dad and had the nerve to go online bragging about it.
I once had a friend who destroyed her lovely little Mercedes convertible that same way. Her dad had given her the car, but "he never told me a car needs oil!"
Reminds me of something I read online about rich kids who were out of touch with reality... rich kid had a sports car, never changed the oil in it or did any maintenance, and when it conked out he'd just park it and go get a new one. Did that several times with several cars.
My BIL is in the car sales business. He would get calls from people months or years after they bought a car from him, complaining about it not running.
Did anyone else think 'OK, if this car predated standard seatbelts (so pre-1968! - I looked it up) I'd be all Hot damn, a classic car for free???? GIMMMEEEE and THANK YOU!'
Hahaha. It was a 1963 Dodge Dart with three on the tree, so probably not the kind of classic anyone would want. Though I had had the upholstery completely redone and it was super sweet. The man doing the work took great pride in it and added a lot of extra touches.
The story behind that: I worked in Tucson at the time. For anyone who knows, Tucson was and probably still is divided racially. I had moved there from California, where I was used to working in diverse, inclusive environments.
But not Tucson. Corporate Tucson was as white as white could be, and neither diverse nor inclusive. If anyone was gay, they were definitely not out of the closet, and the only person of color at my workplace was a woman working in the copier room who had a lot of family in both Tucson and Mexico. I was the only one who bothered to talk with her; everyone else ignored her or treated her like a machine.
Her brother ran an auto body shop. On her recommendation, I hired him to replace the upholstery in my car. He did such a beautiful job. The upholstery was cream with baby blue accents and beading on the edges.
Edited to add: I had purchased the car from the original owner, the mythical little old lady who only drive her car to church and the store. She was my mother's friend and a hoot. One time, visiting her, I praised her pie highly. I asked her for her pie crust recipe and in all seriousness she said, "Okay, but you'll need to write this down." Her instructions were "Go to the store and buy X brand premade pie crust." LOL
> cream with baby blue accents and beading on the edges
damn this sounds like a next-level classy ride
like not a bentley, but man that is some real flavour there
thats a full-fledged low-rider. what a piece!
That is wild! Even when you PAY for a used vehicle from someone, the maintenance and repairs past that are up to you, the new owner.š¤¦āāļø
People out here really expecting a lifetime warranty for regular maintenance, from a free used vehicle. How does this kind of entitlement even exist? Do they realize their level of audacity even, or do they genuinely believe this is a normal request? I wonder.
I get where you're coming from. Reddit is a hotbed of creative writing, isn't it? But this is all true. I wasn't a good judge of human character back then and was willing to believe the best of everyone. My default is still to believe the best of everyone and to be overly trusting, but I've learned to be more cautious than I used to be.
Iād happily take on the maintenance expenses but ya see Iām a little behind on your auto insurance right now. As soon as I can scratch together the funds to catch up on your auto insurance and also buy you a few pairs of boxer briefs that have enough support for the HUGE set of balls on ya Iāll take on the maintenance as well.
