Neighbor Kid wants to borrow my Charger for Homecomming.....

[PocketThunder]

So the neighbor kid who is a senior this year sends me a text last night and says:

Kid: Hey, I'm going to Homecoming this Saturday, Do you think I could loan your car for that night?
Me: Only if you can make it do a burnout for 1 block.

Kid: Um whats a burnout?
Me: FAIL!  You can borrow my spouses mini-van now.

Me: you can borrow it if my spouse and I can ride in the back.
Kid: Ugh, I don't think that would work.

Me: when you say "loan", how much are we talking?
Kid: I must have said it wrong, borrow for the evening?

Me: My spouse still has her prom dress and I can rent a tux from 1993....
Kid: I already have my suit and she has her dress.

Me: no I'm talking about what we can wear when we ride along..
Kid: Dude, you unfortunately cant ride in the back.

Kid: So could I borrow it for Saturday please?? Without you riding in the back?

I haven't responded back yet, I need to come up with another confusing question for him.   He is a real good kid and I hire him to help me to projects once in a while but he is not a car guy so what do you guys think I should repond with?

Paul

[71ChallengeHer]

$75,000 deposit in cash and he can borrow. 

[Ponch ®]

So the neighbor kid who is a senior this year sends me a text last night and says:

Kid: Hey, I'm going to Homecoming this Saturday, Do you think I could loan your car for that night?
Me: Only if you can make it do a burnout for 1 block.

Kid: Um whats a burnout?
Me: FAIL!  You can borrow my spouses mini-van now.

Me: you can borrow it if my spouse and I can ride in the back.
Kid: Ugh, I don't think that would work.

Me: when you say "loan", how much are we talking?
Kid: I must have said it wrong, borrow for the evening?

Me: My spouse still has her prom dress and I can rent a tux from 1993....
Kid: I already have my suit and she has her dress.

Me: no I'm talking about what we can wear when we ride along..
Kid: Dude, you unfortunately cant ride in the back.

Kid: So could I borrow it for Saturday please?? Without you riding in the back?

I haven't responded back yet, I need to come up with another confusing question for him.   He is a real good kid and I hire him to help me to projects once in a while but he is not a car guy so what do you guys think I should repond with?

Paul

You: Ok, YOU can ride in the back.

The kid's definitely got balls to ask and good taste in cars. Or he's just really trying to get laid.

[RKCHARGER]

Unless your considering actually letting him take it just tell him no lol. Or you could say ok fine what should we wear then, we will drive and you can ride in back!

[Ponch ®]

Unless your considering actually letting him take it just tell him no lol. Or you could say ok fine what should we wear then, we will drive and you can ride in back!

even better! tell him "You can't take that one, but I have another Charger you can drive". Then rent him a 4 door Charger.

[Stretch]

Tell him "I'm sorry but my insurance policy doesn't allow anyone but "listed" drivers to operate the car."

Yah, it may be a lie but atleast no feelings get hurt.

[71ChallengeHer]

Tell him "I'm sorry but my insurance policy doesn't allow anyone but "listed" drivers to operate the car."

Yah, it may be a lie but atleast no feelings get hurt.

My insurance doesn't allow anyone under the age 25 to drive my Challenger. Saves Shelby asking me to drive it for another 4 years.   

[BrianShaughnessy]

Tell him "I'm sorry but my insurance policy doesn't allow anyone but "listed" drivers to operate the car."

Yah, it may be a lie but atleast no feelings get hurt.

That would NOT be a lie.    Underage drivers (ie: 25) are not permitted under most classic policies to the best of my knowledge.

[RKCHARGER]

  feelings Other peoples feelings don't matter when it comes to your car!  

[moparstuart]

 just say HELL NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[tan top]

no way !!  i know its sounding  mean !! but its mostly & unrestored survivor !! although  even if it wernt , still say no way  !!  

$75,000 deposit in cash and he can borrow.  

or like Jackies plan is good !!  !!   $ 75,000 &  disconect the secondarys , retard the timing      


but in all honestly  , no way if it  were me  

[RECHRGD]

Just the fact that he would ask the question indicates that he has no clue as to how special the car is to you.  JUST SAY NO!

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

...it's only a car
























































...kidding  

[charger490]

you drive them .......................................

[PocketThunder]

The real driving factor in my decision is that I have not "broken in" the Charger yet and I'm certainly not going to let the neighbor kid  beat me to the punch.  Haha    

[1969chargerrtse]

No.

[PocketThunder]

Here's a little story that i told here once before that dovetails nicely with the thread topic.

