Thanks so much for your advice ncl - I am getting really desperate trying to work out what to do for the best. I'm waiting to hear from my L, but the timeframe is against me.
H is saying that he will not budge and if i don't do what he says in relation to buying myself a new car and guaranteeing his continuing lease on our family car, the kids' will have to stop attending their schools due to cash flow problems.
One startling aspect of our conversation about this was as follows:
When I asked him why he thought he should drive our big family car while I had to go out and get a smaller one for myself, he replied that HE would be driving the kids to and from school for the next 5 years, as well as to all their sport and social activities for the next 5 years.
So we are separated but he sees himself as coming to the house twice a day EVERY day for the next 5 years!!!
I asked him whether we'd be getting divorced and he said he hadn't thought that far ahead.