Do other couples share both cars rather than having one each?

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I saw a post on Instagram that was astonished about a set up where a married couple don't have their “own” cars but instead both just share two cars and take whichever one they want when they need it. Monsters, apparently.

I was astonished at the poster’s astonishment because this is our set up and it genuinely didn’t occur to me that it was weird or unusual. We have two cars between us, one big, one smaller, and we just take whichever is more suitable at the time (usually whoever has the kids takes the bigger car). We don’t have or think of them as belonging to either of us.

Opened up a discussion in the WhatsApp chat with my pals. They all think it’s weird too and I am a bit 🤯

I mean it’s not a big deal, it works for us, I’m not upset or worked up. I’m just curious as to whether any other couples prefer this set up?

Totally normal, one is larger and a family car, the other is the runaround. One is owned outright, the other is leased on a 0% deal. We take whichever is most suited to the journey at the time. Larger one is also electric so very economical. We both have both sets of keys and work relatively close together,
so sometimes we drive in in one and then swap to the other for the journey home, depending on who’s picking up DC en route. I can’t imagine being in a
household with two cars and never driving one of them!

Exactly that! Seems logical to me!

Dh no longer has a car (as it was not getting used much and if stuck he has a van) but ds(22) has a car, we are all insured for both cars, the EV is used first by any of us depending on who is going where, then ds’s car (we’ll fill up ds’s tank now and again if we have been using it).

The EV is generally known as “my car” as I get first choice of it if I am going into work.

We have a car each. Both are old, his is older. If we go away, we generally take mine because it is more attractive and comfortable.
I drove to Spain recently. I was lucky enough to be able to borrow my mums. It has fewer miles and is automatic.
Our spanish car is old too

We technically each have our own but each bought with our combined money.
We can both drive each others but I don't like his as mine is better!
Both big powerful 4 wheel drive as we live rurally and need them.
If we go out for the day/away we go in my car.

This is our set up too. We use whatever car is most suited to what we are doing.

We did that with the colours, but now both the cars are blue so we say “big blue” and “little blue” quite often, which is ridiculous 😆

We do this, we have a small-ish car and a big estate, and both have a child seat in the back. We take whichever car is most practical at the time. If DH is commuting to work he'll probably take the little car, if I'm running to the garden centre I'll take the big one. We just keep the keys in a safe in the house, so we grab the key for the car that makes the most sense.

We have our own each, but we drive each others now and again. But I love mine too much, cheaper to insure and fuel and the mpg is tremendously better 😂

I use mine for my self employment and he would be pissed if I kept emptying out his boot for my gear 😂

What I did find bonkers was a friend recently had to have her car in the garage for a few days and she wasn’t insured to drive her husband’s car so couldn’t use it?! That really seemed odd to me.

We have a big car and a small car and take the one we need rather than having his and her cars. That said, I want to replace the little car with a mini and that will likely become “my” car but dh would drive it.

We each have our own. Mine is diddy. His is a monster trailer-pulling work horse. We each drive each other’s when we want/need.

Our cars are used a lot, and I can’t imagine having to reset the seat, mirrors etc every time I switch.

Cars will do that for you when unlock them. You just have a set of keys each.

We just drive whichever car is most suitable, or easier to get out. I do tend to use “mine” most though.

Because we can. Only the two of us and we’ve got 4! One is the workhorse we use to tow with etc, one is my winter car, we both have high performance sports cars as our summer toys!

We share cars. It started when we had kids and had one large family car and a smaller car. They have now left home but we still don’t see either car as our own and take whichever we feel like. One is more fun to drive, the other is easier for parking in multi story car parks, so choose depending on what we are in mood for/doing. I don’t know many people who do this though. My friends all have their own cars.

We are both insured on both cars, but would take "ours" if available.

I only drive DHs if mine is in the garage.
He drives mine more often, and it drives me crazy. Seat moved, weird settings on everything. And he hates it if he jumps in and there is less than 1/4 if a tank of fuel.

We share cars here too - one big and one small

We have this too. I think it stems from if a couple starts off having just one car. Then invariably another is bought that fits everyone plus stuff in. My parents have always had their own cars though. Both insured on both cars, but they refer to one as hers one as his. From when my father had a company car, so that was obviously "his".

We each chose our own cars but will drive the other as needed

We have a car each. We occasionally drive each other's if there's a particular reason but generally stick to our own. I wouldn't say you're weird though OP - whatever works.

We're the same as you - we each have a car we're 'responsible' for (insurance/mots etc) just to share the load as it were, but drive whichever is most appropriate each time. Big car for kids, small car if no kids... mainly as we cba to move the car seats across 😆

We never shared cars. We both chose a car that we liked and suited us. My late husband did a lot of long distance driving for work and used to like high performance saloon types which I hated to drive and never would. I did a lot of rural all weather driving for my work and also was the one who took the dogs out mostly so my car had a huge dog cage in it and I always chose a 4 x 4. Husband would happily drive my car if we were all going out together. If he needed to, he would borrow my car but always ask. The other practical point is the in car stuff. For us using card intercahneably would have meant massive stuff changeover/removal which is a real nuisance. I don't think either way is normal or abnormal, its just what works for you, Husband never insisted on being the driver if we were in my car. I had the best of both worlds, I could drive when I wanted to and had a chauffeur for when I didn't.

We don’t share. I prefer my car anyway

What car is this? We need this feature!

We’ve actually lived both lives. In our our house our driveway was such that one car blocked in the other as it was long but only 1 car wide.

At the time both of our cars were a similar size, so we generally alternated as I always leave first and he always gets home last.

However, now we’ve moved, have a big car and a small car, and no more primary school.

School is on my commute, and is shorter than his drive. And his drive is a lot of country lanes.

So 99% of the time I take the big car as also have DC in it. And he take the little runaround as fits better on the lanes and we care less if it’s scratched by bushes etc.

If we’re out as a family we always use ‘my’ car but both drive. And I can’t now remember the last time I drove ‘his’ car. Although he will be buying a new little car soon to swap to an EV, so when it’s a new, fun, car I might use it sometimes. 😜