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Alumaholic · 08-05-2006, 09:45 PM

...but no, you cannot borrow my Airstream.

InsideOut · 08-05-2006, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by beckybillrae

By then I should be completely finished polishing, etc.

Or maybe you could try..."I'll let you borrow it, if you polish it!" But that only works on 40+ years of oxidation...

Shari

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Becky B. · 08-06-2006, 06:03 AM

Actually, the guy who picked it up said "when I get back, I'll finish polishing your trailer for you one day" I laughed in his face & said "you have no idea how long this has taken me. I've worked about 100 hours on it so far." I wouldn't let anyone else near it with a polisher who doesn't know what they're doing anyhow! That just shows how much people who don't have Airstreams know about the time invested in them.

ZoominC6 · 08-06-2006, 06:58 AM

Surely you jest?

davidz71 · 08-06-2006, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by beckybillrae

Actually, the guy who picked it up said "when I get back, I'll finish polishing your trailer for you one day" I laughed in his face & said "you have no idea how long this has taken me. I've worked about 100 hours on it so far." I wouldn't let anyone else near it with a polisher who doesn't know what they're doing anyhow! That just shows how much people who don't have Airstreams know about the time invested in them.

Wouldn't it be nice if this was a guy who polished airplanes at the local airport for a living?

72 tradewind · 08-06-2006, 09:08 AM

Under no conditions. Nope.

bill benton · 08-06-2006, 09:34 AM

Sure, Just make me the beneficiary of this new 1,000,000 life insurance policy

agg79 · 08-06-2006, 10:59 AM

Not while I am still breathing. The only person I would trust emphatically with my rig is my dad who has been towing Airstreams all over this planet since 1978 and my brother from whom I bought my trailer.

pinkflamingoes · 08-06-2006, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by maxandgeorgia

However, those children are the first to be here to help when we need assistance with a repair. They already have an "investment" in her in their time and expertise and they've heard me sing her praises enough to know her value. I know an accident can happen, but if it does, they'll be first at the head of the line to help rectify the situation. So, to their request, I'll always say Yes. To anyone else, NO WAY! ~G

I have a feeling your kids would be the ones to gladly jump in the shower, and ask what else they should do before using my hot tub.

nickcrowhurst · 08-07-2006, 10:38 AM

Becky, I recommend you practice saying the following:

"Well, Sis, our love and friendship means too much to me to risk the bad feeling that could come about if the trailer was damaged. I've put hundreds of hours of loving work into it, and it means so much to me. I do hope you can understand."

Nick.

overlander63 · 08-07-2006, 10:43 AM

Hell no.
I try not to lend anything big, and a piece of equipment worth thousands of dollars is what I consider big.

Boondocker · 08-07-2006, 11:01 AM

I would let my brothers and my mom and her husband use it. I wouldnt sleep much while they were gone but I would do it. Life is short and at the end of the day, the airstream is just a thing.

tin sista · 08-07-2006, 11:06 AM

"I just don't feel comfortable lending out my Airstream to anyone because I've put so much work and money into it. "

then a smile and a big hug.

Its hard for me to say no to family members, I feel your pain. Best wishes!

Anon · 08-07-2006, 11:17 AM

My brother, who has owned several trailers in the recent past, borrowed my Minuet this past Memorial Day week. He pulled it 1,400 miles round-trip.
My brother and I also co-owned and restored our 1963 Bambi too. We both go way back when it comes to owning and towing travel trailers.
I guess it would depend upon how comfortable you are with your family member towing your trailer.
Also, keep in mind that their kids, if they have any, will be using the inside of your trailer. Do they ever do anything that makes you tell them to stop it when they are at your home? If they do, guaranteed they will do it when you are not there to tell them to stop it.

kitchenclose · 08-07-2006, 04:19 PM

This is the best - non technical blog I've read in awhile. I love it... Becky - I'm worried that once I'm done renovating my Caravel my brother will want to take it on a fishing trip. After reading your withdrawal symptoms - My answer to my brother will be "Heck No!".

And

You are not the only one - Overly sensitive about lending out their Airstream. Guard it with your life. Sign a contact in blood if something happens to in when in loan.

Cheers
K

sd90mac · 08-07-2006, 04:31 PM

NO, My family owns sob's and do not understand the mental and physical attachment to Goliath. Besides, I've ridden with them and seen them drive.

Marie

Sugarfoot · 08-07-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by klevan

In her Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Judith Martin, Atheneum Press, New york, 1982; . . . .Just reply sweetly, "No, it's impossible, simply impossible." Then, resist the urge make anything up to fill the silence that follows.

I would have to take Miss Manners advice, smile sweetly, and with all the Scarlet O'Hara-esque syrupy southern drawl I could muster say, "I'm so very sorry ya'll, but I just don't lend out my Airstream!"

clancy_boy · 08-07-2006, 06:35 PM

NO
NO
NO

A-Merry-Can · 08-07-2006, 06:39 PM

over my dead rivets!

seriously, though... no rivetting way! i'm more than happy to put a guest up on the front goucho, though... as long as they bring the beer!

jp

razorback · 08-14-2006, 06:38 PM

Some things in life you just don't loan out; toothbrush, wife, favorite firearm, and the Airstream. I would recommend subtly working into the conversations with potential borrowers long before the question is asked that under no circumstances would you ever consider loaning the AS to anyone. Unless they are a complete idiot (which there always seems to be one in every family) they would remember your adamant statements about not loaning it and not even ask.

I could not fathom an AS borrower being as cautious in towing, backing, hooking up and unhooking, following the checklist when packing up, or as careful of spills, drips, wet towels, closing doors with TLC, etc, as we are. That careful mindset comes from paying many hard earned bucks for something that you have pride in and want to keep it as perfect as possible for as long as possible. And how can you be a true Airstream cult member if you are not fanatical about your AS?????