My dad has a 1973 Roadrunner that he bought in 75 and its pretty much mint.  In the 1980s had a burnt valve so it was parked in a garage for some 10 years.  When i was 17 i wanted to get it out, rebuild the engine and use the car for my HS Junior Prom.  I begged and begged my Dad for a year to get it out and get it running again.  Finally he agreed and we got the car out of storage and we pulled the 400 and sent it to the engine builder for rebuilding.  My dad is a mechanic and his friend is the engine builder.

Prom comes and goes and no engine yet back from the engine builder.  I was upset but i had another year of HS, I'll just use it for Homecoming in the fall.  That dance comes and goes and i thought, well, I'll get the car by Prom my Senior year.  That dance comes and goes and i just couldn't understand why the engine took so long to have a valve fixed in the head. 

After i graduated HS and went off to college guess what happened?  The engine was surprisingly done and ready to go back in the roadrunner.  Coincidence?

[moparguy01]

Just tell him you checked your insurance and no one under 25 can drive it. Or I your thinking about letting him that's your deal but I know Grundy wouldn't cover it.

If you have a msd box order a 3000 rpm limiter chip?

[Ponch ®]

then again, he didnt even have the decency of asking you in person. F--- him.

[41husk]

 

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Didn't anyone learn anything from watching Gran Torino. 

[dodgedarren]

Kid obviously has zero common sense which seems to be going around like allot lately

[1968_Charger]

theres no way i would let a neighbor kid drive the car, no idea what his plans are after homecoming(parties). or even if he takes care of it other jealous kids in a dark parking lot with it wont be good. highschoolers do stupid stuff.  

[68 RT]

I would let him if I were you, and buy him a bottle of Makers Mark to top off the evening.

[Old Moparz]

I wouldn't even consider the thought of letting some kid drive an old car with a big block. Don't you remember what it was like to drive a hot rod at that age?  

If you like the kid & he's broke, rent him a limo or this.... http://www.exoticcarrental.com/

[41husk]

It is not just the driving.  Parking, lack of respect from other kids at this dance.  I go to every HS home football games and I am amazed at kids.  I saw a bunch of kid sitting, laying and climbing on a prett nice Accura (I know not a classic charger).  I said I bet your parents don't know you are treating there car like a jumbo Gym, as I passed by.  One of them said, " oh it aint are car it 's Pat supinski's"   I would worry more about the other kids than the kid asking to borrow it!!!

[Dodgecharger74]

simple 
for my senior prom and home coming we went drag racing after  69  396  brand X  the othe guy spun a rod bearing

[bill440rt]

Ask him if you could "borrow" his date when he's thru with the prom. 

The kid has serious balls. No frikkin' way.

[Ponch ®]

The kid has serious balls. No frikkin' way.

Yes he does, but in all fairness..he's what...17-18? He probably just thinks its a "cool old car" - which it unequivocally is - but doesn't quite realize how rare and coveted it is.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Didn't anyone learn anything from watching Gran Torino. 

...still trying to figure out what Clint was doing at the end 

[bill440rt]

The kid has serious balls. No frikkin' way.

Yes he does, but in all fairness..he's what...17-18? He probably just thinks its a "cool old car" - which it unequivocally is - but doesn't quite realize how rare and coveted it is.

I would think one's balls must be enlarged to ask to borrow ANY type of "cool old car", no matter how coveted it is.
He wants to use the car for the prom? Tell him you'll gladly do it, as long as you chauffeur. There's no way I would even think to ask to borrow anyone's prized classic.

I let my brother drive my '70 ONCE. In my wedding. He had to bring it around the corner to the front of the church so my wife & I could get in. He DREADED every moment of it, he was scared sh*tless! 
I took over the driving duties from there.

[PocketThunder]

He is a real good kid, and i let him drive the car around the block one time when i rode with him and he was just completely floored on how much different it was from his Honda.  He loved it in everyway, but no, i dont think he knows how rare it is, at least to me anyways.  I'll tell him no-go, for obvious reasons, and i was already planning to drive it Saturday afternoon/evening anyways.

[XS29LA47V21]

 :2thumbs:Can't blame a boy for trying   Funny story.  I would like to think that I will have allowed enough access and practice with my two that with the idea of them driving mine from time to time....... .  hopefully I come around, right now my five year old seems to have a knack of being rough and breaking things not breakable.

[Old Moparz]

He is a real good kid, and i let him drive the car around the block one time when i rode with him and he was just completely floored on how much different it was from his Honda.  He loved it in everyway, but no, i dont think he knows how rare it is, at least to me anyways.  I'll tell him no-go, for obvious reasons, and i was already planning to drive it Saturday afternoon/evening anyways.

