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?

one car between two of us. So many of our neighbours have several on the driveway!

We share a car, can't afford to run two

We only had one car for years. It was in DH name but I drove it far more than him (work). We’ve recently had to get a second car as he now also has to drive to work. Second car is in my name. Second car is electric so far cheaper to run, whoever is going furthest that day takes the electric car. We consider them both family cars rather than belonging to either of us

We have a Landrover and a Fiat500 and use whatever is the most practical for what we are doing. No point me taking DD to rugby with field parking in the Fiat, whereas the landrover doesnt do to well in the city centre courtyard car parks for other DDs sport classes for example.

DH also has a motorbike and a work car with driver (but doesnt bring that home!)

We only have one car, no need for two as use public transport to commute (yay London). We used to occasionally borrow a zip car if we did need a second car for some reason. Very sad that they went bust.

I'm pretty amused by the people saying it takes too long to adjust the car settings. It takes me perhaps 2 minutes to pull my seat forward, shift it up a bit and adjust the wing mirrors. If you do it regularly you end up knowing instinctively what the adjustments are without really thinking.

We both drive my car, I never drive DHs

What a first world problem. We only ever had one car and share it. Daughter now has a car and the three of us share both.

The biggest "problem" we have sharing two cars is remembering where Reverse is.

We share the cars, but I married a man who has the seat in the same place as I do so either vehicle is ready to go.

We have 2 of the same car, different colours. We don't call either our car, we refer to them by their colour. We use whichever has the best charge for the journey usually.

Always had our own cars, because we like different things. 2nd hand. No finance. We can drive either, but as dh has had more prangs over the years, I don't like him driving mine.

We are pretty much like that. While technically we have mine and his, in practice we take whichever is best suited in the moment. My husband takes mine most of the time and leaves me with the bigger car as I’m more often driving the kids, for example. I have never actually talked about it with anyone to get a sense if people would find it strange or not!

We own a car each. I drive mine exclusively but DH drives both. Mine is auto and his is manual and I just prefer auto.

We use mine as the family car because it has the child seats in and is bigger/more practical plus has a tow bar for when we camp. I also do the bulk of drop off/pick ups for the DC’s. His car is a bit sportier and full of his work gear so no chance of getting the weeks shop in the back!

We’ve played with the idea of getting a van for him and upgrading the family car (for me) but he loves his car and I like mine. Plus they’re both fully paid off so no monthly finance payment which is a plus.

Ours are technically both shared but we do tend to drive the same ones. I have mine registered to my work parking, he has a very small drive to work. He will use the other one though if available. I very rarely drive the one he uses.

We are the my car your car! I drive the family style car for work as further speedier roads and it’s in my name and it’s the nicer car . Smaller and much cheaper car is dp he has a shorter commute to work. If I go into city, I will take his car, popping to shops etc. He rarely drives my car. We are named driver on each others car. Insurance is separate for each car.

During the week DH drives ‘his’ and I drive mine - because mine takes the dog, the shopping , stuff to the recycling centre etc; his needs to be clean for clients, so no dog.

But weekends we just take whichever is more suitable for our (individual needs) needs. He drives mine more than I drive his but we are not precious about either.

We have a car each and only share because despite the fact my DH does lots of hobbies that require more space in the car, he bought a ridiculous impractical one that doesn’t meet his needs and thus needs to use mine from time to time 🙄

I have no interest in driving a car other than my own.

We have two cars that we drive regularly as we live rurally at the moment and children need driving to nursery school. One is technically mine and one is technically his but to be honest, cars is not my domain, he picks them, he maintains them, I’ll happily drive either one, I couldn’t care less so I consider all of them (we have 5 in total) his cars, even the one I own.

His car and my car. We choose our own car, if they are viewed jointly do you have to agree on the type? Both insured for each other's, but it's unusual to drive the other one.

We have our own but I do drive his if we’re on holiday, going out together, or it’s hot and I what air con as mine doesn’t work! He’s on my insurance but has only driven mine once in an emergency as he jokes people may think he owns it! It’s 24 years old, the top coat is peeling and it’s damp inside!!

Weve got two cars but don’t share them. My husband has got a fairly big, automatic car me which I hate driving with a passion and Ive got a little hatchback that is full of my stuff and which he hates driving. I haven’t driven his car for at least ten years, and he has maybe used my car three times in the last five years.

We have this setup too, in fact the car my dh drives most is actually officially owned by me and vice versa. We just refer to cars by their colour rather than mine/yours etc. Which of the cars we drive depends on who is taking kids out and about etc, one car is slightly larger than the other.

If it’s the same as our cars, it’s a Lexus. We have two set up for both of us. He’s driver 1 on his and I’m driver 1 on mine.
We have our own cars, both leased through DH’s work, but we’re insured on each others (anyone over 30 can drive them), so if we’re nipping out to the shops or on an errand we just use the one in the front on the drive. DH has decided he likes mine more than his though…

BMW

We have one car, which belongs to me. My DH has never learned to drive.