His car is on it's last legs, it's running for now but I'm not holding out much hope for it lasting another 6 months which is how long it will probably take us to be able to afford to replace it. If we replace it sooner than that it will need to be paid for by getting into even deeper debt and we are trying very hard to repay all our debts.
So I suggested getting the train if the worst comes to it rather than gaining more debt, he says he is willing to try it for 1 week if he has no car but he feels he works very hard, earns a decent salary and deserves the luxury of a car. His car is due to be taxed in APril and MOT'd in July, I can't see it making it until then tbh, I am praying it lasts but even if it needs £200 worth of work doing on it between now and then that's more than we can afford and that £200 plus petrol money would pay for him to get to and from work for 2 months.
I have said I can understand why he feels like that and him having a car does benefit all of us because he takes dd1 to school and I take dd2 to school so it would mean us all being ready earlier, possibly getting up earlier in order to get everyone where they need to be on time and I would need to arrange my work around it. But it's a lot cheaper, it's only 15mins on the train and a 10min walk the other end. I would drop him and collect from the station. It would only be a temporary solution and we would aim to get him a car as soon as we possibly could afford it.
SO AIBU?