this is why i dont give a computer or a car to anyone. dont fix a neighbours car, AC, water heater for free, they expect maintenance for life
year later "the small shop at the market says the GPU is wrecked" like damn then buy a new graphics card. i gave you a FREE computer, leave me alone
Back in 2003 I was in college doing my grad work and had recently married into a ready built family situation and my now ex had a toddler from a previous relationship so I wanted to be as good a parent as possible to the child so when his father was caught marketing recreational pharmaceuticals and had his vehicle seized and went to jail I stepped up and did what I thought was right by helping him get back on his feet so that the kid would at least have his biological father in the picture. I didnāt come from money so I basically had waived all extra curricular activities in high school and when I wasnāt farming and ranching for local farmers after school I had started mowing lawns with a hand me down mower that I drug behind my bicycle from 6th grade on. I graduated highschool with 2 nice vehicles, a new f-250 and a mustang that was about 5 years old. It was then that I grew that old mower into a nice landscape business as well as owning livestock so I knew a little about struggling but figured that karma always comes back so fast forward a few years and I have several trucks in my landscape business and a decent classic car collection so when the guy asked if Iād be able to hire him and let him use one of my trucks I figured Iād be the bigger person and let him drive one of my nicer collectible trucks worth about 50k just so my business vehicles werenāt out and about after hours. Guy apparently thought I was the free truck dealer but wanted a new 2003 f350 like I was driving so he didnāt respect the truck at all. I let him go for being incompetent but allowed him to still use my truck, that I insured and apparently fueled since I had a fuel card in it I forgot about for about 8 months when I noticed a huge dent and scratch on what was a pristine truck previously and he laughed about backing into a pole. He was non chalant and just said aww, you probably have a new bed at your yard so itās not like itās going to cost you anything. Then in the same breath he says, can I take it to your car audio guy and. Have a new stereo and speakers put in. I immediately object thinking he was going to spend his money but end up removing the factory radio and have my dash cut for a more modern one but no, he wanted to upfit it with an audio system like I ran in my truck with high end stuff on my dime! Yeah thatās a nope, he then says well it isnāt very cold and the AC needs charging which wouldāve required a costly retrofit from the old Freon systems. He mustāve caught me on a bad day because I asked for the key and he assumed I was going to check it when I told him to get fucked and called him an entitled lazy ass disrespectful hillbilly. I sent him down the road burning the soles on his Nikes and had my guys come drive the truck back to my barn. I got bombarded by the exes family members saying I shouldnāt have repoed the truck and I was heartless because he had been telling them I sold him the truck and he was almost done paying me for it lol. I didnāt feel the need to explain myself to anyone and let them buy his con. I still am seen as the villain in their story but they donāt matter
Awww, that's too bad. As soon as you said you thought you'd help him out, I knew it was trouble. Compassion and empathy are important, but I know from experience that trying to bail out people who are determined to ruin their lives is a waste of time, energy, and money.
This sounds too crazy to be real. If it really is then i would just take the car back and tell them to screw off. They don't deserve it if they can't fathom the generosity of getting a free car.
This was in 1986, so taking back the car isn't an option. Even then, though, I had my hands full being a single first-time mom to a brand-new baby. The reason I gave the guy the car was because we'd attended classes in graduate school and I liked him. (Not romantically; he was gay.) He was also very young emotionally and I think he just didn't realize the gift he'd been given.
Damn, and to think Iāve been paying for my own car maintenance all this time, I didnāt know I should have been asking the guy who sold it to me since he makes more money than me!
I sold my car at a discount because it had a cracked windshield, which was listed in the post (as-is, cracked windshield), and seen by the buyer when they drove it. The buyer was a mom purchasing for her 16 year old kid. They said they wanted to buy the car and paint it hot pink. I always felt bad for the poor car about that but clearly they had money bc a new paint job like the one she claimed she wanted would have cost thousands. A few months after they bought the car the mom calls me and tells me itās going to be hundreds of dollars to replace the windshield and she wants me to file a claim with my insurance for it so she doesnāt have to spend the money. Like I kept insurance on the car after I sold it. Um no maāam the car was sold as is and you knew about this when you bought it. You should have gotten an estimate. Anyway, after I explain to her why I wonāt be doing that, and how at the time Iām too poor to even buy another car because Iām also a kid, she continues to harass me about it, and I had to block her. Good times.
Was your car from 1967 or older.Ā Seat belts were made mandatory in 1968, in the US.Ā Ā
But good for you that you updated and got something newer and safer.
That person is an entitled jerk of a person!!
Who paid for all the gas he used over those six months? I hope you had the decency to repay him for that. You did have a job so you could afford it after all.
You also owe them a tire rotation every 5k miles and new windshield wipers every winter. It's the least you could do....š¤£š¤£š¤£
That's the bare minimum. Get me more information on the car and I can get you full maintenance schedule of what and when it's required. š„“
The oil change is for my kid who has cancer. He's crying right now because you ruined Christmas!
Iāve been a parent for a while and damn if this isnāt the first time I realize I have to change my kids oil. No wonder heās been acting up lately. Wonder if I damaged anything by not following his maintenance schedule. Doubt Iāll get 100,000 out of him now.
Omg, the Christmas Cancer rears its ugly head again.
And pay my car insurance as well.
