Some background information – my mom has a small business that competes with tour bus and private hires as transportation for airport users.
I’ve been letting her use my car for her business as long as she paid for peetrol and she’s put over 30,000km on the car. 5,000km in the last month. The brakes need to be replaced now and the oil changed. She thinks I’m being selfish for asking her to pay for half of the brakes (I didn’t even mention the oil) and is bringing up all the other things she’s done for me for free and let me do for free.
Use her car when I was younger, the free electricity I use at her house etc. etc. I wouldn’t have asked her to pay if she was only borrowing it for personal use but since she’s using it so frequently I thought 1/4 to 1/2 of the cost of the brakes was fair.
Am I wrong here?
Here are what netizens think:
- But if she is using your car for business, there may be an issue with insurance. You should disclose it to your car insurance company or they may not cover you if she gets into an accident. I wouldn’t let her put so many miles on the car anyway, that really decreases any value that your car might have.
- she doesn’t have a business, she is just undercutting cabs or whatever, and using your car so she doesn’t have any outgoings for this ‘business’ – you just pay for it.
- Take your car back. Don’t let her use it. If she has a problem with that, tell her she can use it, but make a rental agreement so you get paid for the wear and tear on your vehicle. Tell her it would be a business expense for her.
- She’s creating the cost to earn an income but not willing to pay said cost. Not cool.