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Rent a car? If you divide the cost of car owning by the average number of such drives, you will get a sum that can send you to Antarctica and back several times

Rent a car? If you divide the cost of car owning by the average number of such drives, you will get a sum that can send you to Antarctica and back several times.

sliverstorm 12y ago
Maybe for the city-bound. Also, rentals typically have a per-mile cost, no? So distance is also important, as well as frequency.
- akurilin 12y ago
  IIRC it depends on the company. Zipcar doesn't care about miles, but I think CityCarShare does.
  - sliverstorm 12y ago
    Oh? Up to 180 miles included per day; additional miles from $0.45 http://www.zipcar.com/nyc/check-rates http://www.zipcar.com/nyc/check-rates Hooray, $750 in additional miles fees to visit my parents.
    - akurilin 12y ago
      As I said, don't quite recall what those fees are, generally haven't affected me because I don''t have to travel over 180 miles very frequently. If I do, I generally get on a bus or on a plane, but I can see how someone else's use case would be vastly different.
    - vdaniuk 12y ago
      How many times per a car lifetime are you visiting your parents? Perhaps these $750/trip would be more economical if you don't drive much. Also, I am curious, why don't you take a plane for such a long trip?
      - sliverstorm 12y ago
        I currently do take a plane, but how about when you have a spouse & kids? That's 4.5 airfares for the average family. Have you ever noticed your co-workers who have kids, very rarely fly places? 4.5 airfares to visit family would run me ~$1400. Families seems to be the biggest absence in the echo chamber that has built up around car-free lifestyle. Families don't have to have a car- but it doesn't seem like worrying about more than just one person (themselves) has even crossed the mind of many of the car-free advocates I have read.
- rdl 12y ago
  Most regular rentals in the US (Hertz, Avis, Dollar, Thrifty, etc.) are fixed-price daily rate, and generally <$50/day.

Rent a car? If you divide the cost of car owning by the average number of such drives, you will get a sum that can send you to Antarctica and back several times.

sliverstorm 12y ago

Maybe for the city-bound. Also, rentals typically have a per-mile cost, no? So distance is also important, as well as frequency.

akurilin 12y ago
IIRC it depends on the company. Zipcar doesn't care about miles, but I think CityCarShare does.
- sliverstorm 12y ago
  Oh? Up to 180 miles included per day; additional miles from $0.45 http://www.zipcar.com/nyc/check-rates http://www.zipcar.com/nyc/check-rates Hooray, $750 in additional miles fees to visit my parents.
  - akurilin 12y ago
    As I said, don't quite recall what those fees are, generally haven't affected me because I don''t have to travel over 180 miles very frequently. If I do, I generally get on a bus or on a plane, but I can see how someone else's use case would be vastly different.
  - vdaniuk 12y ago
    How many times per a car lifetime are you visiting your parents? Perhaps these $750/trip would be more economical if you don't drive much. Also, I am curious, why don't you take a plane for such a long trip?
    - sliverstorm 12y ago
      I currently do take a plane, but how about when you have a spouse & kids? That's 4.5 airfares for the average family. Have you ever noticed your co-workers who have kids, very rarely fly places? 4.5 airfares to visit family would run me ~$1400. Families seems to be the biggest absence in the echo chamber that has built up around car-free lifestyle. Families don't have to have a car- but it doesn't seem like worrying about more than just one person (themselves) has even crossed the mind of many of the car-free advocates I have read.
rdl 12y ago
Most regular rentals in the US (Hertz, Avis, Dollar, Thrifty, etc.) are fixed-price daily rate, and generally <$50/day.