Car Dream Meaning

A car in a dream often raises the question of who is really in control of the speed and direction of your life. Sitting in the driver's seat means holding both speed and direction in your own hands, so the dream car largely stands for your power to make decisions. The biggest clue in this dream is simple: are you driving, or is someone else in the driver's seat?

• Driving the car yourself

  This shows confidence that you are holding the wheel of your own life.

• Someone else driving

  Especially when the driver is a stranger, this dream means an important decision in your life is not in your hands right now, and you have to go along with someone else's will.

• Brakes or steering that do not work

  Brakes that fail, or a wheel that suddenly will not respond, speak of helplessness, as if the situation is slipping out of your hands.

• The car crashing

  This is not a direct warning of danger. Instead it shows an inner worry about the pace of your life, a fear of rushing or of making a wrong decision.

• Being stuck in a traffic jam

  This mirrors a plan in your waking life that has stalled.

• Running out of fuel

  Your energy, in body or mind, is running low, and you need a short break now.

• Driving a shiny new car

  This expresses excitement about a new opportunity or about starting a new chapter in life.

A car dream is really a mirror. It shows how you feel inside about the pace of your life: whether everything is under your control, or you have had to hand it over to someone or something else.