My kids want to take my car from me and I'm upset

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Wow, that sounds like one beautiful old motor....
Worth a few quid I should imagine.......
Just tell them , no way ...families 🤬
 

Greenie said:
First, go see a lawyer, second, just tell 'em to piss off your keeping your prized car, third, state your intentions to change your will, fourth, find a good buyer who will look after your treasured possession so they will never get hold of it.

Whatever money you get for the car, take a bloody good trip and ENJOY yourself.
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Exactly greenie........well said .....!,...😂😂 ...
 
I find Will threatening to be the most hostile, unloving, indeed hateful act any parent of adult children can do. If you want your kids to abhor you and trample your memory, that's the best way to do it. Did I mention unnecessary? That too.

I'm not saying you'd do that; just sharing what I know to be true. A relationship decades in the making doesn't just now turn sour.

Or maybe I've just been lucky.
 
Pepper said:
You should consult an attorney who specializes in elder law. How horrible for you that this is happening. If they succeed in obtaining a court order You Must Have an Attorney.
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Absolutely. Elder law attorney. They want to take the car away? Really? Do they also want to take away the Civic?
 
The "48" in your avatar? I'm guessing that's the year you were born, so you're not that old. you express yourself well so you are coherent.
What gives your children the right to demand you sell your own property!?
That classic Mustang is YOURS!
Shoot, I'd drive it up and down Main street with an American flag on the antenna, blasting rock and roll on the radio and wave at everybody!
and honk! hahaha!
Tell your kids to take a hike! They just want the money.
You don't have to fight with them. Just tell them calmly it's your decision to keep the vehicle. No more need be said.
 
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Liza1948 said:
I have a lawyer, but he is an estate lawyer and has power to make financial decisions on my part. The line I am getting from my son is more accurately phrased "You don't drive it much, you can't work on it more, we're going to get it in the will anyway, so why not sell it now while prices are high and we can use the money for your grandkids?" Only one of my kids actually graduated college and it wasn't my son (other daughter got pregnant at 19 and dropped out, got divorced before thirty and I've never seen the father since the ink on the papers was still wet). So, I'm thinking out of spite I'm going to write them all out of my will and have the proceeds placed in a trust to benefit the surviving grandchildren on a pro rata basis when they each turn 18. The problem with that of course is one of my son's kids is in jail on methamphetimines distribution and I can't see him kicking it, and one of my daughter's daughters (the one who actually finished college) is mentally challenged so my daughter will always have power of attorney regardless of who the end beneficiary is.

Oh, what a mess. Sorry for burdening you all on this.

To the poster that said the mustang is a fire trap: I replaced the fuel tank years ago to reduce the risk of combustion in the case of an accident and added a flame wall on the floor and behind the rear seats.
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Keep the Mustang, you will regret it
 
A 1964 Mustang is a nice older car, but it is a long way from becoming a "high dollar classic". There were 10's of thousands of them made, and a fully restored convertible might bring $75K, but a hardtop in good running/appearance condition can be had for $35K....hardly a huge sum of money.

If you want to keep the car, tell the kids to "fly a kite". However, if you don't drive the car, and it just sits in the garage, you would be better off selling it....an older car just sitting will eventually need some major mechanical repairs, which will lessen its value.

https://classiccars.com/listings/find/1964/ford/mustang
 
First off this is your car since you were a teenager that was given to you from your father so it is yours. You have not been told by Motor Vehicles or the Law that you are a danger to driving a vehicle so that should not be an issue. Even if you were not able to drive the vehicle it is still your and if you want to keep it just to sit in your garage than that is totally up to you not your kids. I would definitely get a lawyer on this issue if I was you.
 
Liza1948 said:
Hi, I am a new member on this forum and am looking for some advice.

When I was 16 my father bought me a present. It was and is a 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang hard top, cherry red. It has the original numbers matching 289 cu in V8 with double carboraters. It has been garaged kept, I have service records dating back from I took ownership from my father when I turned 18. So, it has been a fixture in my life since I was a teenager, which I would think is a bit strange for a quiet, retired librarian in Iowa.

My kids want to take it away from me. They say I am too old to be driving this car, and that given current safety standards it is a practical death trap. But I don't believe them. Both my daughters and my son, especially him, are struggling to put their own kids through college. They have sought a court order to stop me from driving and are pressuring me to sell the car, including provided quotes from private buyers for as much as $75k. They note that the insurance on a classic car like this and for a driver for a person my age is unreasonably high.

They are right in some respects. Correct, a 1960s Mustang doesn't have the same safety or convenience features as my Civic but the car is part of my personallity and I don't want to be taken advantage of. I'd rather see the car rot in my garage than sell it for my unemployed son to blow on his barely literate children (I think he actually plans to use the proceeds to help pay off his debts.)

Any advice you have would be helpful.
Liza1948
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first of all don't be upset---#2 your kids are aholes.--# 3 the lawyer is not a bad Idea ---sell it to him or her contract with him or her to store it in your garage maybe as a co-owner ..the atty will come up with something -this has been done many times before--more than one way to skin a cat....relax atty will be glad to screw your kids....so ins, price of the car, storage, fees, again insurance fire etc...then license etc have the atty take care of it .....and maybe a second atty or trusted family member --not your ahole kids to review everything just to keep the first atty honest....your kids make no difference-- it is called karma-- no matter, in the end..... AHOLES-relax...have a second to approve of the money amounts--I love it.....I hac one of those a 64and 1/4 had a power pak ..two carbs etc.
 
Liza1948 said:
They have sought a court order to stop me from driving and are pressuring me to sell the car, including provided quotes from private buyers for as much as $75k.
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First, I want to say keep your car. Second please give us more details on the court order to stop you from driving as this information could be valuable to many seniors. Did you get a copy of the court order they are seeking? What does it say? Do you have a court date? Do you have a valid drivers license? If so, I don't see how anyone can stop you from driving. Do you have an attorney for your court date? Elder Law attorneys aren't the panacea they seem to be. Most of them just want to do standard financial estate papers and not get involved in other court cases.
 
It is your car and insurance for the low miles driving probably won’t be too high. Taking it out in light traffic for an occasional drive should not present too much of a risk.

I had two mustangs of that era and yes, I am lucky to be alive, but that was when I was a reckless young man. Typically, these Mustangs were way overpowered. I would not feel unsafe driving such a car now, as a collector driven once in a while in ideal conditions.
 
Tabby Ann said:
First, I want to say keep your car. Second please give us more details on the court order to stop you from driving as this information could be valuable to many seniors. Did you get a copy of the court order they are seeking? What does it say? Do you have a court date? Do you have a valid drivers license? If so, I don't see how anyone can stop you from driving. Do you have an attorney for your court date? Elder Law attorneys aren't the panacea they seem to be. Most of them just want to do standard financial estate papers and not get involved in other court cases.
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