I feel you, I'd really love to get rid of the car but it would be impossible to go climbing/hiking (begging for carpools gets old fast). Even in a car-centric p

I feel you, I'd really love to get rid of the car but it would be impossible to go climbing/hiking (begging for carpools gets old fast). Even in a car-centric place like the US (Seattle) it's possible to live in a house and still accomplish things cheaper and more conveniently via walking/bus/bike/Uber/Zipcar/rentals, except for the mountain trips, because it's so hard to get a car for 2-3 days at a convenient time and/or on a short notice. It's a chicken and egg problem... if most people didn't own cars there would be much more reasonable and convenient ways to rent a car. But given that most people do anyway because even groceries without a car are a chore in a poorly design city, the market for the good rentals is not there.