My husband started working at my workplace a couple of years ago and since then we obviously travel together (in “his” car) to and from work. My car has sat on the drive pretty much unused ever since. Whenever I do need to use it, I always have to jump start it because the battery has died. It is a cheap small runaround car, 12 years old and doesn’t cost a great deal in insurance/tax etc.
We have a 15mo child and another baby due in September. My husbands car is the family size car with the car seat fitted etc. I never take our baby out in my car as it is too much faff to move the isofix base and car seat from his car to mine on my days off. He does not want to drive my car to work when I am home on days off so that I can use the car seat, but I manage perfectly fine walking everywhere I need to go on those days.
I have suggested for years that we sell my car as it doesn’t get any use. DH always responds that it is useful to have “just in case”, but as I can’t take the kids in it as we can’t afford to buy two more expensive car seats I don’t really see the need to have it at all! Meanwhile it sits on the drive and I pay insurance and tax for something I don’t use.
AIBU to suggest we sell it and make do with the one car like many other families do? Is it really that difficult to manage with one car until we do really need another one?