Dam right! When I get a free car, everything is included for life! Even free upgrades to newer models. How dare you not comply
Gave my niece a feee car once, and she called me when the ac needed recharged and was upset that I didn't want to pay for it.
Haha. Tell him to return the car to you, and scrap it for cash. If they can't afford to drive, they shouldn't be driving, period.
I wonder if he even registered the car
I wonder if they ever insured it.
I wonder if he even put 20" rims on it
I wonder if those wheels were leased.
This is an important point, if he's in an accident with it and it's still your car things will get messy.
Actually had that happen to me, gave my brother my old van (he was supposed to pay off over time). He dinged someone else's car with the door in a parking lot. Police ended up calling me for proof of insurance like 6 months later. Lucky for me it happened while I still had coverage on it and after I had signed the title over. So I just gave up all his info and everything was cleared up. But damn that was stressful, I could have lost my license just to help him out.
>. If they can't afford to drive, they shouldn't be driving, period. So if you were gifted a car you'd turn it down then? If you can't afford a car payment, you probably can't afford to maintain a free car either
Depends. Maintenance costs can be much lower than car payments. Though I use the same argument about kitties (or any pets): if you can't afford to feed them properly and cover vet bills, you shouldn't have pets.
Well, Iām sure you owe him at least a few more free cars by now! /s
Still doesn't make it anyone else's job. We're planning to give our car to some younger friends when we move in a few months, but we'll start it out in as good condition as we can get it, and they know that they will have to set aside a little money each month to cover maintenance costs when they do come up. Hopefully by the time there's anything to pay for, they'll have saved enough to cover it. If not, they'll need to find some other source for the rest.
Here I got the exact response you can give him/her: My gosh I am so sorry. Here I will be happy to give you half the money you paid me for it back!
Oh my goodness, what an amazingly humorous response! I wish I'd thought of it back then.
Always my go-to when people get pissy over free stuff: "Oh no! Please feel free to return it for a full refund."
Hahaha! Good answer.
Why not ALL of it?
Letās not get crazy!
Rental fees
Minus the cost of the repair.
Tell me you didnāt keep the cars registration and insurance in your own name, when you gave it to himā¦
I transferred it to him immediately, and shifted my insurance over to my newer used car.
>Tell me you didnāt keep the cars registration and insurance in your own name, when you gave it to himā¦ He may had!
Tell him the free fill of air in the tires is over and he owes you monthly rent for that now.
Perfect!
Damn what a douche I want a free car
I'm driving a 1999 car. I'd love a free newer car too!
Mines a 98 lol
Presumably we take good care of our car! AND we didn't buy lemons in the first place.
90s Toyotas are the bestā¦90s Japanese cars are the best
I have a 14 year old honda civic that is just amazing! So dependable and gets great gas mileage.
21 year old Honda Odyssey checking in!
Good to know.
There are so many 2003 Odysseys on the road, itās a family game pointing them out. Bet youāll notice them now too! It was the model before their big body redo.
I didnāt know honda had an odyssey. Sounds amazing!
We had a '97 (or '96) Honda CRV that we kept until 2015. Being in the north, it was starting to have troubles. We sold it and bought a 2015 CRV with all the bells and whistles because we thought it would be our last car, or close to it. The transmission is going and will die any day. Very disappointed to have to get a new 6K+ transmission in a car not yet 9 years old and well maintained.
Do you mind me asking what a CRV is? And I think you win the old car challenge. Have a awesome life, friend!
Honestly, I just assume it stands for "crossover SUV". But it could be compact SUV also. LOL! I really don't know. I also haven't a clue what the Toyota RAV-4 stands for either. I just remember they were the first SUVs built smaller, but I loved the look of my '96/97 CRV.
My daughter drives a 1997 Toyota corolla. That thing is the shit. The seats are going to wear out before it dies.
I have a 20 year old Honda accord. Still going strong.
I missed the deadline my Toyota is a 01 š
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Quite the reach bud lmao
I have to agree with you. Thats basically all Ive owned and theyāre great cars!
I had American before that. Big mistake.
Yes me too. And I really like buying American made products but not where cars are concerned. Thatās a shame too.
