My sister (a new driver) took my car without asking me, how should I let her know this isn't to happen again?

She took my car without asking me. She was given her own car, a Honda Civic. She is a new driver, she's had her license for less than half a year, and has been driving on her own for about 2 months.

Two weeks ago, when I was napping, she took my G35 coupe, which has almost 3 times the horsepower than the late model Civic, and picked up her friends and went to the mall.

I just found out now when one of her friends told me. The G is a difficult car for new drivers to handle, I don't want her hurting herself, it's a completely different car than the Civic, on top of that I usually leave "safeties" like traction and stability control off....had the car started to drift, she wouldn't know how to control the drift.

How should I make it clear that this isn't to happen again? I have let her drive my car before, but with me in it, and with the safeties on.

fire_inur_eyes

Tell her she is not insured in your car--nor her friends---she is not to ever do it again or you will report it stolen when you find the car gone. The cops will striaghten her out real quick. It is illegal to drive a car without the owners permission, she will be brought in---she will regret it. if she doesn't like it--tough !! Watch your keys.

I'd tell mom and dad, but if you are older... I would be up front and tell her the reasons why you do not want her to use your car, and second and foremost that is completely disrespectful to take something that doesn't belong to you, and use it. Also, if she was in an accident not only could she be hurt so could you with out having her on your insurance. I would be pretty upset. My sister is getting her permit this winter, so that will be fun!

t.s

tell her that your insurance doesn't cover new drivers, also let her know of the consequences if she had a accident that she will be paying it the rest of her life, nothing like a bit of scare tactics

Tristan

hide the keys, its your car so you should have control over who drives it

!~"Fish On"~!

Keep better track of your keys and the answer is still, NO !!

janiegirl

Take your keys (all sets) and hide them where she won't think of looking and keep the doors of your car locked at all times. She should get the hint. Also, like everyone else has written, tell her that your insurance doesn't cover any other drivers. This same scenario happened to me with my brother, but he didn't seem to care about the insurance talk so I hid the keys at all times and also kept the doors locked. He finally got the message.

javadic

1. "You do NOT have persmission to drive my car when I am not with you. You WILL respect me on this limit I am setting for your safety because I care about you."
2. "If you take my car without my permission, it is called grand theft auto, and I will press charges rather see you die in a bad accident because you are driving a car you do not have skills to drive."
3. Hide the keys - every copy of the key, or keep them on you in your pockets when you nap.

John Paul

Hide the keys install a hidden interlock switch to shut off some key item like fuel system or pump. Besides she looked better in your g-35 than her lowly Civic. Traction control VDC turns back on each time you cycle the key. Turn into the slide! And the G-35 is not difficult to handle many girls drive them. You need something like a Corvette ZO-6 or Viper to get into the difficult to handle range. Or my car with traction control turned off in the wet.

dodge man

id set her down and talk to her,you are right on this one,that's way too much car for her to handle,and you have to look at it like this,if it happened once it will probably happen again,that's a hard thing to do is tell someone they cant and aren't allowed to use something,but this may be for her own good,id also keep my keys well out of sight ,that will help stop this from happening also,you really don't have a choice here she has to be told,just try and be nice i guess,and see if that works ,hopefully it will,good luck on this.

Tell her that if she does not have your permission to borrow the car you will report it stolen. That way you will not be responsible for her actions otherwise you could be charged with any charges she incurs including vehicular manslaughter or other worse. Love her but don't destroy your life for her. Good luck & best wishes, Sassy.

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