Originally Posted by FSETH

I had to replace two of our rear parking sensors when my wife backed over a barrell. Ironic, isn't it?

My wife is a sort of the same way as the OP's. She is fairly oblivious to anything car related. As long as it looks nice and doesn't make any strange noises that distract her from her cell phone calls, she is happy. Our footwells and door compartments are stuffed with water bottles, energy bar wrappers, business cards, tissues, etc. I really need to clean it out as soon as it warms up a bit. At the end of the day though, I feel good knowing she is driving a safe car, so I have trained myself to overlook tiny scratches and belmishes in the process.

When I replace my daily driver in the near future, it will most likley be with a car I am very passionate about like an e46 M3 or something, but for now, she is welcome to skip the X5 and drive my e36 17 year old, 320,000+ mile beater, um...I mean high performance luxury, sedan whenever she wants.

As far as other people are concerned, I use my own personal discretion. If it is someone who generally takes care of their possessions and I trust them, then sure they can borrow/drive my cars. If they are known to abuse thier automobiles, etc., then no sir.