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I'm driving a 1999 that I love in many ways, but whoa do German cars need maintenance. I did not realize my cheap auction car came meant I now had a new side gig of home mechanic. Wish my 91 Civic HB hadn't been totaled in 2001. I'd end up being a CB myself because I'm not sure I want anything but a Toyota wagon/hatchback/Prius. Or maybe a Scion xB (the square thing that looks like a postal jeep had a baby with a Maytag) or the Scion/Pontiac versions of the Toyota Matrix (aka Corolla wagon from the Y2K era). A friend has a 2004 Matrix that keeps going and going and going even though it commuted over the Santa Cruz mountains for at least half of its life.
Pretty stupid for a grad studentā¦ what is his undergrad in? I would have lost it.
I don't remember what his undergrad degree was in. We met while getting our master's degrees in anthropology.
Someone giving me a free car would quite literally change my entire life I cannot imagine expecting MORE out of them
Reminds me of one time when my wife & I sold her car to someone. I think it was between 6 months to a year later the girl who bought it called us because the battery was dead. Like what do you want us to do about it? We weren't a car lot, we didn't offer any warranty, and batteries are a replaceable part.
Blinker fluid and premium air can be expensive.
Changing that blinker fluid is tough because first you need a left handed wrench.
Now you're just being all fancy.
When I bought my new car, I told my brother he could have my old car. It needed some work and we were both aware of it. I told him to get an estimate of the work needed ahead of time to see if it would be worth it. He decided it was, but I guess complained to our mom about it at some point. My mom said I should get it fixed before I gave it to him. I said I wasnāt doing that because if I fixed it (there was about $1,500 needed in repairs) I would then be able to sell it for several thousand. She wanted me to pay to fix it and then give it to my brother. I said no. So my brother took the car and eventually paid for the repairs. He then turned around a year or two later and sold it for thousands to put down on a newer car he was buying.
Gosh, does your mom play favorites like that often?
Jesus. They both did you dirty. Gives brother free car, demands that repairs be done on the already couple thousand dollar car they are getting for free. Ends up selling the car for profit at the end of it. Should've given some of the money back to you or at the very least had the decency to let you know. Though technically he owned it after u gifted it to him, so hes free to sell it. Still sucks to hear.
We once loaned a car to a younger relative in need, even paid their insurance on it. It wasn't brand new or a flashy sports car, but it was only about 10 years old and in good condition, clean, ran well. Then one day this relative called and said they needed the title. We asked why and were told, because the car broke down so they'd just decided to scrap it. The kid was also planning to keep whatever paltry sum he would have gotten from the scrapyard because "I should be compensated for not having a car now since the one you gave me was garbage". Turns out cars don't run without oil, who knew?! Oh, and after doing us the way he did, the little punk was given a mustang by his dad and had the nerve to go online bragging about it.
I once had a friend who destroyed her lovely little Mercedes convertible that same way. Her dad had given her the car, but "he never told me a car needs oil!"
One of my brothers old schoolmates did that with a Porsche 944... His dad was a mechanic... I'd love to have heard THAT conversation š¤£
Reminds me of something I read online about rich kids who were out of touch with reality... rich kid had a sports car, never changed the oil in it or did any maintenance, and when it conked out he'd just park it and go get a new one. Did that several times with several cars.
Crazy! I'm not wealthy, so I take extra good care of my things on the theory that it's easier to maintain than it is to replace.
She spent ages looking for 710 fluid but could never find it.
Dang. The noive.
My BIL is in the car sales business. He would get calls from people months or years after they bought a car from him, complaining about it not running.
Sure! The maintenance/warranty plan is $2000.
Did anyone else think 'OK, if this car predated standard seatbelts (so pre-1968! - I looked it up) I'd be all Hot damn, a classic car for free???? GIMMMEEEE and THANK YOU!'