What a selfish kill joy.

[71charger]

OK I got a compromise he either wants to be seen by all his friends in a badass car and or most likely wants to get laid. here's what you can do, you can drive it to the prom with them in it and pull over a block before the school, then you let them hop up front and you go in the back, let him drive it up the street so all there friends can see them in it, let him pull up and wait till they walk in and drive off. It all depends on how well you guys get along. Its a good compromise and you will always know what is happening with your car.

[Ponch ®]

OK I got a compromise he either wants to be seen by all his friends in a badass car and or most likely wants to get laid. here's what you can do, you can drive it to the prom with them in it and pull over a block before the school, then you let them hop up front and you go in the back, let him drive it up the street so all there friends can see them in it, let him pull up and wait till they walk in and drive off. It all depends on how well you guys get along. Its a good compromise and you will always know what is happening with your car.

wasnt that the plot of a Corey Haim movie?

[69_500]

Ah come on Paul. If it was the C500 you would have let him take it though right?

[Patronus]

Have him look you in the eyes, and you'll have your answer.

[71charger]

OK I got a compromise he either wants to be seen by all his friends in a badass car and or most likely wants to get laid. here's what you can do, you can drive it to the prom with them in it and pull over a block before the school, then you let them hop up front and you go in the back, let him drive it up the street so all there friends can see them in it, let him pull up and wait till they walk in and drive off. It all depends on how well you guys get along. Its a good compromise and you will always know what is happening with your car.

wasn't that the plot of a Corey Haim movie?

lol it was I just looked it up never seen the movie in my life but it was called "License to Drive"

[Back N Black]

I say, give him a bottle of jack, bag of weed and let him drive you charger to the prom. Oh don't forget to fill her up!
On a serious note, i had a good friend of mine ask me if his son could drive my charger to the prom. I explained that he is not covered on the insurance policy and it was too big of a risk to take. He got pissed and said its only a couple of miles, i asked if his son had 45 grand in the bank to cover the cost if something should happen??? but i did drive him and his date to the prom.

[bakerhillpins]

Kid: Hey, I'm going to Homecoming this Saturday, Do you think I could loan your car for that night?
Me: Only if you can make it do a burnout for 1 block.

Kid: Um whats a burnout?
Me: FAIL!  You can borrow my spouses mini-van now.

 Priceless.  Need to clean my monitor now.

After i graduated HS and went off to college guess what happened?  The engine was surprisingly done and ready to go back in the roadrunner.  Coincidence?

 so now I know when my Charger begins it's restoration.  

then again, he didnt even have the decency of asking you in person. F--- him.

That's kinda where I was going too.  If they don't have the goods to ask in person it's not that important to them.

[RallyeMike]

I say, give him a bottle of jack, bag of weed and let him drive you charger to the prom. Oh don't forget to fill her up!

I say make the kids day. Get the insurance lined up and let him drive it.

Tell him the bottle and bag are his if he brings it home safe, and then drink half of it yourself to calm your nerves.

[mauve66]

Here's a little story that i told here once before that dovetails nicely with the thread topic.

My dad has a 1973 Roadrunner that he bought in 75 and its pretty much mint.  In the 1980s had a burnt valve so it was parked in a garage for some 10 years.  When i was 17 i wanted to get it out, rebuild the engine and use the car for my HS Junior Prom.  I begged and begged my Dad for a year to get it out and get it running again.  Finally he agreed and we got the car out of storage and we pulled the 400 and sent it to the engine builder for rebuilding.  My dad is a mechanic and his friend is the engine builder.

Prom comes and goes and no engine yet back from the engine builder.  I was upset but i had another year of HS, I'll just use it for Homecoming in the fall.  That dance comes and goes and i thought, well, I'll get the car by Prom my Senior year.  That dance comes and goes and i just couldn't understand why the engine took so long to have a valve fixed in the head. 

After i graduated HS and went off to college guess what happened?  The engine was surprisingly done and ready to go back in the roadrunner.  Coincidence?

kids are so cute and gullible

[freddyd02]

I say, give him a bottle of jack, bag of weed and let him drive you charger to the prom. Oh don't forget to fill her up!

I say make the kids day. Get the insurance lined up and let him drive it.

Tell him the bottle and bag are his if he brings it home safe, and then drink half of it yourself to calm your nerves.

LOL!!

