David Crow: Wheels when you don’t remember you want them
Ryan
· 3 years ago
And how much did that trip cost you? Add an update when your invoice comes in. AutoShare will beat ZipCar by price every time, plus it's Canadian owned.
David Crow
· 3 years ago
Ahhh, the joys of fanatics. My guess is that the costs are very similar.
The AutoShare pricing would be 6 hours * $9.50/hour = $57.00 plus taxes plus $25.00/year amortized over number of trips. My Zipcar trip was 6 hours * $11.00/hour = $66.00 plus taxes. There's a $9.00 difference, which is 15.79% greater. This does not include the membership fee from Zipcar. Assuming that I use the service twice per month that mean a simplistic amortization of $1/trip. That would be 13.79% difference. There are other Zipcar plans that reduce the rate to $9.90.
I won't argue with Ryan that Zipcar appears to be slightly more expensive. There are still advantages including:
<ul><li>Multiple cities in North America and now London</li>
<li> Remote access to the car, to be able to unlock when you loose or lock your keys in the car</li></ul>
Investigate the choices, make your own decision. There are a lot of degrees of freedom in making this choice. Price. Nationality. Location. Features. Services.
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And how much did that trip cost you? Add an update when your invoice comes in. AutoShare will beat ZipCar by price every time, plus it's Canadian owned.
Ahhh, the joys of fanatics. My guess is that the costs are very similar.
The AutoShare pricing would be 6 hours * $9.50/hour = $57.00 plus taxes plus $25.00/year amortized over number of trips. My Zipcar trip was 6 hours * $11.00/hour = $66.00 plus taxes. There's a $9.00 difference, which is 15.79% greater. This does not include the membership fee from Zipcar. Assuming that I use the service twice per month that mean a simplistic amortization of $1/trip. That would be 13.79% difference. There are other Zipcar plans that reduce the rate to $9.90.
I won't argue with Ryan that Zipcar appears to be slightly more expensive. There are still advantages including:
<ul><li>Multiple cities in North America and now London</li>
<li> Remote access to the car, to be able to unlock when you loose or lock your keys in the car</li></ul>
Investigate the choices, make your own decision. There are a lot of degrees of freedom in making this choice. Price. Nationality. Location. Features. Services.