New LAX car rental company offers only Audi A4s

Re:New LAX car rental company offers only Audi A4s – and no ... by rdl on Saturday October 12, 2013 @08:56PM (#6541011)

There is a discount code TECHSF for the $20 membership, and it is a maximum $30/day "during testing" which is probably going to be many months.

The other cool thing vs zipcar is they let you take the cars one way, so I do downtown Oakland to/from airport for $12, which is cheaper than anything but BART, and far faster. And easier with luggage. And since I seem to often need to be on a flight when BART is still closed, I either drive/park or drive now basically all the time.

The problem is the car isn't really very big, is heavy due to batteries and compromises, and if I drive it at all aggressively like my personal car, I can make it go sideways.

80 miles range and slow charging means it is basically SF-Oakland-Berkeley only, or maybe SF to Palo Alto and back. I burned 50% just driving downtown Oakland to ups depot in downtown SF to SFO, with 15 minutes of idling at UPS, somehow.

If someone did this with a better car, like a Tesla, I'd be all over it.

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Re:New LAX car rental company offers only Audi A4s – and no ... by robbiet480 on Saturday October 12, 2013 @10:57PM (#6541310)

NOTE: As a heavy DriveNow user, they keep me up to date. I just heard this week from the fleet manager, Ed, that the $30 a day rate will be going away soon. sadpanda.jpg

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Re:New LAX car rental company offers only Audi A4s – and no ... by rdl on Saturday October 12, 2013 @11:10PM (#6541339)

Ugh :( :(

$12/trip still makes sense for one-ways, but $30/day was awesome. At $30/day it was almost worth it to go across the bridge in HOVland in the morning and keep it all day.

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Re:New LAX car rental company offers only Audi A4s – and no ... by robbiet480 on Sunday October 13, 2013 @12:39AM (#6541521)

And that's why I am a heavy DriveNow user. I keep them a month at a time. The nearest location to my house is across the street and the nearest location to my office is in the garage in the basement. It works extremely well, especially since I get carpool + free FasTrak + free charging + free parking (normally $475 in my work garage) + free maintenance + $100k insurance. But you already know this since you are a DriveNow user.

$900/month, better then lease + insurance + maintenance + gas + parking + bridge. By $500+ a month.

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Re:New LAX car rental company offers only Audi A4s – and no ... by auctiontheory on Sunday October 13, 2013 @12:57AM (#6541544)

The problem is the car isn't really very big, is heavy due to batteries and compromises, and if I drive it at all aggressively like my personal car, I can make it go sideways.

Bummer. Doesn't sound much like the Ultimate Driving Machine.

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