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fair.com did something similar and they call it subscriptions. They list dealer inventory and you can "subscribe" to a vehicle. They raised something like 1 bil
by adamqureshi 7y ago
fair.com did something similar and they call it subscriptions. They list dealer inventory and you can "subscribe" to a vehicle. They raised something like 1 billion from outside investors and just laid off 40% of staff. I do not think you are competing with Hertz. My nephew just rents a zip car when he needs a whip on the weekends. They are all over the city, he lives on the upper east side. Turo is not allowed in NYC. The main problem in the city is parking, accessibility and cost. Typically you only need a car on the weekends thats IF you can afford it. Everything in the city expensive. If you can target start ups in the city and the engineers that work there and bring them the cars to them when they need them it could be an idea worth testing. So many ways to slice the market on this.
- johnny4000 7y agoYes to bring the car too me! And pick it up too! This is a pain and a problem worth solving (in that people would pay for this). I rented a car last weekend to use on Saturday where I was leaving at 7am. I had to pick up the car Friday because the rental place is closed at 7am Saturday and spend 20 min finding a spot. Then had to spend another 15 min finding a spot on Saturday night, and they were of course closed by the time I got back at 9pm. Then Sunday returning the car I had to essentially park in the middle of the street blocking a lane of traffic along with about 10 other rental cars waiting for them to open at noon. At noon a rental employee comes out and starts yelling and essentially tells you to leave the car in the middle of the street and that you are good to go. I guess that was the good part. Haven't tried Zip car. Too many NYC Zip car reviews of dirty cars left w/ empty pizza boxes etc and wouldn't want to be in such a small car in a highway in upstate NY.