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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by arcticbull on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:51AM (#22985924)
Does buying a car really make sense in a Zipcar/Getaround/Silvercar world? The numbers just don't work out IMO. Not once you factor in fuel, maintenance, damage, insurance, interest, car payments and/or depreciation, $300+/month in parking fees and the fact I still have to rent a bigger car if I need to pick stuff up or drop stuff off or shuttle more people. I gave my car to my parents a couple years after I moved to SF and have never looked back.

It's just so easy to get a car in SF whenever you need it for a few bucks -- sometimes in 15 minute increments.

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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by lh7777 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @12:46PM (#22988349)
What's availability like, though? I know that my car doesn't make any financial sense, but my primary use case is getting out of town to go hiking, skiing, etc. I've looked into Zipcar before, but it seemed like I'd have to reserve a car ahead of time to have any chance of getting one on a nice day. In Seattle, we used to have ReachNow, Car2Go and Lime in addition to Zip, but those others recently closed down so I'm also concerned that car share isn't really a sustainable business.
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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by ghaff on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:30PM (#22990432)
Personally, I've always had a car since school but I've been in on things like a ski house with people from NYC and I lead hikes in New England on the weekends. People can (and do) carpool, rent cars, etc. but it's quite a pain if you do it regularly. Most of the people I know who liven in Boston and are active in weekend outdoors activities own a car because of the hassle of renting.
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