Ethical question

[unclebilly]

Why not loan him the car?

A friend of mines brother had ALS and was a HUGE fan of my air cooled 911s. I loaned my friend the 930 hotrod for an evening… they had the time of their lives, found the fuel cut and were worried they broke it.

I have no regrets in loaning it to them, made no difference to me but was huge for them. I called Hagerty before hand and they said, what a great idea, Of course you are covered.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by BK911

I have a pretty nice '74 bug.
Almost everything is new or rebuilt.
Dude at work has been trying to buy it for the past several years but we could never come to terms, mainly because I do not want to sell it.
Last year he was diagnosed with cancer.
I told him I would sell the bug for what I had into it, and eat all my labor.
He could not afford that either, so discussions ended.
Now he has been in chemo and just looks horrible.
I agreed to sell him the car at a pretty big loss, because he want to drive it to/from work.
When I went over to talk to him in person, I was devastated at how bad he looks.
And quite frankly I have doubts he could work the clutch and manual steering.
Come to find out, he doesnt want the car for him, he wants to give it to his 16yo grandkid.
When I agreed to take the HUGE loss on the car, it was so he could drive the car and reminisce his high school days.
Not so he could get a good deal on a nice car for his grandkid!
I want the car for my kids!

For the money he is offering, I can find him another bug and I will fix it up and go through it.

Sound reasonable?
Or do I just eat it and move on?

That is not an ethical question at all.
Your car is yours to enjoy.

As terrible his plight and condition might be.
You owe him nothing but compassion, you don't owe him the shirt off your back, or your personal beloved car.

You went in this completely over enthousiastic.



Keep it simple, "sorry man, but going to keep it. I can't rationalize selling it at a loss. IF you want I can help you look for another one within your budget."

No more
No less.

EDIT, just read, that's what you did
good for you.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by BK911

Dude was in the hospital for a while with an infection.
When he came back to work i found myself avoiding him.
Finally had the courage to confront him.
Told him I cannot sell mine.
But I will find him one and go through it with him and his grand kids.
He looked sad but agreed.
After a couple days of looking, I was able to convince him to get a new bug.
Cheaper, newer, better heat, ac, auto and power steering.
Plus his wifey can drive it.
So search is full speed ahead.
And we are still friends!
Really happy and relieved.

And happy Easter to all!!!

That's really great news. It's nice when a tough situation turns out well.