# selling your modified car to an inexperienced driver **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 11, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137 "2011-04-11T20:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/1 "2011-04-11T20:53:35Z")
would you have any hesitation about selling your modified car to an inexperienced, young driver? if something happened to him and/or his friends while he was driving the car would you feel any guilt? would you just not sell the car to someone like that? pole, discuss. ---------- Post added at 11:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:49 PM ---------- ugh. huge fail. not public :ham: ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr_t/32/7454_2.png) [@Mr\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr_T)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/2 "2011-04-11T20:55:01Z")
it depends on the car. But usually i dont care as long as they have the cash. It might piss me off later seeing what they do to it/ what happens to it but in the moment it usually doesnt matter ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/3 "2011-04-11T20:56:07Z")
I just sold my car to a “younger guy” (25) and gave him and his friend all of the warning anyone would ever need to not die on their maiden voyage. After that, stupidity will take its course regardless of the vehicle. After he almost shit himself with me driving, he got the message. My truck went to an older guy (almost 30) and he calls daily with questions about it. If you’re worried about a hacked POS falling apart on a kid, I understand that. But a solid, modded, stupid fast car that anyone could drive… I slept fine at night, but I made him call me when he got home. lol. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/4 "2011-04-11T21:00:48Z")
I sold my modded cbr 600rr to a highschool senior who never rode a bike before… I let him take it for a drive around the block and he didnt know how to use the clutch or shift or anything (i had cash in hand) When we loaded it in his trailer, he told me he couldn’t wait to take his girlfriend on it… I felt kinda bad. I felt like I sold death ---
**Author:** ![klug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/klug/32/5222_2.png) [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/5 "2011-04-11T21:09:27Z")
I wouldn’t think twice about a teenager’s ability to drive a modded car but I would feel bad about selling something I put so much time and effort into. ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/6 "2011-04-11T22:40:09Z")
if you’re referring to your ls swapped civic; if he kills himself or someone else with THAT, he likely would do it with just about any other car. ---
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/7 "2011-04-11T22:52:49Z")
I would feel bad for the car ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/8 "2011-04-12T03:31:16Z")
It’s kind of like being an arms dealer. You just have to accept the fact that if they don’t buy from you they’re just going to buy from someone else. It’s not like you’re selling the only modded car on the planet. If it’s some deathtrap econo car where all the money went into the motor and nothing into brakes or suspension that’s a different story. In that case I’d feel bad selling it to anyone though. ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/9 "2011-04-12T03:36:44Z")
I’d have no hesitations about it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/10 "2011-04-12T03:42:21Z")
I don’t give a shit. Dumb people deserve to die, regardless of age. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/11 "2011-04-12T04:15:13Z")
I sold my formula with out a front bumper support and it didn’t take Big Ed long to hit someone :lol: causing which would have been a cracked bumper into a lot of damage. ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/12 "2011-04-12T04:18:47Z")
With Moto23 on this. Let nature take it’s course. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/13 "2011-04-12T05:37:19Z")
> [@Jam"](#): > > would you have any hesitation about selling your modified car to an inexperienced, young driver? > > if something happened to him and/or his friends while he was driving the car would you feel any guilt? > > would you just not sell the car to someone like that? > > pole, discuss. > > ---------- Post added at 11:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:49 PM ---------- > > ugh. huge fail. not public :ham: It’s funny you started this thread… Everything you ever owned has been a slow under powered POS… Did you have fears something you sold would have the floor rust away and the new owner fall out? ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/14 "2011-04-12T05:43:31Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > I sold my modded cbr 600rr to a highschool senior who never rode a bike before… I let him take it for a drive around the block and he didnt know how to use the clutch or shift or anything (i had cash in hand) > > When we loaded it in his trailer, he told me he couldn’t wait to take his girlfriend on it… > > **I felt kinda bad. I felt like I sold death** HAHAHAAH. Cash is my only concern when selling something. I’m not a parent or babysitter. People will make their own mistakes and the consequences aren’t on my conscience. " Did you have fears something you sold would have the floor rust away and the new owner fall out?" Oh snap. LZ goin for the jugular there. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Choda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/choda/32/7347_2.png) [@Choda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Choda)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/15 "2011-04-12T05:50:19Z")
not to some dumb kid. if he knows something about cars and has some kind of ‘driving’ skill its gone. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/16 "2011-04-12T05:52:25Z")
Pretty god damn harsh to say “some people deserve to die”. Kind of makes you sound like a scumbag. A good warning is plenty, though. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/17 "2011-04-12T06:01:25Z")
I’ve done it… if you explain to them what the car is and they _still_ don’t know what they’re buying, how can you be at fault for their ignorance? I’m with Jack though, told dude to give me a shout when he got back to Indiana with it. More so I knew the car was safe, though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/18 "2011-04-12T07:34:06Z")
no bad feelings since if you don’t sell he’ll just buy from somebody else. ---
**Author:** ![NYstanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@NYstanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYstanger)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/19 "2011-04-12T07:41:41Z")
I had an asian kid want me to come by UB to see my old stock civic. He wanted to test drive it around so I said fine. He literally could not drive a 5-speed at all, almost crashed into 2 parked cars, on top of numerous other potential disastrous moments. I doubt he even had a license to be honest with you. lol But had he pulled out some money, bye bye civic. ---------- Post added at 10:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:39 AM ---------- > [@Motocrossx23](#): > > I don’t give a shit. Dumb people deserve to die, regardless of age. Is that what your lesson plan is to teach on the first day of class? ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137/20 "2011-04-12T07:48:27Z")
I felt bad selling the Turbo SHO. but only because of the work and money tied up in it. I told him it didn’t have a front sway bar and if you chucked it into a corner it had sever oversteer. fortunately he listened and we had a hell of a fun test drive. I knew he had track experience so I trusted him not to biff it. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-your-modified-car-to-an-inexperienced-driver/211137.md?page=2)