Sharing a car with brother?

Question

When I was 16 Iwas given a car when I got my liscence and everything was good. Now that my brother has a liscence we have to share the car because we don't have enough money to buy a new car. I have no problems with him sharing the car with me as long as he takes care of it. But there's the problem. He doesn't. He carts around his friends to and from school, they trash it and he doesn't pick up after them and when I drive the car it's a mess. He also doesn't refil the gas tank after he drives it everywhere. He has a job and he goes to events He drives around and leves me with just enought gas to get about 2 mi. away.He has a job and he goes to events more than Ido so it's not right that I have to fill up the tank all the time. I 've talked with him but he still doesn't give me the respect that I think I deserve. He shoot back at me with the few things that I mess up on and grunts at me and says "whatever." Do any of you have any ideas to get him to clean the car and fill up the tank?

I do try to tell my parents but they talk to him and he still doesn't listen. My parents and i are just at our wits end trying to deal with his ignorance. Seeing that he has a job my parents won't take the car away from him because he needs transportation. And we made multiple keys so he has one and i have one and my parents have some too.

Answer 1

When he is going to be using the car, leave it with no gas in it! That way he will have to put gas in the car, or walk!

If he leaves a lot of trash in the car, put it in a bag and put the bag in his bedroom!

You might also want to put a rag soaked with sickly sweet smelling perfume under the seat, so that his friends will make his life a bit miserable! Guys will rag on other guys who have vehicles that smell like a French whorehouse.

Your parents should be the ones taking care of the problem. They should take his driving privileges away (or only allow him to drive to work and straight back) until he learns to put fuel in and take out his trash!

Answer 2

ok, is this REALLY your car, like the title is in your name? Or is it your parents' car, that they provide for you and your brother to drive? If it's YOUR car, sell it. Take a cab or a bus for 6 months to wherever you need to go. Or buy another car, and don't pass out keys.

If it's NOT your car, you have no right to complain. If it were me, and my parents' car, I would throw a buncha crap (that I don't care about) into the back seat, making it uncomfortable for friends. I ALSO wouldn't put more than a dollar or so of gas in at a time - just enough to get me where I want to go.

Then I'd get myself a job, and buy my OWN car, and not give my brother permission or keys to drive it.

Answer 3

What do you expect? He's a guy! Never fill the tank up again. Only put enough gas in it to get you where you want to go and then back home. Let it be empty when he gets in it.
Pick the trash up and deliver it to his bedroom, preferably on top of his pillow. Tell him if you're going to have to pick up the trash and put it somewhere , you can choose where to put it. He'll get the message pretty quick on both issues.

Answer 4

Woah, he is very selfish. I would just speak to whoever gave you the car and tell them what is going on. I can;t think of any other way of dealing with this. Maybe keep the keys to the car or something?

Sorry im not much help, good luck.

Answer 5

talk to your parents about it. and don't fill up the tank, just put in enough gas for you to use, and no more, and let him fill it up when he needs it.

if it's still and issue, then i hate to say it, but start riding with ur friends, and make ur brother deal with the car till u can afford your own.

he sounds pretty inconsiderate, and i know if my sis and i were sharign a car, i'd never do that kinda crap to her.