My mini belongs entirely to me, in fact i started building it before i even knew this friend of mine, and im not a mechanic by trade and have never claimed to be, my degree isnt anything to do with mechanics, its software engineering based.
I help him with his cars, and he helps me with mine, cant see the problem in that, hence its a case of what "we're" doing, but ultimately with my cars its my decisions and with his cars it his decisions.