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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 05:39 AM
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Okay, I can safely say from experience here...that you won't eat for at least a week.

Lemme explain.


When I got my first S, it was a MY'00, NFR, and I had no place to keep it. I bought it in the winter...and my dad kept it at his shop in CT....in the garage with the other project cars. Since I was 400 miles away in D.C., I gave dad a set of keys and put him on my insurance as a partial driver of the car. This way if he had to move the car, or decided to move to a larger facility, he'd be able to drive it, and God forbid the worst happened, I'd be covered.

One day in December, I get a call from my dad, telling me that my S had been hit in a parking lot. My dad had taken the car Christmas shopping at the mall, and some Suburban or similar SUV backed into it while he was in the building, and took off. They hit the car so hard the driver's side tail light was in the TRUNK. I was furious. When I went home and checked the odo, I realized that dad had put over 5k miles on the car. I was now even more annoyed. Dad agreed to buy the car off of me for the price I paid for it to make up for my loss, and I was out an S2000 for at least a year. I found another one after a while, complete with a hardtop. And bought it in a private sale. I was happy again.

But I was still stuck with the same problem...I still don't have a garage to properly stow the car in when I don't use it. I had no choice...I had to keep it where I kept the old one....same rules applying. Dad still managed to drive it more in three months than I did, but at least he kept the mileage down to like 2000 over the three months. Even so...he still managed to f-up one of my rotors....How he did that? Your guess is as good as mine.

I have since confiscated the keys and the car. Seriously dude....it's just asking for trouble. You'll worry constantly.

Oh...and BTW....GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 06:14 AM
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I've let like 5 people drive my car. The last person was my friend Marc, who tried to "drift" around a corner and nearly ran off the road, with me in the car and without my permission. I'm not sure if I can trust another person to drive it again.
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 07:34 AM
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I also don't let anyone except my husband (even that's a stretch ) drive my car.

Maybe Ninh and bro bought it ??? Or mom bought it for them to share???
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Apr 14 2005, 07:55 AM
Tell him to sell one and buy his own ing convertible.
Just in case anyone missed it.
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 07:36 AM
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 07:36 AM
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Ninh your SO SWEET! Hey at least your OTHER car dosent SUCK

It RULES
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by PeaceLove&S2K,Apr 14 2005, 09:29 AM
You've probably been better brought up than I, Ninh, but I don't think I'll ever lend my car to anyone, not even relatives*.

* Unless I'm related to a professional driver, like Takuma Sato or Jensen Button or something
I guess there is no point in me asking if I could borrow your S for a couple of weeks next time I am visiting your neck of the woods then ....





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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Apr 14 2005, 07:55 AM
Tell him to sell one and buy his own ing convertible.
Bump for Ninh
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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In Ninh's defense, maybe he has a brother like mine. I'd let my bro borrow it, because he wouldn't abuse it any more than I would, he would do proper maintenance, and he'd have to let me drive the Healey while he had my S



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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 11:55 AM
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That's a fair trade Martin.
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