Would you lend your car to your daughter.

I read that as, “Would you lend CAT”
Yes I’d lend my car. No I wouldn’t lend my cat!

Yes of course. We always try and help out where we can. We once took my mums car, which me and her shared to my DIL 250 mile away because she was struggling to get our DGS to nursery and her to work on time. Me and mum did lots of walking ?

I not only lent mine to my Son I ended up giving it to him. It's not easily replaceable either and he appreciates that. I had my doubts at first but he has lavished love on it, gets it fixed as soon as anything goes wrong etc etc. I have no regrets and just as well because there's no chance of me getting it back now.

You asking this means you have doubts. Is she reliable or not? I would probably lend mine to my sons as I couldn’t say no to them or see them stuck.

I did a temporary swap with my son as he needed to keep his mileage down prior to selling as he had a new car on order.
He took my car, valeted and full of fuel, I took his on empty and full of Starbucks cartons.
He drove from London back down to Yorkshire 3 months later and delivered it back with the red fuel light on and 4k extra on the clock, his car had 300 miles extra on the clock and a full tank!

He's 37 and has been driving since he was 18 Callistemon so I'm thinking our friends woz robbed!!

Yes, I am in a parallel universe compared to some posters

Hithere

Constant need of money is a trigger for addictions, I never said it was what happened in this case.

Are you in a parallel universe?
Poor rates of pay, rising cost of living, extortionate rent, expense of commuting - whether season ticket or fuel - energy bills, would all occur to me long before any suggestion of addictions!

Both myself and DH are named drivers on my daughters car and I have just put her on mine when we were away as she was looking after our dogs and my boot is bigger than hers. I've now added her permanently. She's been driving for 12 years and never had an accident.
As she doesn't drink she's very useful as the occasional taxi if we go out to dinner as a family.
I cannot imagine not trusting her, I would trust her with my life.

Times are hard, we all need a little help from time to time, it's called being a family

Constant need of money is a trigger for addictions, I never said it was what happened in this case.

Not all AC are the same.

I wouldn't lend my car to mine. I've had too much experience of my belongings being treated cavalierly, being damaged and at times, destroyed. Accidentally of course, but nevertheless...

It isn't selfish to expect that if something is loaned, that it is returned in good working order. If there is a suspicion that won't be the case, it is just common sense not to lend it.

MawtheMerrier

^Could that money to fix it go to addictions, gambling, etc?^

Why on earth has that occurred to you hithere?
It’s not a connection I would make unless you know something about OP the rest of us don’t.

Yes, very strange!

Enabling much?
Yes, I would enable my DC if they were in need.
It's called helping out - with love.

Your daughter should be able to address her transportation needs w/o her parents doing it for her

Strange attitude. Sometimes our children just can't manage everything. It's good being able to help.

Yes, my daughter has just taken out insurance to drive my car whilst she is staying with us for 2 weeks. Hiring a car is so expensive at the moment, and the cost of the insurance is nowhere near the cost of hiring a car, though the compulsory excess is a bit steep. She has agreed to pay for any damage and running costs. She is a confident driver, though I’m still keeping my fingers crossed !

Could that money to fix it go to addictions, gambling, etc?

Why on earth has that occurred to you hithere?
It’s not a connection I would make unless you know something about OP the rest of us don’t.

DD willingly lends us her car when we stay with them.
It's worth a darn sight more than ours!
Although she might not lend us her new one

That reminds me pandapatch - when I had my old faithful HondaJazz, my granddaughter used to slide down and hide in the footwell so her friends couldn’t see her. ?(When I picked her up school)

We always have a spare car. OH loves cars. We have often lent to friends.
This reminds me of a time about 40 years ago when a work colleague was without a car because of money problems.
He had it for 3 months and on return he gave us 3 premium bonds. We won £1,000 on one of them.

My daughter is on my insurance even though she's rarely here. It's not as expensive as you think. If my daughter needs something and I can give it I do.
When they were very young I might have thought differently.
They are all mature adults. I do everything I can for them.

I offered to lend my son my car (old Corsa) and he turned me down! {grin}

Yes I would lend either of my kids my car, any time. Both are very responsible.

If dd is an adult who works
1. That car is a money pit and worth investing more money on it?
2. Could that money to fix it go to addictions, gambling, etc?
3. Is the car even worth fixing this much vs getting a new one?
4. How is her driving record
5. If you lend her the car, she must pay for insurance

Your daughter should be able to address her transportation needs w/o her parents doing it for her

Enabling much?

Ofcourse - you’ve got to help her out even if it means paying a little extra to have her as a named driver. You say you won’t be driving for a few weeks, and she will soon be buying another car. So why not just let her borrow your car and if money is the issue, ask her to pay the extra on the insurance.
Btw I have given my car to my children, when they were stuck.

You know your DD best so will know if she is responsible.
I wouldn't hesitate to lend my car to any of my ACs as I know they are good drivers and would look after it.