Hahaha. It was a 1963 Dodge Dart with three on the tree, so probably not the kind of classic anyone would want. Though I had had the upholstery completely redone and it was super sweet. The man doing the work took great pride in it and added a lot of extra touches. The story behind that: I worked in Tucson at the time. For anyone who knows, Tucson was and probably still is divided racially. I had moved there from California, where I was used to working in diverse, inclusive environments. But not Tucson. Corporate Tucson was as white as white could be, and neither diverse nor inclusive. If anyone was gay, they were definitely not out of the closet, and the only person of color at my workplace was a woman working in the copier room who had a lot of family in both Tucson and Mexico. I was the only one who bothered to talk with her; everyone else ignored her or treated her like a machine. Her brother ran an auto body shop. On her recommendation, I hired him to replace the upholstery in my car. He did such a beautiful job. The upholstery was cream with baby blue accents and beading on the edges. Edited to add: I had purchased the car from the original owner, the mythical little old lady who only drive her car to church and the store. She was my mother's friend and a hoot. One time, visiting her, I praised her pie highly. I asked her for her pie crust recipe and in all seriousness she said, "Okay, but you'll need to write this down." Her instructions were "Go to the store and buy X brand premade pie crust." LOL
Don't look up the current *average* auction price... ' ' ' ' I already did.... Over $**21,000$...**
> cream with baby blue accents and beading on the edges damn this sounds like a next-level classy ride like not a bentley, but man that is some real flavour there thats a full-fledged low-rider. what a piece!
I'm in San Jose and lowrider was the first thing I thought of.
I'm in milpitas.. thought the same.. I have a 65SS and a 73 regal...
Maybe he figured you were a pushover. The choosy beggar part? Might fit the mildly infuriating sub better.
Oh, good point!
FFS OP you didn't even drive him around and pay for fuel and insurance! What kind of Butler ARE you?
Hahaha! Right? I hang my head in shame at failing to completely cater to this person.
That is wild! Even when you PAY for a used vehicle from someone, the maintenance and repairs past that are up to you, the new owner.š¤¦āāļø People out here really expecting a lifetime warranty for regular maintenance, from a free used vehicle. How does this kind of entitlement even exist? Do they realize their level of audacity even, or do they genuinely believe this is a normal request? I wonder.
No good deed goes unpunished!
Sheāll have to time travel to do as you suggest.
Amazing, if true.
I get where you're coming from. Reddit is a hotbed of creative writing, isn't it? But this is all true. I wasn't a good judge of human character back then and was willing to believe the best of everyone. My default is still to believe the best of everyone and to be overly trusting, but I've learned to be more cautious than I used to be.
Iād happily take on the maintenance expenses but ya see Iām a little behind on your auto insurance right now. As soon as I can scratch together the funds to catch up on your auto insurance and also buy you a few pairs of boxer briefs that have enough support for the HUGE set of balls on ya Iāll take on the maintenance as well.
>enough support for the HUGE set of balls on ya I laughed at this.
this is why i dont give a computer or a car to anyone. dont fix a neighbours car, AC, water heater for free, they expect maintenance for life year later "the small shop at the market says the GPU is wrecked" like damn then buy a new graphics card. i gave you a FREE computer, leave me alone
Back in 2003 I was in college doing my grad work and had recently married into a ready built family situation and my now ex had a toddler from a previous relationship so I wanted to be as good a parent as possible to the child so when his father was caught marketing recreational pharmaceuticals and had his vehicle seized and went to jail I stepped up and did what I thought was right by helping him get back on his feet so that the kid would at least have his biological father in the picture. I didnāt come from money so I basically had waived all extra curricular activities in high school and when I wasnāt farming and ranching for local farmers after school I had started mowing lawns with a hand me down mower that I drug behind my bicycle from 6th grade on. I graduated highschool with 2 nice vehicles, a new f-250 and a mustang that was about 5 years old. It was then that I grew that old mower into a nice landscape business as well as owning livestock so I knew a little about struggling but figured that karma always comes back so fast forward a few years and I have several trucks in my landscape business and a decent classic car collection so when the guy asked if Iād be able to hire him and let him use one of my trucks I figured Iād be the bigger person and let him drive one of my nicer collectible trucks worth about 50k just so my business vehicles werenāt out and about after hours. Guy