[Ghost Rider]

Originally Posted by LadiesMan217

Hmm...while I completely feel for you man... I have a few questions prior to giving my thoughts.

1. You said that you trusted this friend with your car...does that mean that you gave your friend permission to drive it while you were overseas? (Not his sister...just him).

2. If so, doesn't that mean, by him giving permission to his sister, that you somehow did give her permission because you put the decision making into the hands of this friend?

I don't know how this works...but I think this could be brought up in court and give the insurance company some legs to stand on as far as not paying up.

This friend is obviously a close one...for you to leave your $35,000 possession's fate in his hands. Like stated above though...mistakes are made but people need to suffer consequences based on those mistakes...if not, it wasn't really a mistake, it just happened. The car being "stolen" is what I'm hung up on. She was told that she could drive the car...she didn't go behind anybody's back and take it.

Many mistakes happened...
1. You let this friend take care of your car.
2. He let his sister (without permission from you) drive the car.
3. She "played" with it and didn't have the proper training to "play" with it.

In a perfect world...she can come up with the money to repay you. At 18, you know she can't.

Have her familiy come up with the funds ASAP (no payment plan, no "we'll work it off", or anything like that. One time payment. If they can't do that, you gotta do what you gotta do, report it as stolen and let her deal with the consequences.

Even if you had given your friend permission, which you didn't, that would not equate to giving the sister permission. Your friend didn't even give her permission. She just took it. It was a stolen car. No question. No excuses.