His and Hers Cars?

[JSM]

I suppose it is a ''his'' and ''hers'' situation, thought it''s never "my car" or "your car". Through a peculiar set of circumstances, we actually have four vehicles right now (my car, his work car, his grandmother''s old car he inherited after she drove it into too many buildings, and an old truck we have been trying to sell).

We refer to them by their make - the Honda, the Toyota, the Caddy, or the Truck (haha). I commute to work with the Honda and he drives the Toyota for work as it gets the best gas mileage, and he drives about 800 miles a week. When we are driving together we usually take the Honda, and we will switch up the driving.

 

[movie zombie]

we both drive hondas so it still comes down to "your honda, or mine".........and we''ll probably always drive hondas [unless i get a mini-cooper!]

mz

 

[butterfly 17]

We have his and her cars. He drives a 4x4 and I drive a 4x4. His car title is in his name only, my car title is in my name only. When we took out loans for our cars, we did it individually and not jointly.

But, he does drive my car more than I drive his car, in fact, I have not driven his car in about two years.

When we got out, we take turns with our cars, but mostly use my car as it is a little newer.

 

[elrohwen]

Date: 4/22/2010 9:30:01 PM
Author: Zoe
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.

I didn''t even think of this: we don''t have keys to each other''s cars either. Heck, I don''t even know where his extra key is!

My parents always had his and her cars - whoever''s turn it was to get a new car got to pick what they wanted. Obvoiusly it was mostly a joint decision, but my mom would always get smaller cars in a color she liked, while my dad would get a station wagon or small SUV in a color he liked. DH and I plan to have the same system (and probably the same car choices, as he''d really like to get some kind of station wagon/crossover type thing and I like to drive very small cars).

 

[yssie]

Not exactly... they''re both his cars technically, as mine is a gas guzzler and we live in CA.


However one is manual and the other is automatic, and since I can''t drive a stick...

 

[PumpkinPie]

We don''t have two cars, but my husband bought his car so it is referred to mostly as his car - but sometimes as our car or the car.
When I buy a car, we will refer to them as ''mine'' and ''yours'' but I drive his car now and he will be welcome to drive mine too

 

[Mrs Mitchell]

We have always had our own cars- chosen, paid for and driven by which ever of us owns it. We didn''t have each other insured for our cars, becasuse we didn''t really need to. Plus, I think of my car as being somewhat personal to me.

When we had a baby though, neither car was really suitable for a babyseat, so DH sold his pride and joy to get a family car. Now we have DH''s family car and my car. I can''t share my car. Anything else, but not that.

 

[geckodani]

We each have a car, and it''s definitely a His and Hers situation.

His car smells like dude. I prefer to drive mine.

 

[DivaDiamond007]

We have his car and her car. Mine is a 4-door sedan and his is a 2-door coupe. I bought my car shortly after we married and it is titled in my name alone. When we go out together we usually take my car and he always drives. My car is far more comfortable for long trips since it''s so much bigger.

 

[Erin]

Date: 4/22/2010 7:11:31 PM
Author: Dancing Fire
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.

I don''t know why, but I would have NEVER pegged you for driving a truck.

 

[somethingshiny]

We''ve always had his and hers. DH works in machining and is always oily/dirty when he drives home. I avoid driving his car as much as possible. My car is more "ours" I guess. I drive it daily but if we go anywhere together it''s the car we always use. He also drives my car on his days off.

 

[vespergirl]

His & Hers cars. I drive a Volvo SUV (I can fit the two carseats in the back) and DH drives an Infiniti sedan - better for his work.

 

[iheartscience]

Date: 4/23/2010 9:37:43 AM
Author: Starset Princess

Date: 4/22/2010 7:11:31 PM

Author: Dancing Fire

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.

I don''t know why, but I would have NEVER pegged you for driving a truck.

I''d be willing to bet it''s not an actual truck, but an SUV. Some men like to call SUVs trucks for some reason...guess it makes it seem manlier?

