Auto dispute with friend

[Barrelrnr]

Gainesville, Florida
My husband moved out in January, 2001 leaving me with 2 autos with loans. A friend offered to purchase one of the vehicles and take over the payments (no money was offered as a down payment) . A few months later, I found that I could not afford to keep the second vehicle and let it go back to the creditor. Meanwhile, my friend still had the first vehicle but was unable to get financing in her name, so the truck and the loan were still on my credit preventing me from buying any thing else. After several attempts to get the vehicle out of my name, I decided to take the vehicle back. After doing so, she has decided that I should reimburse her for the 6 months of payments that she made (50%). I disagreed and arqued that she had full use of the vehicle and put just over 15,000 miles on the truck. Do I owe her any monies back.?

 

[JETX]

Based solely on your post, no. You owe her no money at all. She paid for the use of your truck (as in an undocumented rental). The money paid compensates you for mileage (wear and tear, tires, oil, insurance (?), etc.). And besides, 15,000 miles in 6 months is a LOT of mileage. She should pay you extra!!!

Let her try to prove her claim to the judge. She can't.

One thing you need to consider though... does she still have keys to the truck???

 

[Barrelrnr]

No, as far as I know she returned all the keys. but since there was never anything in writing and everything related to the truck is in my name-it would be illegal for her to try to take it -right?

 

[JETX]

Your correct... but not considering the total picture.

Yes, if she (or someone she knows) were to steal the truck, that would be theft. But, how would you be able to prove that she did it and that it wasn't just another random auto theft???
Better to consider the issues while you have the truck, then the "what if's" if it is gone.

Your choice. Mine was just for your consideration.