I've had my driving licence revoked due to illness
'My' car is a four year old Ford. Google tells me it's worth between £6k-£7k.
DH's car is a twenty year old VW. It's not worth anything. We recently paid £500 to get it through an MOT. He loves it and thinks it's going to last another ten years. I hate it, I've only driven it twice and it's shocking, no power steering for a start.
Anyway, we were discussing what to do. I don't know when I'll get my licence back, it could be three months or it could be years, I have to be stable for three months and get it signed off by my consultant, and if I relapse I'll lose it again anyway.
Dh has suggested selling my car and keeping his. I think that's nuts. He's also suggested SORNing his and keeping it on our single car drive. Which also doesn't appeal to me. I suggested keeping it on his parents drive (they don't drive and in fact gave us the car when FIL stopped driving) but he says that's a pisstake and won't ask them.
I don't know why he won't consider getting rid of his car.
Mine is economical to run and I sure and lovely to drive. His is a money pit but because we got it for nothing he thinks it's a bargain.
If we sell mine and then his dies we're back to square one.
I don't know what to do for the best. Ideally I'd like to keep both cars because I want to drive again. Having said that, I need a car less now as ds2 starts school within walking distance. So we could scrap his and share mine.
Oh I don't know. AIBU to ask you to make the decision for me?
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LewisAndClark · 19/08/2016 10:16
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