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How was this ever allowed? This sounds like litigation central. How you can rent cars that will brick themselves in tunnels, valleys, and in the country? Do cel
by wisnoskij 4y ago
How was this ever allowed? This sounds like litigation central. How you can rent cars that will brick themselves in tunnels, valleys, and in the country? Do cell phones even work in most parking buildings?
- brewdad 4y agoI can't find it now but I read an article a couple months ago where a customer was stranded in an underground parking garage due to lack of cell signal.
- merely-unlikely 4y ago> Do cell phones even work in most parking buildings? This is why Zipcar issues a card for unlocking the car. I'm not sure why the people in the article didn't have one.
- saurik 4y agoI have talked with someone else who didn't seem to have a card, so maybe it is now optional? It was admittedly a really annoying--if totally understandable--delay when I first went to use the service, and they probably lose a ton of customers who would otherwise impulse buy their way into their first ride were it not for "and now wait forever for your card to arrive". The card definitely solves this problem, though, as as far as I can tell the car does have local storage for how long you are allowed to unlock it. (Your big problem is if you then get back to the car late and the car re-locks. It has no concept of being home or being done other than your time as determined by the service when you last talked to it is up.)
- crooked-v 4y agoThe article notes that the card won't work in those situations either.
- dredmorbius 4y agoThe card was also nonfunctional, though whether this was related to the lacking phone coverage isn't clear: The next morning, the family tried to leave for sightseeing, but Mr. McCarthy couldn’t unlock the car with his app or RFID card. From TFA.
- alistairSH 4y agoTh car doesn't shut off or fail to start. It just won't unlock. And yes, you can get stuck in underground parking just as easily as a National Park.