Instead of responding like a petulant child taking their ball home, have you considered talking to your sister and creating a list of rules she has to abide by if she wants to use your car?
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Instead of responding like a petulant child taking their ball home, have you considered talking to your sister and creating a list of rules she has to abide by if she wants to use your car?
Piercedveil
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Takes car apart instead of taking her keys away.
SniperHunter
Banned
I use it a lot. My sis is a rude bitch, I dont want to argue with her. She just comes up with excuses
Bro this is what I did last weekend on sunday. She had to go meet her clients and I told her 4 times to refuel the car before taking the highway. The next day I checked and there was minimal fuel in the car, it could have stopped at any second! This is how she rolls
BadAss2961
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lolTakes car apart instead of taking her keys away.
Makes two of you.
Isn't it gonna a be a bit tricky to pretend that the car is breaking down if you're still gonna use it?
Rentahamster
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It's your own damn car. Take charge and start acting like it.
Dee Dah Dave
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On some of my older cars I used to tap into the fuel pump circuit and install a switch for it under the drivers seat.
Or just hide the keys...
Or just hide the keys...
You're going to have to talk to her about this eventually. If you do this to the car and she can't use it while seeing that you still can, she'll figure it out pretty quickly. The ensuing argument will most likely be even worse than if you just talked to her about it now.
SniperHunter
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I dont want to be super rude or argue with her since she just had a surgery a while back. If she thinks the car is breaking down, she will avoid it
I've seen some passive aggressive stuff before, but man this...this plan is foolproof.
Since that spiderman headphone thread we seem to have gotten a lot more comfortable with incest
SwiftDeath
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In cases like this it is usually worthwhile to try and imagine the worst case outcomes, in this case your sister discovers your ploy. If that were to happen I imagine the resulting confrontation would be magnitudes worse than simply having a heated exchange about your feelings of unfair treatment regarding how she uses your car. And trust me her discovering your strategy is more likely than you think
uh, if that was my sister, I would phone the insurers, take her off the insurance, and then let her know as such, and that if she did she'd be breaking the law, risking a jail sentence as you cannot drive without being insured for the car in question.
dunno how insurance works outside of the UK though
dunno how insurance works outside of the UK though
BadAss2961
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So what are you gonna tell her when she notices you're out with the car?
You'll remove the battery every time you're not using it? lol
Dude... please tell me that you don't have a sister.
Don't tell her that fuel and maintenance are expensive and you'd like her to contribute something. Instead make her believe the car doesn't work, while you still use it in the meantime.
Yeah, I don't see what could go wrong here.
Whitechocolatekrispies
Banned
Firstly. Try manning up.
Secondly. Pretend you lost your keys, ask for her set. Then control her use better by having them with you all the time.
If you can drive, you can face an argument. Explain to her how thee concept of gas and maintenance works. Take her to a used cars lot and tell her to buy her own damn car.
Pretending the car is broken down will not fix anything.
Orbis Tabula
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Whatever you do, definitely come back and tell us the results.
Maybe NoLove is OP's sister....
SniperHunter
Banned
My dad gave it away to us, it was really old and required a lot of maintenance work ($1200). She hasnt really put a dime in it and drives it around like she ownes it. I cant even goto the gymmm
Fuck
lem0n
Member
Sounds like she owns you too
I did have one but we had to give her away. She liked bananas too much, I'm afraid.
Doesn't she?
CarpeDeezNutz
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Always going to find an excuse not to confront her huh?
PaulExcellent
Member
I'm gonna go ahead and prescribe you a pair of balls. Take 2 every morning for a month, then I want you to come back to see how you're doing, OK?
Nah, but seriously. Just talk to her.
At this moment, it seems like you're trying to avoid confrontation. That's not bad. Still, it seems like she's taking advantage of your vehicle and it is something you both need to discuss. Tell her to stop giving excuses and to pay for the gas.
SniperHunter
Banned
I wont win that argument. Introvert vs complete bitch? Who will win? I keep telling her to refuel but she doesnt listen.
That's fair. She just sounds like a difficult person which kind of explains everything. Not everyone can be reasoned with. Carry on.
Sucks that she isn't pitching in on gas though. I mean that's common courtesy.
Few things:
1) You don't just remove a starter like pulling out a fuse. It's beneath your car. It requires tools. And, like, a hunk of time. Depending on your car, it's not too brutal, but still, stop trying to fake it's broken down when you don't know enough to find a solution yourself on how to make it look broken. Pulling the starter, for christ's sake...
2) If both of you own the car, then you, too, are being a petulant child for trying to get her to make believe the shit is broken. As opposed to the, ya know, grown up thing of telling her how you feel. If both of your names are on the title, that's tough. Try to work with her or get a new ride.
3) If her name is NOT on the title, take the damn keys. That's the solution. If she won't give them to you and drives off, call the cops and report your car as stolen.
Yes.
Really.
Pulling the starter... are you out of your fucking mind?
EDIT: It reads like you both own the title and talking to her isn't going to work.
I suggest cargurus.con to help you search for a new vehicle. I'm not trying to be a dick, but that's the option with the least amount of headache.
SniperHunter
Banned
Guess I will start taking the bus. Fuck this car
CarpeDeezNutz
Member
Yeah, give her a taste of her own medicine
terrisus
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This.
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