About two dozen intransitive French verbs require être as their auxiliary in the compound tenses and moods. Of these, eight can be used transitively, and when they are, two things happen.
French has four different possessive constructions, which can seem daunting until you realize that English does too - you've probably just never thought about them before.
Driving comes with a whole mess of rules (that I can't help you with) as well as some specialized French vocabulary (which I can). Learn how to drive in French with this vocab list.
You have nothing better to do than learn about the French expression avoir d'autres chats à fouetter (and enter a giveaway for a copy of Other Cats to Whip: The Book of French Idioms).