[Rathji]

I am actually on the somewhat reverse end of this problem right now.

A few months ago my car died, and I was looking at buying a cheap one to get me through the last year of school. My father in law insisted that he loan me a minivan for the year, if I just deal with registration and a minor problem with the wiring for the ignition. So we get it registered and bring it into town for my mechanic to look at it, and turns out the entire starter is toast and needs to be replaced. I am in for about $450 at this point, but it still much cheaper than a car so I can't complain.

Fast forward to 1 month ago - he is going out of town for some business and asks us if we can deal with being without the van for a week or so until he gets back. Of course, I gladly agree, and my wife spends pretty much an entire day driving to get him the van.

As of today, he still hasn't brought us the van back, because he loaned it to another one of his kids. I am kinda stuck because can't go buy another vehicle because I shelled out the money to get his van on the road.