DH and I own two cars. Both are registered in my name. Car 1 is huge, it used to be the car I primarily drove as it was big enough for all DC. I was a SAHM for many years, when I returned to work, we sold an old banger, he then started driving car 1 and with my first wages I paid the deposit on a loan for car 2. I was so pleased with myself - it was the first money of my own I’d had for ages and car 2 was the only thing that I have that I consider my own. We refer to car 1 as his, car 2 as mine.
Car 1 is an automatic, car 2 is a manual. DH has clearly got used to the auto and is frankly shit at driving my car. He grinds the gears, doesn’t drive in an appropriate gear (eg will drive at 65/70 in 5th rather than 6th, tries to pull off in 2nd etc). We used my car to go Christmas shopping and he drove into a bollard in the parking bay. Luckily it was an old plastic thing and no damage was done but I was still annoyed that he’d totally ignored the parking sensors.
He drove car 2 yesterday and again didn’t use the clutch properly so the gear change was grinding. Because car 2 was at the front of the driveway last night, he used it to pick DD up. He hit a pothole and punctured the tyre. We had plans this morning that involved me being in one place and him another which have now had to be cancelled because he’s getting the tyre fixed and I will need to take car 1 to pick DD up from work.
I’m cross and annoyed that he’s driven my car through a pothole, which is also the same pothole he punctured the tyre on car 1 on last week. He doesn’t understand why I’m cross and is now annoyed at me for being annoyed!!
I want to say he’s not to drive my car again before he does some proper damage to it! AIBU, precious and petty though?