Zipcar

[Matt in the Hat]

Anyone else a "Zipster". I just joined the service after hearng great things from a buddy of mine. Does anyone have horror stories or know of another similar service?

http://www.zipcar.com/index

[obie]

Funny, I Googled "Zipcar forum" and this thread came up on the first page.

I was in Zipcar in 2002-03 when I lived in Hoboken, and probably will be joining up again when I move to NYC in March. Other than the cars having the "Zipcar" logo on the side, I love it, especially that gas & insurance are included in the rates. Unless you use your car for daily commuting, in the NYC metro area it's much cheaper than driving.

I am concerned about how clean people keep the cars now that it's become more popular.

[Matt in the Hat]

Funny, I Googled "Zipcar forum" and this thread came up on the first page.

I was in Zipcar in 2002-03 when I lived in Hoboken, and probably will be joining up again when I move to NYC in March. Other than the cars having the "Zipcar" logo on the side, I love it, especially that gas & insurance are included in the rates. Unless you use your car for daily commuting, in the NYC metro area it's much cheaper than driving.

I am concerned about how clean people keep the cars now that it's become more popular.
I've never had a problem with cleanliness

[K]

In the DC metro area we have Zip and Flexcar (http://www.flexcar.com/). I don't drive at all (haven't since '91) so can't comment on either's services but both keep adding cars so seem to be very popular.

K

[Cabster22]

I've never used it but my university had a zipcar. In that respect, it seems like a great idea being able to give students (who likely dont have a car on campus) the opportunity to "rent" one if they needed. I'm not surprised that they are doing well, but their prices looked a little high.