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Here''s something I am curious about: If you have two cars in your household, do you describe your vehicles as *his/her* car and *my* car? Do you drive one vehicle exclusively or do you drive both about the same amount of time?

DH and I have two vehicles (an SUV and a car), but we tend to drive them interchangeably and we don''t typically refer to them as *my* car and *your* car. However I have friends and family, including my parents, who also have two cars, but one car is described as *hers* and the other is describe as *his*. This is just a random question that has been bouncing around my head and I thought I''d ask my fellow PSers.

(Not sure if I got the grammar correct in the title of this thread, so please accept my apologies if I have worded the title wrong.)
 
my husband has his car which i drive periodically.
i have my car which he never drives....it is a manual and he only drives automatic.
we have a F-150 pickup which is "ours" and we drive periodically but more or less equally for the heavy lifting chores.......

no help i''m sure but the way it is i our household.


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We are really blessed...We definitely have His and Her cars. His car is a company vehicle, and everything is in his name, and paid for by this comapny (including maintenance etc). I''m on the insurance policy, but since it''s primarily a company car, I rarely drive it.

My car is mostly just mine too, even though we own it outright, because my company also pays for my gas and toll charges, so for him to drive it frivolously would be abusing my company car allowance.

When we are out together on the weekends, we take turns driving each car, so that we''re not abusing our companys'' gas money!
 
We have his and hers cars, but they belonged to us before we got married, so maybe if we had bought one or both jointly it would be different?

Now that I think about it, we refer to them usually as the car and the truck, rather than yours and mine.
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Yes, we have his and her cars. DH bought his car with his own money before we were married, and I've had mine since college, so we didn't buy them together with joint funds. We don't really drive the other's car either, unless it's a road trip in which case we'll take DH's car (it's more comfortable) but we'll switch off driving. But in general, just around town, we each drive our own car just because we're used to them and don't have to move the seats around all the time. Especially with standard transmissions, I think you get very used to one car and it's not really fun to switch around all the time. His car also has tinted windows and I don't like to drive it at night because it's hard to see out the side windows to know where to turn on dark roads.

Any time I drive DH's car and move the seat up, he asks why I always have to move the seat. I tell him that he's 4" taller than me and I can't quite get the clutch in the whole way with the seat in his normal position
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Duh! And this is why we just drive our own cars
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When running errands locally, DH usually drives his car. If we go longer distances, especially towards NYC I always drive in my car because I'm much more familiar with the roads.
 
We each owned our cars before moving in together. We don''t usually call them ''yours'' and ''mine.'' Each car has a name, and we call them by those.
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If I were talking with a 3rd person I would refer to the cars as ''my car'' or ''FI''s car,'' though.
 
We have his and hers. He has to ask if he wants to use mine.
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I mostly just get annoyed because mine has an electric seat adjustment and he seems to do strange things to get it where he wants it, like in 5 different directions. Both are SUV's but mine is ultra low mileage and clean.
 
We only need one car right now, but last year we had two. They were mine, and his. Mostly because I hate having to adjust the seat after he drives it. I hope to move in a few years and get another car then. They will again, be his and hers :D
 
So I guess DH and I are the odd ones! I had the SUV before we got married and then we got the car after the fact. So perhaps if we''d both had cars prior to getting together we''d be like the rest of you. Next time we purchase I think there will definitely be a "his" and "her" arrangement.

jaysonsmom: you two have a great situation! I would love to have gas and maintenance taken care of by someone else!

elrohwen: your situation is the reason I would love to have his and hers. We are always having to fix the seats and adjust the steering wheel height when we drive one vehicle or the other. We actually have a feature in the car where we can set the seat position for up to three people, but we''ve been too lazy to do it.
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We''ve always referred to the vehicles as mine or his. They belong to both of us, but I''m listed first on mine and he''s listed first on his and his trapping truck. The only one I don''t drive is the trapping truck b/c I can''t drive a stick. Normally we each drive our own, but there are times mines in the garage and his is out so I''ll just take his. I hate his truck tho, so I try not to do it.
 
his and her cars....i drive a truck so my wife wouldn''t be comfortable driving it. she drives a little 4 dr sports car.i''m not crazy about driving a small car.
 
We have his & hers vehicles. FI drives a camaro and I am not particularly fond of a big v8 while my car is a nissan sentra se-r spec v so it is small and light. We bought both cars before we were together so I think we''re just used to saying "your car" to each other. We also have an Equinox sport that we purchased together last year and we don''t refer to it as anyone''s car...it''s just "the SUV". Interesting though, I hadn''t really thought about this before.
 
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He drives an STI. It's harsh, fast, and a manual. I drive it probably once a month. My primary car has heated seats and all of the options, so we often commute together in my car, and he drives, but it's still "my" car, even though we've bought both together.
 
We used to have his and hers cars that we both had before getting married and moving in together. We recently downsized to one car by selling my POS and now just have "the car." When we get a second, we will go back to "his" and "hers" since I like my car completely spotless and clutter free. DH, on the other hand, not so much. He treats his car like his 2nd apartment and there is enough sports equipment and clothes in there to start a shop.
 