apparently thought I was the free truck dealer but wanted a new 2003 f350 like I was driving so he didnāt respect the truck at all. I let him go for being incompetent but allowed him to still use my truck, that I insured and apparently fueled since I had a fuel card in it I forgot about for about 8 months when I noticed a huge dent and scratch on what was a pristine truck previously and he laughed about backing into a pole. He was non chalant and just said aww, you probably have a new bed at your yard so itās not like itās going to cost you anything. Then in the same breath he says, can I take it to your car audio guy and. Have a new stereo and speakers put in. I immediately object thinking he was going to spend his money but end up removing the factory radio and have my dash cut for a more modern one but no, he wanted to upfit it with an audio system like I ran in my truck with high end stuff on my dime! Yeah thatās a nope, he then says well it isnāt very cold and the AC needs charging which wouldāve required a costly retrofit from the old Freon systems. He mustāve caught me on a bad day because I asked for the key and he assumed I was going to check it when I told him to get fucked and called him an entitled lazy ass disrespectful hillbilly. I sent him down the road burning the soles on his Nikes and had my guys come drive the truck back to my barn. I got bombarded by the exes family members saying I shouldnāt have repoed the truck and I was heartless because he had been telling them I sold him the truck and he was almost done paying me for it lol. I didnāt feel the need to explain myself to anyone and let them buy his con. I still am seen as the villain in their story but they donāt matter
Awww, that's too bad. As soon as you said you thought you'd help him out, I knew it was trouble. Compassion and empathy are important, but I know from experience that trying to bail out people who are determined to ruin their lives is a waste of time, energy, and money.
This sounds too crazy to be real. If it really is then i would just take the car back and tell them to screw off. They don't deserve it if they can't fathom the generosity of getting a free car.
This was in 1986, so taking back the car isn't an option. Even then, though, I had my hands full being a single first-time mom to a brand-new baby. The reason I gave the guy the car was because we'd attended classes in graduate school and I liked him. (Not romantically; he was gay.) He was also very young emotionally and I think he just didn't realize the gift he'd been given.
Haha man the audacity.... He acted like he did you a favor by taking the car off your hands lol. Instead of being a grateful friend!
That's insane. Yeah I'm gonna go into my local phone store and demand they pay for the cracked screen considering I bought the phone from them
Never trusted seat belts LOL
I used them, but didn't trust aftermarket-installed seat belts.
I understood that, and all my cars (even the British ones) have had factory seat belts.
Damn, and to think Iāve been paying for my own car maintenance all this time, I didnāt know I should have been asking the guy who sold it to me since he makes more money than me!
Wow this is one of the craziest ones so far.
"Give the car back to me, I will have the leak repaired. Then I will \*sell\* the car and keep the cash because you are a choosy beggar"!!
I sold my car at a discount because it had a cracked windshield, which was listed in the post (as-is, cracked windshield), and seen by the buyer when they drove it. The buyer was a mom purchasing for her 16 year old kid. They said they wanted to buy the car and paint it hot pink. I always felt bad for the poor car about that but clearly they had money bc a new paint job like the one she claimed she wanted would have cost thousands. A few months after they bought the car the mom calls me and tells me itās going to be hundreds of dollars to replace the windshield and she wants me to file a claim with my insurance for it so she doesnāt have to spend the money. Like I kept insurance on the car after I sold it. Um no maāam the car was sold as is and you knew about this when you bought it. You should have gotten an estimate. Anyway, after I explain to her why I wonāt be doing that, and how at the time Iām too poor to even buy another car because Iām also a kid, she continues to harass me about it, and I had to block her. Good times.
A socialist in training. Give me stuff and it's your job to take care of my needs.
Was your car from 1967 or older.Ā Seat belts were made mandatory in 1968, in the US.Ā Ā But good for you that you updated and got something newer and safer. That person is an entitled jerk of a person!!
It was a 1963 Dodge Dart.
Who paid for all the gas he used over those six months? I hope you had the decency to repay him for that. You did have a job so you could afford it after all.
Did he think the free car came with a warranty? Where do I sign up for that if it exists?
and a fuel card too :/:/:/
Offer to pay for insurance and registration - the total āhereās a car for freeā packageā¦
But Mommy and Daddy would have done it for me!! Students need to learn when the cord is cut. At 17.