Over the years our family has always had two vehicles. One was pretty new while the other was much older but still somewhat reliable.
Mostly both the wife and I worked outside the home. I always felt better with her having the newest vehicle, I could not imagine her on the side of the road with mechanical problems or putting my kids at risk. I never felt embarassed by driving the junker and figured if something did go wrong with it I'd rather be dealing with it than the wife.
Even now with the kids all grown she still drives all the new vehicles while I'm still content with the second hand stuff. Today she's driving a 2003 Toyota Highlander, while I'm putting around in a 96 F150 with 125,000 miles.
So what's your arrangments ?
