Woman stunned at neighbour asking to borrow car less than year after moving into street
dailyrecord.co.ukA woman was left stunned after her neighbour asked to borrow her car. The woman says she was left speechless when a neighbour in her street popped by to ask if she could borrow the motor, despite only having moved less than a year before.
Speaking on Mumsnet the woman says her neighbour appeared at her door out of the blue and started asking questions about her car insurance, reports the Daily Mirror.She wrote: "We have new neighbours (less than a year), not particularly close (friendly when I first moved in but a series of events has led to some distance).
Was asked out of the blue if I had comprehensive insurance, and if so could they borrow my car as needed to sort something out at their buy-to-let (defrosting a boiler condenser pipe, so not an emergency!)"Been made to feel a bit mean, though I lied and said I didn't have the insurance.
Do you think I was being unreasonable? Was it perfectly reasonable to ask an acquaintance if you can borrow their car, and it's mean of them not to say yes?
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