OH stressing me out....

tiny_atoms

thanks, thread now closed.

anderson8

If you've been driving for a while,are over 25 and are fully comp on another insurance, then you could drive his car but would only be covered 3rd party.

But if you're aren't then no I wouldn't give him any money

podperson

Unless he constantly drives you places and gives you lifts etc then yes I think he is being unreasonable. If you rely on him having the car to get you places, ie you would be having to use a lot of public transport otherwise then I can understand making some contribution, though I don't know if a full half would be fair.

Brighton_belle

If you benefit from him having the car i.e he takes you places, you do your food shopping with it etc... then maybe you should pay some of the running costs.
If you get virtually no benefit, then no.

balletshoes

yes, I'd say if you do the household shop using the car, he drives and runs you places instead of you taking public transport etc, then the insurance, road tax and car repairs would be treated as a household bill, and shared. We have one car in our household, I'm the only insured driver, but the car bills are treated as household bills, just like all the other house bills.

It depends what the car is used for to be honest.

Sambucus_Nigra

Do you live together and share everything else?

tiny_atoms

Yes we live together and share everything else. And I get public transport to work everyday and then back home again. Its only if we need to do a big shop or if we go to his mums that he takes us both. I pay for petrol/MOT/any repairs/Tax when needed. Sometimes he pays for petrol and sometimes I pay for it. But the MOT/TAX/repairs we split down the middle. Its just the insurance that I think why should I pay for half of it when I cant drive it?
I have only been driving for 11 months and I am not on anyone elses insurance.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow

Get your own car. Be an independant lady.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow

how come you haven't got your own car anyway?

Sambucus_Nigra

tiny_atoms wrote: »

Yes we live together and share everything else. And I get public transport to work everyday and then back home again. Its only if we need to do a big shop or if we go to his mums that he takes us both. I pay for petrol/MOT/any repairs/Tax when needed. Sometimes he pays for petrol and sometimes I pay for it. But the MOT/TAX/repairs we split down the middle. Its just the insurance that I think why should I pay for half of it when I cant drive it?
I have only been driving for 11 months and I am not on anyone elses insurance.

How about suggesting that if all his transport costs come from a shared pot, all yours will to? So he will then pay for half your transport costs.

74jax

tiny_atoms wrote: »

Yes we live together and share everything else. And I get public transport to work everyday and then back home again.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow wrote: »

Get your own car. Be an independant lady.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow wrote: »

how come you haven't got your own car anyway?

She doesn't need a car? She uses public transport.

As you live together and share everything else I'd just go half on this also, but that's just me.