'No one tricked you. You screwed up': Guy takes girlfriend's Porsche out for a spin without her permission and won't pay for the damage

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    Automotive parking light - "AITA for not wanting to pay for my girlfriend's car maintenance after I used it with permission once while pet sitting for her" Taycan turbo S
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    Font - AITA for not wanting to pay for my girlfriend's car maintenance after I used it with permission once while pet sitting for her My girlfriend (28F) was traveling and asked me (30M) to stay at her place and look after her dogs. She told me I could use her car for anything I needed during my stay. She has two cars and did not specify which one. A Porsche 911 GT3 and a Toyota Camry.
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    Font - I used the Camry most of the times but took the Porsche for a short road trip to a hiking trail and I hired a dog sitter that day. We did have fun with it in an empty field but nothing too extreme or going over what the car is rated for. When she got back she noticed the Porsche was more dirty (I did not leave it extremely dirty or anything just a normal amount of dirty) and asked me if I used that car, I said I did but only once. She got upset and said that I should have known when I sai
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    Font - She got the car checked as she claimed it felt different, and came back with an incredibly expensive maintenance quote and told me I should pay for the suspension and undercarriage damage parts of the bill. I feel like she is being an AH I only used it for one day and I said I did not know maintenance was part of the deal and that I felt tricked. I offered to pay for the whole service of the Camry the next time it needs it. She got the other car knowing the maintenance is high for her hob
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    Font - EDIT: I did not know you could not use the car in fields (well I know but I thought one that was relatively flat would be ok if he drove slow) and my friend really wanted to try the car and pressured me to let him try it in the field even though I was reluctant but he assured me it would not cause any damage. I will pay the bill in that case maybe even the whole bill. I could afford it and I doubt my friend would pay for it. In the first place I wanted to fetch my Subaru Outback from my p
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    Font - hazelowl 21 hr. ago > We did have fun with it in an empty field but nothing too extreme or going over what the car is rated for. Yes, YTA. Seriously? A field and a track are pretty different, and then you're surprised there might be a suspension and undercarriage problem? 18.7k Reply Share
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    Font - PurpleMarsAlien. 21 hr. ago He took the sports car with low ground clearance INTO A FIELD and had some fun with it. ↑ 10.0k Reply Share
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    Font - Upset_Form_5258. 20 hr. ago I died inside when he said they took it to an empty field to have some fun. I would be surprised if there wasn't undercarriage and suspension damaged 5.7k Reply Share
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    Font - Steelguitarlane 21 hr. ago. edited 17 hr. ago We did have fun with it in an empty field but nothing too extreme or going over what the car is rated for. I'm unaware of any 911s rated for off-road use. You went turfing in a 911, and probably trashed the suspension. YTA, and your damage. pay for
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    Font - EDIT to add: OK, so I am now aware that there ARE off-road variants of the 911, but 1: the GT3 ain't one 2: they're crazy expensive and his girlfriend doesn't own one of them 6.5k Reply Share
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    Font - strikingfirefly 21 hr. ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [41] YTA The fact that you took the Camry every time except once is a big indicator that you knew she meant the Camry when she said you could use her car. You also knew that even she only used it for special occasions. She also said you could use her car for things you needed... not for "fun" which is what you admit to using the Porsche for.
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    Font - I don't know whether you damaged the car or not--wouldn't surprise me if you did. But at the end of the day if you hadn't taken her car out to "have fun in an empty field" then there would be no question. No one tricked you. You screwed up. 5.2k Reply Share
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    Rectangle - TynnyJibbs 21 hr. ago YTA sounds like weaponized incompetence on your part. you knew what she meant. 4.1k Reply Share
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    Font - throw45386away. 17 hr. ago By the time I reached the end of the first paragraph, I knew this one would be a YTA 518 Reply Share
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    Font - Internal_Designer399. 21 hr. ago IDK, dude- sounds like you did know she meant the Camry and chose to play dumb to justify a joy ride. And you didn't it take it to a track, you took it to a field- it's a sports car, not an ATV. Pay up, and don't do it again. YTA. 2.5k Reply Share
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    Font - blockparted 21 hr. ago edited 21 hr. ago . YTA: Saying that you'd only pay for maintenance on the obviously cheaper car is a cop-out and you know it. And now you're blameshifting onto her by saying that you felt tricked.
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    Font - AND ALSO: I used the Camry most of the times but took the Porsche for a short road trip to a hiking trail and I hired a dog sitter that day. YOU TOOK HER CAR OUT FOR A ROAD TRIP AND THEN HIRED SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THE JOB SHE HIRED YOU TO DO AND NOW YOU FEEL TRICKED? You are a mega- hole. Wow. Edit: I misread something. 1.9k Reply Share
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    Font - Fatigue-Error 21 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [28] YTA! You took someone's Porsche into a field?!?! Enough to get it dirty! You drifted it, didn't you? And who is the "we" that went into the car? If it were routine maintenance like oil change, I don't it's not on you. I suspect it's more about alignment, tires, clutch or breaks, isn't it? Those are all issues that can develop from driving the car hard, which you did. You didn't NEED to hoon her car around in a field. You're an AH. The r
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    Font - PurpleMarsAlien 21 hr. ago. edited 20 hr. ago YTA You took the Porsche to a hiking trail and HAD SOME FUN with it in an empty field? You took an expensive, touchy car which is apparently tuned for track usage to a trailhead (which often requires either driving on gravel roads or parking in poorly maintained areas) and then took it it into a FIELD??? Oh, and you almost certainly damaged the suspension and undercarriage here. Pay for the damage you did. This is not maintenance, you did thin

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