ok. so, hubby and i have two SUV's. he doesn't particularly like his, for whatever reason, and swears it's about to "crap out on him." it's a 2004 and in great shape. nothings wrong with it except that he left it sitting for SEVERAL months (drove a company car) and the battery has gone bad. ok, no big deal. except that it's a suzuki and we have to get the battery from a dealer, which will cost us about $100+, so hubby says. i think he just said that to get what he wants. either way, nice. i have an older ford explorer (96). i love it. it doesn't have AC, but otherwise runs GREAT. no problems. until hubby drives it. it has a V8, and hubby doesn't understand it isn't going to get up and go like his smaller SUV. it's a BIG truck, and if you gun it it just goes into overdrive and is still a bit slow getting going, compared to a sports car or small suv with a smaller engine, less weight to get going, etc. come on, use common sense, don't gun it! right?! well, he does anyways, and hits something and knocks a hole in my muffler. nice. easy fix though. well, now hubby wants to trade both cars in for one new one. our 2004 is paid off in just a few months, and the explorer was paid in cash. why?!?! i love my truck, and don't want to trade MINE in just so he can have the satisfaction of getting a new car. reason being, we're upside down on the car and he wants to put $0 down on a new one, so it'll require *mine* to do that, and pay his off essentially. yeah, i love new cars, but i like the freedom of being able to drive whenever wherever. granted, i rarely go anywhere, it's just the fact that *i can*! he doesn't understand this, and is somewhat irritated with me for not just saying "ok, here's my title" (which is in just my name for this reason exactly). he swears upside down that "both trucks are going to crap out on the drive to texas." why can't he just understand that he's being childish and that there isn't anything wrong with either car, he just wants a new one! he acts like i'll have the single vehicle all the time, but i know better. i'm not going to wake all the kids up before 6am to bring him to work. or like before i got my truck when he wouldn't even wake me up to go, and would just leave and say he tried to wake me up. i know better, i woke up w/ his alarm and waited to see and he just snuck out the house. his excuse? he didn't feel like dealing w/ the kids in the morning. so i was stuck at the house all the time, which stressed me b/c i didn't even have an option but to stay there. i'm starting to ramble now. i'm sure everyone gets the point. sorry for the length but i figure if anyone would understand you guys would.