 

[bee*]

Yes we have his and her cars. We both had them before we moved in together. I drive his occasionally but he never drives mine.

 

[cnspotts]

We have... After 8 years together

My car (he only drives after I''ve had 2 martinis)
His car the white whale, (I''ve only driven once after he dad two martinis)
His red car (I''ve onlly driven once to get it washed for him)

Drum roll please....................and the Dog''s Truck (my old Pathfinder for carrying the dogs around) yes, they have their own vehicle too! lol

 

[ksinger]

Urm...uh..currently we own five. Yes, you read correctly...five. And before anyone draws breath to howl, let me ''splain.

My car - the 2007 Camry, purchased before he showed up. MINE. In it we can be civilized city dwellers and can wear nice clothes.

His car(s) - "the brown car" - a ''79 rubber bumper MGB. He''s had it forever. It''s his pet.

"the white car" - a ''69 MGB GT. His car. A Frankensteinian project to bring a car that was parked and dead for
20 years, back to life. Nothing more fun than reviving a grungy old engine, right?? He did, but it''s never been exactly what he wanted.
It will be LEAVING SOON. (or else)
"the TRUCK" - given to him for FREE!! - a 1984 Ford F150 rusty FARM truck. Among other unsavory gunk-covered items,
He hauls parts for the previous 2 cars in its beat-up depths. In it we are "The Clampetts". I loathe the way it
looks, but appreciate its utility.

OUR car - "the black car" - a 2001 Miata 6 speed. Fun, yet all the amenities! HE can drive it! I can drive it!! It''s a MIRACLE!!

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 4/23/2010 11:49:33 AM
Author: thing2of2

Date: 4/23/2010 9:37:43 AM
Author: Starset Princess

Date: 4/22/2010 7:11:31 PM

Author: Dancing Fire

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.

I don''t know why, but I would have NEVER pegged you for driving a truck.

I''d be willing to bet it''s not an actual truck, but an SUV. Some men like to call SUVs trucks for some reason...guess it makes it seem manlier?

yes,an actual truck

i bought the first yr made with 4 dr Toyota Tacoma truck in 2001.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 4/23/2010 9:37:43 AM
Author: Starset Princess

Date: 4/22/2010 7:11:31 PM
Author: Dancing Fire
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.

I don''t know why, but I would have NEVER pegged you for driving a truck.

well,my special order Maybach haven''t arrive yet

so i''m stuck with my 2001 Toyota truck for now.

 

[Bleed Burnt Orange]

Well..we both bought our vehicles before being engaged. I am paying for mine, I picked it out, etc. He picked his, is paying for it, etc. Therefore, mine is mine and his is his.

If I need to use his car for some reason (mine is a coupe with a small trunk, his is not) I ask but I know I can when I want to and vice versa.

The only thing I worry about when driving his car is that my name is not on his insurance for that car, and vice versa.

 

[jaysonsmom]

It''s interesting to read that most of the "her" cars are the smaller, cleaner cars. Mine is an exception, and actually dh and I both have big gas-guzzlers (so we''re lucky we don''t pay for gas).

All my friends (including myself) are soccer moms. We drive the SUV''s or minivans with all kinds of kid''s Cr*p in the back!
I''ve had dried up tangerines appear from under carseats, and unwrapped candy stuck on the seat belts, sour milk episodes......

 

[iheartscience]

Date: 4/23/2010 1:34:01 PM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 4/23/2010 11:49:33 AM
Author: thing2of2

Date: 4/23/2010 9:37:43 AM
Author: Starset Princess

Date: 4/22/2010 7:11:31 PM
Author: Dancing Fire
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.

I don''t know why, but I would have NEVER pegged you for driving a truck.

I''d be willing to bet it''s not an actual truck, but an SUV. Some men like to call SUVs trucks for some reason...guess it makes it seem manlier?

yes,an actual truck

i bought the first yr made with 4 dr Toyota Tacoma truck in 2001.

Ha, I stand corrected! You''re manlier than I thought, DF!