We also have his and hers cars. Both of our cars were gifts from our respective parents. I graduated college early so my parents bought me a used car as a graduation gift kind of as a trade off for not paying for another year of tuition. SO and his 2 brother were each bought used cars by their parents at some point. We are very lucky to have such generous parents. We each drive our own cars pretty much exclusively with some occasional exceptions which is fine with me cause my car gets MUCH better gas mileage than his and as we have not combined finances yet it saves me some cash
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We both have Honda hybrids. (His and His.
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Mine's an 2010 Insight and his is a 2006 Civic.

I don't let him drive mine because he ruins my MPG average which I work hard to keep around 55.
His is rated about the same MPG by EPA but he gets in the low 40s.
I'm so OCD.
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Date: 4/22/2010 7:19:58 PM
Author: kenny
We both have Honda hybrids. (His and His.
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Mine''s an 2010 Insight and his is a 2006 Civic.

I don''t let him drive mine because he ruins my MPG average which I work hard to keep around 55.
His is rated the same MPG by EPA but he gets in the low 40s.
I''m so OCD.
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LOL, Kenny. I have the same issue with my husband driving my car.

Though, with the R32, I''m just trying to get to in city MPG above 22 mpg. When he drives it it''s around 18.
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We have his and hers. DH has a truck and he is the legal owner. My car is in my name and I''m the legal owner. Both vehicles are owned outright, but when we had loans, they were individual.
 
Definately his and hers.

''His'' is the big car that fits the surboards in that he drives everyday.
''Hers'' is the little zippy turbo diesel that he doesn''t fit into very well.
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Well now I have "his" and "her" car envy.
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I''m not married, but I can see my boyfriend and me permanently having his and hers cars.

He has a diesel jetta that gets much better gas mileage, but always smells like hockey. No one should be subjected to the smell of hockey. Plus his car is always jam packed with stuff and to get into the passenger seat requires moving papers and audiobooks and travel mugs and other assorted crap.

So when we''re out together he usually drives my SUV.
 
Heck yes we have our own cars! (They''re actually the same year, make, and model. The only difference is that his is silver and mine is black.)

DH has a bad habit of throwing garbage onto the front passenger floor of the car, so there is no way he''s ever going to be driving *my* car around without me in it.

When we''re together though, *he* always drives, and we usually go out in *my* car because I refuse to ride in his dirty car.
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We definitely have his and hers cars! My husband drives an old Toyota pick up truck and I drive a newer Toyota Camry. My previous car was a Camry, too.

He claims he LOVES his truck, but for someone who loves their own car he sure tries to steal my smooth riding family sedan an awful lot!
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BF and I each have a car and one is definatly "my car" and the other is "his car". I don''t drive his car because it has a sports cluch and gearbox which I don''t like driving and he does ocassionally drive mine if he has to but prefers not to because it is not a powerful enough car for him and is very "girly" looking (It''s kind of pink).
 
Yupp, we''re a his and hers. We both bought our vehicles before the marriage, so that''s a big part of it, and his is a manual, which I''ve tried to learn to drive but have always given up.

We are heading into a pretty big milestone though - we''re getting a new car in a couple of weeks (his), but I''ll be able to drive it since it''s an automatic. I''m wondering how or if that will change our perspective...and I''m a little bummed out that my excuse of "Ohhh, darn, I can''t help with the driving b/c we took your car..." will no longer be effective.
 
Onedrop, it if makes you feel better we have 2 vehicles (a sedan and an SUV), but we use them interchangeably and they aren''t considered either of ours. We bought the sedan together when I was in college. He paid half, I paid half, but the title was in my name. Then after we were married for about a year we bought the SUV. He paid half, I paid half and the title is in both of our names. We only refer to them as "the car" and "the Jeep". We take the Jeep when we have the dogs, otherwise we take the car. If only one of us is going somewhere, that person usually takes the car, though it doesn''t really matter.

So, yes, we have two vehicles, but they aren''t his and hers.
 
My husband and I bought our cars before we got engaged, and we refer to them as "mine" and "yours." We don''t even have keys to each other''s car. I''m assuming that when we buy cars in the future, they''ll be "mine" and "yours" again, even though we''ll use our combined income to finance them.
 
We have one car and we refer to it as "our car" or "the car". Sometimes I slip up and call it "my car" which it is.
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My husband''s car is stick which I can''t drive, it''s his car. My car is my daily commuter and although he drives it occasionally, it''s only if I''m in the car and don''t feel like driving, it''s my car. We both picked out our own cars. I plan on learning stick someday I''m just scared of ruining his transmission, lol.
 
It''s definitely his/my car when we talk about them however I drive both. FI has an SUV, I have a small sedan. He feels his car is more secure than mine when it''s raining so I usually find his car waiting for me in the morning. Or if I mention that I need gas (or if he notices), he''ll take my car and leave his. Same that if he''s working on the weekend, he''ll leave his car so that I have the "better" car to run errands.
 
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