AIBU to not swap cars?

[LoopyLou1981]

We have two cars. One has satnav, one doesn’t.
DH is away this weekend so I’ll have the kids on my own. To break it up a bit (and stop us going stir crazy), I arranged to go to a couple of friend’s houses for play dates over the weekend. My sense of direction is appalling and I don’t go to these houses very often so I’m likely to get lost without a satnav. Asked if I could have the car with the satnav as he’ll be driving with someone who could map read/check google maps (I’ll have two toddlers - neither of which I have taught to map read yet!). He refused because it’s the more comfortable car and seen as ‘his’ car and he wants to drive it.
‘His’ car now has a flat tyre. He walked in this evening and stated that he would be taking the other car and his friend will map read and I will have to arrange a replacement tyre for the other one over the weekend.
My friends have kindly said we’ll meet in a park local to me and/or they’ll come to mine.
AIBU to tell him to jog on and take ‘my’ car keys to work with me tomorrow?!

Why should he get your car, just because his needs the tyre sorting. Yes, tell him to jog on....cheeky sod.

Yadnbu. He can jog on.

I absolutely wouldn’t swap cars. Why does he think he can ‘tell’ you he’s taking it? Does he see them all as his?

Damn right. He needs to sort his own bloody tyre. He wouldn't help you out and do you a favour so why should you do him one?

ihope you said "my car does not have a flat tyre and I will want to drive it on its four nice round tyres, so NO, you will not take my car"

what a cheek the man has.

He's a massive CF, tell him to do one!

Definitely tell him to jog on! Selfish twat.

Why does he get the nicer car?

Although I do love iPhone Map app, I use it go everywhere, including ehen driving abroad.

But why have your friends offered to change plans? Sounds like you will let him take the car?

I feel unnecessarily irritated by this. Yes take your keys to work. He wouldn't do you any favours when you asked to swop cars but now expects you to not only give him your car but also change your plans AND sort out that flat tire. What a liberty.

Don't forget to take the spare key too...just in case

Tell him to contact the AA to get the puncture fixed or perhaps even change his tyre himself so that he can bring the one with puncture to get it fixed. He does have a spare tyre for 'his' car, right???

Google maps are pretty good and will run on any smartphone.

Why can't he get his tyre changed? I despair of my brothers sometimes...

I think a one word answer will suffice. 'Unlucky'

Not a hope in hell would I change now, cheeky fucker indeed!

Well that makes me feel a lot better! Apparently he’s ‘so upset that he’s not even enjoying the football’! 😂
And to answer the most common question - it’s a new car that has one of those ‘emergency’ spares so he can’t drive a long distance (to the event) on it and they’re supposed to be leaving first thing so driving to kwikfit would delay (read - reduce drinking time)! 😕 x

First I thought "no way", then I thought, actually it's a bit of a pain but kwik fit or a local tyre place will change the tyres pretty quickly. So I'd either pop out really early on Saturday, get it done and enjoy the car with a sat nav all weekend.
Or.... ignore his car altogether, meet your friends locally and don't bother sorting his tyre out at all. That way he'll have to sort it when he gets home (at that point I would insist on getting your own car back!)

Kwik Fit are open til 8pm round here...

1. Use a smart phone as sat-nav
2. Get puncture repaired

I think you are both being drama lamas, they're both total non-issues.

Just discussed this around the dinner table with DH and DD. We all were like what a CF! His car, his flat tyre, especially as he originally wasn't gonna 'let you' drive it. He can't chop and change like that as it suits him.

I have to agree with Lefroy satnavs are practically redundant nowadays, just us Google maps it does exactly the same thing. Your dp is definitely being a dick about the flat tyre.

Waze is great app if you have a smart phone.

Tell him to bugger off and definitely take your car keys to work.

He wasn't willing to be flexible when you made a perfectly reasonable request so you are perfectly within your rights to extend the same courtesy to his request.

So what are you going to do OP? If you let him take your car, you might as well have dorrmat stamped on your forehead! He is already getting a weekend away while you mind the kids - don't allow him to be a total piss taker.

Yep. Fuck him and his flat tyre. It's his problem.

Google maps on your phone is a perfectly adequate substitute for satnav.

I might even be tempted to agree to his plan, ignore his car and see your friends locally. Let him come home to the still-flat tyre and when he starts on why you didn't get the tyre changed, just say 'I actually thought you were joking you cheeky cunt '