 

[Dancing Fire]

thing...the other 3 cars we own are too GIRLY for me to drive!!

 

[Tuckins1]

We actually have three cars. My husband bought a Charger, and that is HIS car. I have a Jetta, which I drive exclusively. But the reason that we don''t drive each others cars interchangeably is that my car is a stick, and he doesn''t really know how to drive one (very well). I also have an old Explorer, which I drive in the winter. We will swap cars in the winter, and I do drive his car sometimes if I am just running out, but I don''t like to leave him without a car to drive, so I usually just drive mine.

 

[LGK]

Actually we used to always do the "his car / her car" thing. He always had a stick shift, which I could barely drive, and I always had the cheaper, crappier car with an automatic transmission- most of my cars had things like leopard print seat covers or pinup stickers on them, which made them pretty unbearable for a guy to drive, lol. Then my Focus finally died right when we moved within walking distance of work. And we had his old Honda still- which was a stick- and it was still a nice car and it worked fine. So I felt obligated to learn how to drive it.

Anyway, long story short is I learned to drive a stick and now I can drive his nice car- so the RX-8 is now "ours" and there is no "my" car. Since we moved I can''t remember once we needed a car at the same time, so there is the RX-8, whcih we share, and the Honda which hasn''t been turned on in about 8 months. Nevertheless, I still call it "his". Which is weird. But habit I guess. And when we did need cars at the same time, before we moved, if he needed to drive at the same time I ended up in the Honda while he took the 8.

 

[february2003bride]

I drive a Toyota Sienna minivan, so it''s definitley a "her" car and DH drives a VW sedan that''s his car. I drive the VW probably 1-2 a month, DH always drives the Sienna when we run errands together on weekends.

 

[Rachel9]

Been together for many years....
His car, My car, his truck, something I can not park & needs to go, family car.

 

[onedrop]

Date: 4/23/2010 9:00:54 AM
Author: geckodani
We each have a car, and it''s definitely a His and Hers situation.


His car smells like dude. I prefer to drive mine.

That is FUNNY! I totally get it when you say your DH''s car "smells like dude." I can definitely smell DH when I drive a car after he does.

 

[onedrop]

Date: 4/22/2010 9:02:07 PM
Author: NewEnglandLady
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.

GREAT! So DH and I are not completely alone.

I actually think it makes sense to have "yours" and "mine cars, it just hasn''t worked out that way for us yet. However I see a change on the horizon...

 

[Mahogany Jewel]

His is an Infiniti FX35
Mine is a Lexus RX 330

We don''t have the same taste in vehicles so it will always be a his and hers/yours and mine type of situation...He likes aerodynamic futuristic cars and I like more of a simple classic look.

 

[Irishgrrrl]

We have "his," "hers" and "theirs"!

His: 1999 Ford F-150 SuperDuty. It''s white with flames (yes, flames!) up the sides, and alllllll kiiiiiiiinds of after-market stuff to make it prettier.

Hers: 2006 Mercury Mariner Premier. It''s charcoal grey with black and tan interior, and verrrrrry classy! This was my first ever brand new car, so I got it fully loaded with all the bells and whistles! I LOVE my car! And it''s almost paid off, so I''ll love it even more when the payments stop! LOL!

Theirs: This would be DH''s work truck. It''s a Ford Explorer SportTrack (2006, I think?) and it''s gold, with DH''s company''s logo printed on the doors. He''s allowed to drive it for personal use, so we do actually go places in it sometimes. It''s very nice, but he has it sooooo filled up with all his work stuff . . . it''s a mess inside!

I never drive his personal truck (too big!) or his work truck (company won''t let anyone but DH drive it for insurance reasons), so the only one I ever drive is my Mariner. He drives the Mariner very rarely, and only when we''re going somewhere together and decide to take my car. BTW, DH really tries to encourage me to drive his personal truck . . . he thinks it''s hilarious to see my short little self driving a big, white, flaming monster truck!