If you get along really well with the kid im sure he'd make sure to get it back to you in one piece but like someone else said, kids are stupid. He might try to show off, burnout and stuff it into a tree.  But none of this matters if your insurance doesn't cover drivers under 25. Simple answer right?

[BigBlackDodge]

Disable the car and tell him you are having wiring issues right now.


It's a mopar...........he'll believe you!


BBD

[stripedelete]

Keep the car in the garage dance night and pound a nail into your eye.  Same outcome.  

[bull]

You're not seriously considering this, are you? Aside from the driving, which is scary enough, the car's going to sit in some podunk parking lot for three hours unattended.

[General_01]

 ..............No, sorry.

Along the same lines, I am guessing I will have to say no in the near future to the same question. I have two daughter's in high school and I bet I get asked the same question in a couple years.

[PocketThunder]

You're not seriously considering this, are you? Aside from the driving, which is scary enough, the car's going to sit in some podunk parking lot for three hours unattended.

Ummm no.  As much as i remember being that kid trying to get my Dads roadrunner in my previous thread, the neighbor kid can "buy his own musclecar" just like i had to.

Although with the price of gas, i could require him to bring it back with a full tank, it just might be worth it then... 

[Big Sugar]

Sometimes you just gotta go with your heart,  I'd do it. You gotta have a little faith in the Kid. I would hope that he holds you and your Charger with a greaty deal of respect.


Ron

[jobbless]

I am afraid that it just wouldn't be an option. driving my charger is a privilege not many will enjoy..

[Mikesmoparperformance]

HELL NO !

But i see as Business here to rent Muscle cars to kids that go the a prom ! Buy a 69 Charger that is technically good. But the paint is not in a show room condition, so if they make any damage you don't have to worry about it

[ChargerD100]

I drove my dads mint 64 dodge polara every day in high school one day a car full of idiots in a fox body mustang chucked a full can of soda at it when I was driving down the road it hit chrome and put a dent in it. It took 3 people to keep me from throwing punches (at the security guards they were hiding behind to be protected im 6'2" 285lbs since 9th grade) I saw you decided not to let him borrow it  and i say good no matter how much you trust who you let drive it you can't trust the people. (Kids) around them.

[41husk]

..............No, sorry.

Along the same lines, I am guessing I will have to say no in the near future to the same question. I have two daughter's in high school and I bet I get asked the same question in a couple years.

I think it is a different issue if your talking about your own kids.  As long as my insurance covered it, i would have let either of my kids  use the car for an important occassion.  Luckily they never were into the cars.  infact my daughter now owns a completly original 74 Dart and is put off by all the people who want to stop and look at it

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

HELL NO !

But i see as Business here to rent Muscle cars to kids that go the a prom ! Buy a 69 Charger that is technically good. But the paint is not in a show room condition, so if they make any damage you don't have to worry about it

The insurance alone, would be cost prohibitive 

[Ponch ®]

Sometimes you just gotta go with your heart,  I'd do it. You gotta have a little faith in the Kid. I would hope that he holds you and your Charger with a greaty deal of respect.


Ron

look Paul....your neighbor joined the site. 

[41husk]

 

[GPULLER]

I'd say if the punk had the balls to come and ask you face to face he'd stand a slight chance (to gain respect).  Texting and asking NO F'N WAY!

Gong to Anoka Sat night?? 

[71charger]

its just a car..... I would not let him drive the car all the way there but as i said before compromise, You only get ONE prom night. If you do let him use the car show him how much it means to you and if it comes back with that mystery dent you can tell him you know where he sleeps and if he wants to see his family again lol jkin jkin. I think you should let him but show him if anything goes down you will have yourself a slave to do you bidding!

[PocketThunder]

I'd say if the punk had the balls to come and ask you face to face he'd stand a slight chance (to gain respect).  Texting and asking NO F'N WAY!

Gong to Anoka Sat night?? 

Technically yes, probably no.  I'm going to a friends house in Andover for Saturday afternoon bar-b-que so i'll be driving thru Anoka on my way home at about 8:00pm.  But the spouse and kids will be tired and crabby so i wont be stopping.  Unless you want to give me a ride home.  hey! thats a good idea!

[GPULLER]

Technically yes, probably no.  I'm going to a friends house in Andover for Saturday afternoon bar-b-que so i'll be driving thru Anoka on my way home at about 8:00pm.  But the spouse and kids will be tired and crabby so i wont be stopping.  Unless you want to give me a ride home.  hey! thats a good idea!

Sounds like a plan, as long as your wife babysits our kids!  Wife and I wanted to run up there but babysitter plans fell through.
The joys of living in BFE.

