Would you lend your car

[JamesL]

to a stranger?

If (s)he lent their car to you?

So for example, insurance issues aside, would you lend your pride and joy to me in return for a loan of another classic - fixed period

Would it depend on the car you "got in return"?
What assurances would you want?

[Longtooth]

Would I lend my W113 to a stranger? No.  Under any circumstances.  

But the question wasn't specific to a W113 or other classic car... just "pride and joy"... and, for example, my '65 C20 is one of my pride and joy vehicles.. and I'd lend it to a stranger in return for the reverse lend of a brand spankin new F250 longbed Heavy Duty, 4WD, 4 seater, leather interior one.

Tosh... I think the real issue to most would be whether it's a total stranger or not.  By the time you get around to lending a "pride & joy" vehicle to a stranger, it's more likely than not that they would be something less than a stranger by the time any deal could be consumated.

Longtooth
67 250SL US #113-043-10-002163
'02 SL500 Sport

[JamesL]

OK

so assume this was not a "one model" club, would you "swap" with a club member?

[hands_aus]

Hey Tosh,
If you have your car serviced by a business, it is being driven by a 'stranger'.

I probably would only lend/swap to a 113 owner because they would know what to expect and how to drive it and hopefully respect you enough to not FLOG it.

Why do you ask this question?

Bob Smith (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto

[Cees Klumper]

If I trusted the person to take reasonable care of the car, I would swap for a chance to drive another classic (sorry Dan) car for a while. For example an older Porsche 911, 1960-ies Mustang, a Volvo P1800, Lancia Fulvia coupe, the list is actually very long. What a neat idea!

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

[hauser]

No problem!  All I would need is three years of tax returns, last 3 months of pay stubs, an FBI background check, credit report and a cash deposit of $60,000.00.  

1969 280sl 5 spd
Gainesville, Fl.

[ChrisInNashville]

Fortunately, the decision is already made for me:  my insurance restricts my drivers...and I would not take the chance of my friend's being adequate.

I wouldn't take the chance of damaging someone else's special car or putting them in a position to damage mine...It's not about money, it is about guilt in the wake of an accident.

[TheEngineer]

The last person who drove my li'l red car was the previous owner when he delivered the car to my residence - and that was probably a stupid thing to do because he already had my money. My mechanic may drive the car, but since that is myself, I don't worry about it. My wife drove it once in an abandoned parking lot adjacent to the local police precinct station. If I hadn't taken it out-of-gear it would have gotten away from her. Did I mention the engine is a little souped-up?

[AGT]

Tosh

My insurance allows my wife to drive my car! The guy who wrote that policy will have access to the output of the best actuaries in London yet this is one risk which those finely honed minds have not understood.

Before I had restricted insurance, I did let others drive my car. I think it is part of the fun and, no matter how precious the car, it is still only a car. So, next summer, if you can unload the heir for a couple of days fly up to Edinburgh and I will lend you my car for a wee Highland tour.

Regards
Andrew

[Bob G ✝︎]

Speaking of lending out your personal car. Magazine like road & track ,car & driver and many others due retro test all the time when they can fine a good exsample to use in an article. What I worry about is how muchthey push these cars during testing. I have an old 1969 Road & track with a retro test on Don Recardo's 300SL which at the timewas an orginal exsample. In an excelleration test one of the cincros went bad. Don repaired the problem over night and the test was contineued.
But I have seen so wild test reports that come with to be release manufactures cars. I hate to have one of those test people doing a road test on my car with out a written contract to replace any damaged mechnical and body parts.


Bob Geco

[Benz Dr.]

Let's see, this week I drove:
1960 190SL
1966 230SL 5 speed ( the Red Rocket )
1960 220SE Cab.
1971 280SE 3.5 sedan
1968 300SEL 6.3
1965 300SE sedan RHD
1958 220S
1970 280SL
All went out for test driving before winter storage. Took me two days to wash the cars and sort out a place to put them.
No one said don't drive them. So I did.

I'll be back in hospital next week. Last post for a while....


Dan Caron's
 SL Barn
benzbarn@ebtech.net
 slbarn.mbz.org
  1 877 661 6061

[JamesL]

I can think of worse things to do before a trip to the hospital

Good luck with it!

quote:Originally posted by Benz Dr.

Let's see, this week I drove:
1960 190SL
1966 230SL 5 speed ( the Red Rocket )
1960 220SE Cab.
1971 280SE 3.5 sedan
1968 300SEL 6.3
1965 300SE sedan RHD
1958 220S
1970 280SL
All went out for test driving before winter storage. Took me two days to wash the cars and sort out a place to put them.
No one said don't drive them. So I did.

I'll be back in hospital next week. Last post for a while....


Dan Caron's
 SL Barn
benzbarn@ebtech.net
 slbarn.mbz.org
  1 877 661 6061