What car does your other half drive?

[caziques]

2011 Nissan Leaf.

Car tax, 50 pounds a year. Annual test, 25 pounds. 6000 miles fuel, 75 pounds. Zero maintenance. Insurance not compulsory.

Tyres and wiper blades as necessary.

[Geekman]

She’d had:

Dodge Verna (written off whilst changing a song on her iPod - car in front stopped, she didn’t).
Chevrolet Aveo (dented on most panels but survived and got passed back to her parents).
Dodge Caliber (current car, crashed it many times but it still keeps going). I had it fully resprayed a year ago for about £200, doesn’t look so bad now, for a Caliber that is anyway.

She has no interest in cars, but would like to swap the Caliber for an old Jeep Wrangler in the future as she gets scared driving through floods and poor quality roads. It’s the only car we have at the moment as I sold mine to help buy a new house, so I’m not changing it for a while sadly.

Does she win the prize for the worst car history so far?

[hammo19]

We share all our cars, we don’t have that hers/mine approach to life. So whatever you fancy you take but the Cooper S gets most of the local work, by both of us.

[Buster73]

Bought my wife’s first car back in 1990.

Metro City X , Maroon with cream interior. 1988 model , bought at Auction really cheap.

Current car bought new three years ago Audi S3 .

I’ve still not been forgiven for the Metro.....

[SidewaysDiv]

Bentley Bentayga speed, you lot would despise her on the road

[LooneyTunes]

hammo19 said:

We share all our cars, we don’t have that hers/mine approach to life.

We don’t really have that mentality either, but MrsLT and I don’t tend to swap cars.

Her daily is a boring Volvo 4x4 that is constantly full of st. It’s like a mobile skip. I refuse to get it it, and it’s not nice to drive (she leaves all the driver aids on, lane assist etc makes the feeling really woolly/weird) so I don’t. For reasons I forget I borrowed her Continental for a week. Actually rather liked it but wouldn’t want one myself.

Of the others we own she hasn’t even been in two of them (one of which I’ve had for a decade!) and hasn’t driven most of them.

[Rhun91]

My Mrs has no interest in cars other than getting from A to B, being easy to drive and cheap to run. She has a 2006 Nissan Micra 1.2 which has been a great car for her, all it requires is fuel and consumables and super cheap basic servicing and it just goes and goes. She said if it eventually dies she wants another one, however it has to be white for some reason... In fairness it is incredibly practical and easy to drive, like sitting in a bubble, lots of cup holders! I put a Bluetooth stereo in it for her as that's all she was really missing from newer cars really.

[DrEMa]

Peugeot 3008, really not a pleasant car.

She has always wanted a Jaguar though and we're now in a position that we can afford one. Once things ease enough for test drives etc she'll be off out for an xf, epace or fpace depending what she likes best.

[rowley birkin]

Fiat 500. It's not a good car, but she loves it. A large fluffy ladybird pillow has recently appeared on the rear parcel shelf.

[David87]

Mk4 Ford Focus estate. It’s quite nice to be fair, ST-Line X spec and with the 1.5 EcoBoost motor so it’s got lots of gadgets and goes okay too. She wants a Tesla next though - drove mine and now doesn’t want to drive anything else, including her own car!

[Minglar]

Mrs Minglar has always had very little interest in cars. The last time we were looking for something for her, it went a bit like this. She told me she had seen a car in a supermarket car park that she liked. That was the only lead she gave me! Somehow, I eventually managed to figure out what it was. We bought a brand new one, and she still has it today. Best car we’ve ever owned. I keep asking if she wants to change it to something newer but she is still very happy with it. 2004 Lexus RX300.

Best Regards

Minglar

[South tdf]

Currently an Evoque R-Dynamic.

Previous TT S-Line , SLK, Golfs and Polos so all quite stereotypical girls cars.

For the haters, for the last 15 years since she left uni they have all been new on PCP and I doubt I will change her mind on the next one as paying monthly suits her.

[mywifeshusband]

I gave my wife an early Boxster for her 50th birthday and she’ll never let go of it. Prior to that we never had a his and hers car but shared them.

This Then gave me an excuse to buy a Ducati for me and the Saab is a family hack.

[BigMon]

Seat Leon Cupra R.

She bought it brand new in 2012 and likes it so much she still has it.

[MrGTI6]

She has no interest in cars, so drives a totally anonymous 57-plate Clio in silver. It's actually a very rare 2.0 petrol (not a Renaultsport) but it looks just like a mid-spec 1.4. I drove it the other day and was surprised to see it's now up to 156k. Rides really well and soldiers on with minimal maintenance. The car's pretty good too.

[l354uge]

2015 yaris. I didn't want any more car hassle so told her to get something japanese and small. It's zero fun to drive, every control is too light.

[mickyh7]

Rides really well and soldiers on with minimal maintenance. The car's pretty good too.

Very, very good!

[Alfahorn]

2007 Golf GTI 5 door.

[GWS33]

Currently has the best car in our drive and has a thing for VW.

1st Golf 1.4 tsi
2nd Mk7 Golf R
Current T-Roc R

[Oil Trash]

Mrs OT has had a right mix

2CV when student and when I met her - terrified me
Citroen Ax to replace the 2CV - spent more time being repaired than being driven
VW Lupo
VW Beetle
Renault Clio 1.2
Volvo V50 inherited from me
Ford Fiesta ST
Range Rover Vogue (my fave)
Audi Sq5 - as wanted something Smaller than Range Rover
Discovery 4 landmark - In Order to tow caravan
Current Mini Cooper 1.5 which has been used as a surprisingly good commuting car share vehicle and kept miles off my Cayenne

Apart from first two and the v50 all new

Edited by Oil Trash on Saturday 23 May 14:55