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Big bummer, I loved this service when traveling in the PNW. I could be in Portland for a week and instead of needing to rent a car for the whole time, I had unf
by Xavdidtheshadow 7y ago
Big bummer, I loved this service when traveling in the PNW. I could be in Portland for a week and instead of needing to rent a car for the whole time, I had unfettered access on demand and only paid for what I needed. Being able to park it anywhere for free was a big bonus as well.
I was really hoping this model was going to see wider adoption and private car ownership would begin its ride into the sunset.
- reaperducer 7y agoIs there no ZipCar in Portland? When I lived in Seattle I didn't need to own a car because ZipCar filled in the gaps where transit wasn't appropriate.
- breck 7y agoWhen I lived in Seattle I had ZipCar and Car2Go. I used Car2Go a lot more because you could leave the car anywhere (you didn't have to return it to the same spot) so you could do 1 way trips.
- coryking 7y agoAlso no annual fees. Just a setup fee... which if you waited for a sale or coupon was waved.
- JohnFen 7y agoYes, ZipCar is in Portland.
- pathseeker 7y agozipcar you have to return to predefined locations. Not really the same use-case.
- reaperducer 7y agoAh, thanks. I didn't realize that you could drop Car2Go vehicles elsewhere.
- ska 7y agoThat was the 'killer feature'[1] really. They were great for unexpectedly needing a drive, or driving one way to somewhere you were going to drink (and cab/uber home) etc. [1] obviously not killer enough.
- byw 7y agoI think they did a really poor job advertising this fact. The only reason I joined ZipCar was I had no idea about this policy.
- the_mitsuhiko 7y agoDriveNow pushed out zip car in Austria. Too inconvenient in comparison. Wonder if we enthielt end up with none.