Comments on: Wheels when you don’t remember you want them http://davidcrow.ca/article/1348/wheels-when-you-dont-remember-you-want-them Commentary about high tech happenings in hogtown Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Crow http://davidcrow.ca/article/1348/wheels-when-you-dont-remember-you-want-them/comment-page-1#comment-858 David Crow Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:22:29 +0000 http://blog.davidcrow.ca/?p=846#comment-858 <p>Ahhh, the joys of fanatics. My guess is that the costs are very similar.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>I won't argue with Ryan that Zipcar appears to be slightly more expensive. There are still advantages including:</p> <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> <p>Investigate the choices, make your own decision. There are a lot of degrees of freedom in making this choice. Price. Nationality. Location. Features. Services.</p> 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:

  • Multiple cities in North America and now London
  • Remote access to the car, to be able to unlock when you loose or lock your keys in the car

Investigate the choices, make your own decision. There are a lot of degrees of freedom in making this choice. Price. Nationality. Location. Features. Services.

]]> By: David Crow http://davidcrow.ca/article/1348/wheels-when-you-dont-remember-you-want-them/comment-page-1#comment-9953 David Crow Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:22:00 +0000 http://blog.davidcrow.ca/?p=846#comment-9953 <p>Ahhh, the joys of fanatics. My guess is that the costs are very similar.</p><br /> <br /> <p>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. </p><br /> <br /> <p>I won't argue with Ryan that Zipcar appears to be slightly more expensive. There are still advantages including:</p><br /> <br /> <ul><li>Multiple cities in North America and now London</li><br /> <li> Remote access to the car, to be able to unlock when you loose or lock your keys in the car</li></ul><br /> <br /> <p>Investigate the choices, make your own decision. There are a lot of degrees of freedom in making this choice. Price. Nationality. Location. Features. Services.</p> <p>Ahhh, the joys of fanatics. My guess is that the costs are very similar.</p><br />
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<p>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. </p><br />
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<p>I won't argue with Ryan that Zipcar appears to be slightly more expensive. There are still advantages including:</p><br />
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&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Multiple cities in North America and now London&lt;/li&gt;<br />
&lt;li&gt; Remote access to the car, to be able to unlock when you loose or lock your keys in the car&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;<br />
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<p>Investigate the choices, make your own decision. There are a lot of degrees of freedom in making this choice. Price. Nationality. Location. Features. Services.</p>

]]> By: Ryan http://davidcrow.ca/article/1348/wheels-when-you-dont-remember-you-want-them/comment-page-1#comment-857 Ryan Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:27:01 +0000 http://blog.davidcrow.ca/?p=846#comment-857 <p>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.</p> 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.

]]> By: Ryan http://davidcrow.ca/article/1348/wheels-when-you-dont-remember-you-want-them/comment-page-1#comment-9954 Ryan Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:27:00 +0000 http://blog.davidcrow.ca/?p=846#comment-9954 <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

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