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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>David Crow - Latest Comments in Wheels when you don&amp;#8217;t remember you want them</title><link>http://davidcrow.disqus.com/</link><description>David Crow helping startups with product strategy, marketing, user experience design, and technology development.</description><atom:link href="https://davidcrow.disqus.com/wheels_when_you_don8217t_remember_you_want_them/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:22:29 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Wheels when you don&amp;#8217;t remember you want them</title><link>http://davidcrow.ca/article/1348/wheels-when-you-dont-remember-you-want-them#comment-21173784</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Ahhh, the joys of fanatics. My guess is that the costs are very similar.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  	&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;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&amp;amp;#39;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. &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  	&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;I won&amp;amp;#39;t argue with Ryan that Zipcar appears to be slightly more expensive. There are still advantages including:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  	&amp;amp;lt;ul&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;li&amp;amp;gt;Multiple cities in North America and now London&amp;amp;lt;/li&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  	&amp;amp;lt;li&amp;amp;gt; Remote access to the car, to be able to unlock when you loose or lock your keys in the car&amp;amp;lt;/li&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/ul&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  	&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Investigate the choices, make your own decision. There are a lot of degrees of freedom in making this choice. Price. Nationality. Location. Features. Services.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">davidcrow</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:22:29 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Wheels when you don&amp;#8217;t remember you want them</title><link>http://davidcrow.ca/article/1348/wheels-when-you-dont-remember-you-want-them#comment-21173785</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;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&amp;amp;#39;s Canadian owned.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ryan</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:27:01 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>