[lexxman]

I don't think so Tim.I wouldn't even let me son take the car,I know what I did at my prom.And .....no.

[flyinlow]

My youngest son, who had many hours working on the Charger wanted it for the Prom and Graduation and the last day of school.  It survived.

[440]

I'd buy a model car the same as yours and put it on his doorstep with a note attached that says;

Here it is, you can borrow it as long as you have it home safe by 11PM.

[RKCHARGER]

    Love the model car idea!!!!

[440]

Better yet text him and tell him he can borrow it.... When he comes over hand him the model  

The look on his face would be priceless...

[slamooo]

My friends son asked if he could take my 1969 Chrysler 300 convertible to prom ( only 1200 of these made) I called hagerty that is my insurance and they said I could let anyone I want drive my classic cars. But they did say they did not like the idea of it going to a prom. I let him take it and two years later he used it as his wedding car with the same girl.


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[Mopar440+6]

I was supposed to take my granddad's '41 Plymouth Convertible to my senior prom. Spent 3 years working on it but when we realized that the interior would never get done in time I was heartbroken. I seriously only cared about the car. The dance didn't matter, the after party didn't matter, even the girlfriend of 4 years didn't matter, just the car. My friends and my parents knew this so a family friend offered his '72 340 Challenger. That is until his insurance found out and sent a certified letter (I physically held it) saying that if anything happened with me driving, his policy would be cancelled and nothing covered. By that point it was a week before the prom. At this point my parents actually offered to rent me a Viper for the night and even as bad as I wanted to get it I said no. We ended up taking my '99 Chevy Lumina, I dropped her off early and was at home, asleep by 10. Two months later, I bought my Charger. We broke up at the end of the summer and I totaled the Lumina a couple years later. Now, none of that matters. I've got my Charger and my granddad actually gave me the '41 at my wedding last month. But to this day, it still wish I would have had one of the classics. Then again, I've been a car guy as long as I can remember...

My thoughts are, at least offer to throw a suit on for the evening and drive the kid. He may not end up marrying the girl or remember it for the rest of his life but I guarantee he will remember going to that dance in a Charger. Who knows, maybe that'll be the start for another car guy...

[Fred]

I am afraid that it just wouldn't be an option. driving my charger is a privilege not many will enjoy..

I second that!

[TexasStroker]

It seems like every time I try to trust someone, nothing good comes of it, lol.  You make the call as you are the only one that can vouch for the kid...

There are some that would think it was the greatest thing ever and wouldn't dare touch it...some that will think it is great and have their hands all over it and want "pics" from the driver's seat etc...and there might be a few that will be upset he came in a ba car and upstaged them and might take it out on the car.  You just never know anymore.  Ultimately it comes down to you and what you think of the kid, I do think he should have asked in person if he is next door, but if ya'll text back and forth often it might be understandable. 

[64dartgt]

Look on the bright side...the vinyl seats are probably in the most danger of damage on prom night 

[projectanimal]

Great story Pocket and I can picture being the kid wanting to drive the car, but for prom that would be a little rough!      we've all been there though.

last year we got married and my wife's grandfather let us use his 65' Impala for the whole weekend, actually 3 weeks as they dropped it off early so I could detail it for him!       Even though I am in my mid 30's he had to get authorization from his insurance and he only wanted me to drive!  it worked out well as we drove to the chapel and then from the chapel back to the reception with my best man and maid of honor in the back seat! 
Parked it out front and left it for the night! 
Our goal now is to have our charger in good shape for any kids or cousins in the future who would like the same experience, but not whem they are in high school!      

[Orange_Crush]

Ask the kid if his pecker reaches his asshole...if he says "yes," then tell him to go f**k himself.

[RKCHARGER]

 

[Drache]

Personally if the car is a rare car or has a lot of sentimental value then no. But the local car club here lends out cars for the grad students every year. The kids get to drive the cars in the parade right up to the arena where the grad is. I offered my car up but there were more cars than kids this year so no one took it out. All the kids who want to drive fill out applications and you are accepted or denied. Granted they are only driving in the parade and up to the arean.

My Dart is hardly rare and has no real sentimental value to me so I had no problem with offering it up.

I have even offered it to my cousin's oldest if he ever wants to borrow it as well and drive a mopar instead of his dad's mustang. He readily agreed 

[Cooter]

I say sure the kid can borrow any of my rides....As long as he puts down a $30K deposit, fully returnable when car is returned in as lent condition....

[69chargerrt440]

My father drove me and my girlfriend to our first homecomming on saterday.  We had a great time, she even liked the car.