[Stealth3si]

If your family member offered for free to give you one of their cars that you wanted to own, would you take it for free or give back money for it?

[thesteve]

If they offered it for free, why not take it and be thankful?

[JesusFrEaK0077]

Thank them and take the car for free. They wanted to give it to you in the first place why not just be thankful about it.

[OiBoyz]

Are you afraid that there will be some strings attached?

[Rach]

In 2006 my parents surprised us by giving us their 2005 Toyota Camary, knowing full well that we would love to have it (though not in the least bit expecting it...I would joke with them that they could drive it up to visit us, then fly home and that's just what they ended up doing).

We very graciously and thankfully accepted it. What more could we have done?

[Ax]

In my neck of the woods if you refuse a gift it's like spitting in the giver's face.

[OiBoyz]

Yeah. Unless there's some good reason, like you can't afford the insurance, I don't see why you wouldn't

The car I'm driving now, I was making payments on it. When my grandmother died, my mom got some money and she offered to pay it off. I was easily making the payments, but I thanked her and accepted her gift. It would have hurt her feelings if I hadn't.

[Simo]

Like everyone has said if it is given as a gift accept it as one.

If you are unsure if there are strings attached it is best to be upfront and ask. It might be a little embarrasing but it could save you a lot of mess down the line.

[bowstaff981]

My grandpa used to always give me money and I would say something about how he didn't need to do that and stuff. Then one day he told me to shut up and say thank you. So that's what I do from now on.

[penguinofwar]

Hey if you don't want the car I'll gladly take it....

Just kiddin. But I would just accept it and be thankful. Theres nothing wrong with accepting the car just as it is.

[MtlMom]

If I offered to give a car to a family member who needed a car and they offered to pay me for it, I would be very unhappy. If I wanted to sell the car, I would just sell it outright and get a good price for it.

Accept the gift, and write a brief, heartfelt thank you note telling them how much your appreciate them and how it will make your life easier to have the car. That will be worth more than you could pay them.

In a couple of months, maybe at Christmas, make a point of telling them one more time that you appreciate them, and the car very much.

[Than]

Idk...if you can actually afford it, it might be polite to offer them money but not be persistent about it if they refuse. The givers really wouldn't offer something like that up if they didn't want to actually give you a car.