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In response to "so, spill already -- nm" by prayformojo

ok. so let's say you have a spare car, and you loan it to close friends and relatives when their cars are dead. let's say that you always ensure to

Posted by world's most beautiful creature (aka amanda) Jul 25 '12, 11:45

fill up the gas tank of said car before you loan it out.

is it unreasonable to expect that the car be returned with a full tank? or, more to the point, is it unreasonable for a person returning it to return it with the idiot light on?

note that there was no agreement in place regarding this because the hypothetical person with the hypothetical car assumed that the person returning it would fill the tank as a courtesy, as everyone else who has borrowed the car has ever done.

(there's more.)

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Any time I borrowed a car, I always returned it with a full tank, no matter how much gas it had when I picked it. -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 12:37
You said it - it's a courtesy. Not doing it is discourteous. - Dr.Vermin Jul 25, 12:00
siblings have a different few of this - I have found - Epiphany Jul 25, 11:53
not only return it with a full tank, but exterior washed and interior vacuumed as well. -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 11:49 7
- the reason nobody is ever, ever allowed to borrow newton is that mike borrowed him and loaned him to his son, - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 11:52 4
  - not just that, there was also unauthorized off-roading. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 11:53 3
    - and the sex -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 11:54 2
      - hey, that evidence was circumcistantial. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 11:55
      - that was the acura. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 11:55
- And no stopping at houses that offer "Strawberry Malt Storage"! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 11:50 1
  - To the point, I wouldn't ask to borrow someone's car. I'd rent one -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 11:51
I don't really recall borrowing a car any time in the past decade. Not for anything major. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 11:48 1
- I loaned my car to my sister in law once - didn't care about the gas, so I never checked. The parking ticket in the mail a few weeks later was amusing -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 11:49
Cars are not for loaning. - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 11:48
Anytime I borrow a car, I return it full. -- nm - Jim Jul 25, 11:47 1
- I do this plus wash it. -- nm - Max is a better car renter than you Jul 25, 11:48
not reasonable, but have you checked to see what interesting gifts they've left for you under the carpets? I mean, free condoms are free condoms. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 11:47 2
- (not reasonable to return it in that condition. the grammar here is twisty) -- nm - Max Jul 25, 11:47
- unless they're used -- nm - decline Jul 25, 11:47
said person should not be invited to borrow the car again -- nm - decline Jul 25, 11:46 9
- so that's the more: said person has asked to borrow said car again. hypothetical car owner has said no, and come up with a reasonable excuse. - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 11:50 8
  - The hypothetical borrower can go kick sand. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 25, 12:06
  - stand your ground. said person should not even be allowed to look at the newton -- nm - decline Jul 25, 11:52
  - Enterprise picks you up! -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 11:52
  - is said person already a known repeat offender with marks on his dossier? -- nm - Max Jul 25, 11:51 3
    - what if it's one's freaking *mother*??? -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 11:52 2
      - "is your eyesight getting bad? Do you need a new perscription? Cause maybe next time you'll notice the gas light" -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 11:54
      - Holy shit, mommy, you're supposed to leave the world in *better* shape for your children! Everyone knows this! -- nm - Max Jul 25, 11:54
  - the hypotheticals are getting hard to follow. But just tell them to go pound hypothetical sand -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 11:51
not unreasonable at all to expect that it would be returned full - prayformojo Jul 25, 11:46
that's shitty. take the key away and get some coin -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 11:46

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