There are 2 parts to this tale.
- We have 2 cars. I drive the larger family car which is 3 years old. I chose it. It’s not an expensive make of car. We have a second much smaller car which is 6 years old, has no problems and is driven by DH no more than 20 miles a week. DH currently WFM and previously commuted to London weekly so second car sat in a railway station car park during the week and at weekends usually does one trip with kids to an activity. In order not to drip feed, second car was bought 5 years ago primarily Because my job changed and the second car we had at the time really was a tiny run around which DH didn’t feel it was safe enough for a 60 mile round trip on motorways and main car was needed for the nanny, which we no longer have. DH and I chose it together. DH wants to trade the second car in for a much bigger car & engine size in a more expensive make of car. Whilst we can afford this I think it’s a complete waste of money. If DH has a job that had a long commute I wouldn’t think this was unreasonable, but at no point in the foreseeable future is DH going to be driving more than 20 miles a week.
- DH really cant drive. In the 10 years I’ve known him he has driven into a stationary object every year. If we’d claimed for all of these on insurance he would be uninsurable. Fortunately the only one we’ve had to use insurance on was when it was a Q7 parked outside our house that he reversed into, and it was just too much to not use insurance. But we’ve spent £500-1000 every year fixing his prangs. He simply has no spacial awareness......and I have no idea how he manages when he is driving on roads as I refuse to be his passenger.
Anyway, he has found the car he wants and had ours valued as part exchange. Just as I’m Leaving the house today I noticed a big score along the bumper of the second car. I asked him what it was, he said ‘l’ll tell you later’. I am livid. He has bloody well driven into a wall or something that he hasn’t seen. We literally got the bumper replaced a month ago from his last prang.
He thinks I’m mean for saying that he shouldn’t get a new car. I think we might as well put 1000 £20 notes on a bonfire....and then do the same with 100 every year because this new car is going to cost way more to fix than the current one.
And any advice how I contain my anger when I get home, because I just can’t keep it in every time he hits the car on a non moving object.