Terms of service

Agreement to these terms

These terms are a binding agreement between you and Driving Forever Limited, a company registered in New Zealand ("Driving Forever", "we", "us", "our"). They cover your use of the website at drivingforever.com, the Driving Forever mobile app, the public pages it creates at app.drivingforever.com, and any related services we operate under the Driving Forever brand.

By creating an account, subscribing to DF Pro, applying to be a partner, or otherwise using our services, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, don't use the services.

These terms are also available in other languages. If a translation differs from the English version, the English version applies.

Last updated: 25 September 2026.

Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use Driving Forever. If you are between 13 and the age of majority in your country, you may only use the services with permission from a parent or legal guardian who agrees to these terms on your behalf.

You must have the legal capacity to enter into a contract. You are responsible for making sure your use of the services is legal where you live.

Your account

You're responsible for everything that happens on your account. Keep your password private, use a strong and unique one, and tell us quickly if you think someone else has accessed your account.

One account per person. Do not share accounts, sell them, or transfer them.

You agree to provide accurate information when you sign up and to keep it up to date.

Your member number is given out in the order members join. It identifies your account and nothing more: it isn't property, it can't be sold or transferred, and it has no cash value.

Your content

You keep ownership of the content you create or upload (vehicle photos, descriptions, stories, journal entries, performance records, cards, listings, events and reviews). We don't claim any of it as ours.

By posting content through our services, you grant Driving Forever a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, display, and adapt that content to the extent needed to run the services. For example: to show a card you have published to anyone with its link, to build the public page for your vehicle, your profile or your event at app.drivingforever.com, to make the image the app creates when you share something, or to generate thumbnails.

What you publish is public. Anyone with the link can see it, and people we don't control can copy it. You choose what goes public, card by card and field by field, and if you switch on your contact phone or email, anyone who can see your profile can see them. Unpublishing or deleting something removes it from our services, but we can't recall copies other people have already made.

This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except where we need to keep it to meet a legal obligation or resolve a dispute.

You warrant that you have the rights to post what you post, including rights to any photos of vehicles or people. If someone else owns an image, get their permission before uploading it.

The Driver's Code

The Driver's Code sets out what members of Driving Forever expect of each other, on the road and in the app. It is part of how we apply these terms: serious or repeated breaches of it are breaches of these terms.

Acceptable use

When using our services, you agree not to:

  • Post content that is illegal, defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive, hateful, or discriminatory.
  • Harass, stalk, intimidate, or impersonate other members.
  • Use Spotted codes, check-ins, maps or any other feature to track or follow a person, or to find out where someone keeps their vehicle.
  • Put a Spotted code on, or show one for, a vehicle you don't own or don't have the owner's permission to show.
  • Promote, organise, film or record street racing, stunts on public roads, or any other unlawful or dangerous driving, including through events, performance records, stories or photos.
  • Misrepresent your identity, affiliation, or credentials, including posing as staff, as an official account, or as a partner you don't represent.
  • Spam, scam, advertise unsolicited services, or run multi-level or pyramid schemes.
  • Post misleading information in vehicle listings, particularly about condition, ownership, or pricing.
  • Attempt to access anyone else's account or data.
  • Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of our systems without prior written permission.
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, or try to extract the source code of our apps, except to the extent that law specifically permits.
  • Scrape, bulk-download, or automate access to the services without our written permission.
  • Use the services to build a competing product or to train machine-learning models.
  • Bypass rate limits, paywalls, or moderation systems.

Moderation, suspension, and termination

We may review, moderate, remove, or hide content that breaches these terms or that our moderation systems flag as high risk. We can suspend or close any account that breaks these terms, especially repeat or serious breaches.

We'll try to give you notice where we reasonably can, but we may act without notice where content is harmful, unlawful, or poses a risk to other members.

You can close your own account at any time from the app's Settings screen, or by emailing us. Closing your account removes your data from our live systems within 30 days (see the Privacy Policy for details).

Events and meets

Members, clubs and partners can host events and meets through the app, and anyone can check in to them. Unless an event says we are the organiser, Driving Forever does not organise, run, supervise or insure it.

If you host an event, you are responsible for it: the venue, any permission or permit it needs, the safety of the people who come, and following the law. Describe it accurately, and don't use it to promote unlawful or unsafe driving.

If you go to an event, you do so at your own risk, and you are responsible for how you drive to it, at it and home from it. Checking in adds you, and any vehicle you bring, to the event's public page.

We may remove any event that breaches these terms or the Driver's Code, or that looks unsafe.

Performance records

The app lets you log dyno runs, timed runs and lap times. Only log figures from a lawful setting, such as a dyno, a drag strip, or a track day. Never record or share a speed run on a public road. We don't check the figures you log, and they are yours to publish or keep private.

DF Pro subscriptions

DF Pro is a paid subscription that unlocks features described on our website and in the app. Current pricing is shown at the time of purchase. We may change pricing for future billing periods; if we do, we'll tell you before the change takes effect and give you a chance to cancel. We may also change what Pro includes over time.

Subscriptions purchased through the Apple App Store or Google Play are billed by Apple or Google under their own terms. To cancel or manage a subscription, use the subscription controls in your App Store or Google Play account. Deleting the app alone does not cancel your subscription.

If we offer a free trial, it becomes a paid subscription when the trial ends unless you cancel before then, using the same controls.

Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel before the next renewal date. You keep access to Pro features until the end of the period you've paid for.

Payments and refunds

DF Pro is the only thing we sell at the moment, and it is sold through the Apple App Store and Google Play. Apple and Google take the payment and handle refund requests under their own policies, so a refund request goes to them.

If we start selling anything on drivingforever.com, the terms for those sales will be shown before you buy.

New Zealand consumers have rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 and the Fair Trading Act 1986. If you live somewhere else, you may have rights under the consumer law of your own country. Nothing in these terms limits any of those rights where they apply to you.

Partners

Places, clubs and brands can apply to become Driving Forever partners. We may accept or decline any application, and we may end a partnership if the partner breaks these terms or the Driver's Code.

  • Membership: partner membership is free. Places approved as partners by the end of 2026 are founding partners and stay free, whatever the partner program becomes later.
  • The partner pack: the pack is a download. Any printing is up to you and at your own cost.
  • The gift: places and brands put forward one gift a year, which we give to someone in the community. Clubs that run paid events or memberships offer a comped entry or a year's membership; community clubs with free meets aren't asked for anything. The partner is responsible for providing the gift as described.
  • Your name and logo: you grant us a licence to show your name, logo, place details and events in the app and on our website while you are a partner.
  • Verification: a verified seal is ours to give and ours to remove.
  • Partner codes: keep your code for the people it is meant for. You are responsible for what is done under your partner account.

Member-to-member listings and cards

The Driving Forever app lets members publish trading cards and for-sale listings for their vehicles and interact with other members. When you use these features, you understand that:

  • Driving Forever is not party to any transaction between members. We do not verify the accuracy of listings, the condition of vehicles, or the identity of either party.
  • You are solely responsible for any transaction, including inspecting the vehicle, arranging payment, and complying with any registration, inspection, or tax obligations.
  • You should treat listings with the same scepticism as any private sale. Meet in public places for inspections, verify ownership, and never send money based on a listing alone.
  • If you're the seller, you're responsible for providing accurate information, complying with consumer-protection law where it applies to you, and handling any warranty obligations.

We may remove listings that appear fraudulent, misleading, or unsafe, but we have no obligation to monitor or police listings, and our removing or failing to remove a listing is not a warranty about the listing, the vehicle, or the seller.

Vehicle information is not professional advice

The Driving Forever app helps you keep track of your vehicles. It's a logbook, not a mechanic, not a lawyer, and not an insurance agent. Reminders (inspections, registration, road-user charges, insurance, service intervals), cost tracking, and any figures shown in the app are for your information only. You remain responsible for meeting the legal and safety obligations for every vehicle you own, and for checking important details with a qualified professional when it matters.

Our intellectual property

The Driving Forever name, the DF Garage name (the app's former name), the "Different Roads. Same Drive." tagline, our logos, the trading card design, our site copy, our software, and the look and feel of our services are owned by Driving Forever Limited and protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not use them without our written permission, except as allowed by law.

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the services for their intended purpose, subject to these terms.

Copyright complaints

If you believe content on our services infringes your copyright, email drive@drivingforever.com with: a description of the work, the URL or location of the alleged infringement, your contact details, and a statement that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them. We will review and act as appropriate.

No warranties, to the extent allowed by law

The services are provided "as is" and "as available". Except for any guarantees or rights you have under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or other law that can't be excluded, we do not warrant that the services will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, compatible with any particular device, or suitable for any specific purpose.

Keep your own copies of important records. We take care with your data, but digital services fail from time to time, and we can't guarantee recovery in every case.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Driving Forever Limited, its directors, employees, and suppliers are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive loss or damage, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the services.

We are not liable for loss, damage or injury arising from events we don't organise, from transactions between members, or from what other members, hosts or partners do, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Our total liability to you for any claim connected with the services is capped at the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, or NZ$100, whichever is greater.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 where it applies to you as a consumer.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify Driving Forever Limited against loss, damage, and reasonable legal costs we suffer because of your breach of these terms, your misuse of the services, an event you host, or content you post that infringes another person's rights. We'll let you know promptly if a claim arises and you can take part in its defence.

Third-party services and links

The services may link to, or integrate with, third-party services (for example, the Apple App Store, Google Play, Firebase, Shopify, and payment providers). We are not responsible for third-party services, and your use of them is governed by their terms.

Changes to the services and to these terms

We may change, add to, or remove features of the services at any time. We may also update these terms. If we make material changes, we'll tell you by email or an in-app notice and update the "Last updated" date. Continuing to use the services after an update means you accept the new terms. If you don't accept them, stop using the services and, if you want, close your account.

Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand. The courts of New Zealand have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of the services, except that we may bring proceedings to protect our intellectual property in any jurisdiction, and except where the law of the country you live in gives you the right to bring a consumer claim there.

Before going to court, please email us so we can try to resolve the problem directly. For smaller consumer disputes, the New Zealand Disputes Tribunal may be the most practical forum.

Miscellaneous

  • Assignment: you may not assign these terms without our consent. We may assign them as part of a sale, merger, or corporate restructure.
  • Severability: if any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
  • No waiver: our failure to enforce any provision isn't a waiver of our right to enforce it later.
  • Entire agreement: these terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us on this subject.
  • Notices: we may send notices to the email address on your account; you may send notices to drive@drivingforever.com.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email drive@drivingforever.com.