If your father expects no one else to drive the car, that's quite a bit impractical, especially with teenagers in the household. If he wants to insist on it -- which it would be unwise for him to, but does so anyway -- then perhaps he needs to come up with an alternative plan, like getting a cheaper car for younger drivers to use. Then you're dealing with more added expenses like insurance and the like, but what else can you do? Kids today in our culture have to get to places and there's no practical way around it.
But the point is that your father has his priorities skewed, and he should know better. I am sorry for you, Kat, but you're probably just going to have to humor him and love him for all his quills. I think we all have at least one thorny relative that we have to tolerate even while we love them.
