Money Moral Dilemma: Should I sell her my car?

mr-tom_2

Take the £1500 and use £850 of it to buy her a massive number of lessons with BSM.

And make very sure the paperwork is sorted.

notfromhere

Some of you people need your heads read. Bigoted much? If the OP had never mentioned the lady's profession, more than half the responses here wouldn't exist.

"Ask her for free lapdances", "get some erotic photos taken".... misogynist much? Oh wait, she does it for a living, surely she'd love to give you that for free.

"Take the £1500 and turn her in"... unscrupulous much? Would you have given the same advice had it been a neighbourly doctor, barrister, teacher?

Given the distinctly UN-middleclassness of this site, it's interesting how many of you self-professed moneysavers are quick to "punish" someone who you think ranks below you on the social scale.

Disgusting.

hg74

Imagine this.... You sell the car to your neighbour, then the neighbour crashes into you - who will you claim off?

hazyjo

I certainly don't give a flying whatever what she does for a living. Yes, I'd have exactly the same opinion if she was a doctor, reverend or prime minister! I still wouldn't sell the car - and that's purely down to my morals about knowing someone's about to break the law with something I'd be selling to them. Nothing to do with morals about what she does for a living.

Jx

JoannaS_3

housesitter wrote: »

She could have killed or injured someone as an INSURED driver.
What do you think the difference is?

Compensation?:rotfl:

That's not a valid argument, obviously if you kill someone ist's awful uninsured or not but at least there would be compensation, don;t advocate uninsured drivers!!!

JoannaS_3

whosforachat wrote: »

If she doesn't buy yours, she will buy another one. Besides, it is not for you to enforce the law.

What happened to Morals and conscience?! If you really need the money you can find someone else to buy it, she isn't the only person who would be interested! Being able to sleep at night is worth more than £650!!!

Fitzmichael

Sell her the car - and for £1500. You have to tell the DVLA, and they'll chase her up when they find out she's not insured.

budthecat

Johan wrote: »

Sell the car, if you don't someone else will. You can then give the police an anonimous tip off that she is driving without licence and insurance! Make sure you get the change of ownership details sent of to DVLA asap. Sell the car for £1500 and then hand her back £850 for insurance and offer that you will get qoutes for insurance for her, and get her a form for licence renewal.

Where has she got the large amounts of cash from and why would she want to pay way over the odds when it has been made clear that the car is only worth £650. Suggestion to sell the car for £1500 and then handing back £850 sounds like a moneylaundering scam to me that could see you end up in jail

TBagpuss

This is posed as a moral dilemma. Morally, I don't see how you can sell her a car knowing that she intend to use it illegally by diriving without insurance or a valid licence.

She may say it's not your busines, but she made it your buiiness when she told you that was her intention, and fixed you with actual knowledge.

You don't have an obligation to check whether someone has a licence/insurance before selling them a car but if you know for sure that they don't (and don't intend to get one) you are morally culpable if you go ahead and sell anyway.

I personally would probably say to her that I wasn't comfortable selling to her knowing she planned to drive illegally (who knows, it may give her pause for thought) but if you don't feel comfortable doing that then just tell her either that you've changed your mind about selling it, or sell it to a dealer and if she mentions it jut say "Oh I'm sorry, I hadn't realised you were still interested"

You're obviously not comfortable selling it to her in these circumstances, or you wouldn't have hesitated or asked the question. Trust your gut feeling. Your conscience is then clear, whatever she then choses to do.

emjayel

I am amazed at the number of people thinking it is in order to sell this person the car. Are they really that immoral, couldn't care less morons that don't realise that the actions of people driving around uninsured and unlicensed reflect on all other drivers - and more. As has been said these actions result in higher premiums to honest insurers and dangerous drivers on the road. What would be your reaction if this same person ran into/injured/maimed/paralysed you or seriously damaged your property.
These are probably the same idiots that are always complaining about the police trying to enforce the law by checking drivers right to drive.
GET WITH IT AND GET HONEST FOR A CHANGE.
Emjayel :mad: