20
April
2006
Cheap car sharing, please 09:24 on Thursday
I would love to take part in a flexible, reasonably priced car sharing. I’m not sure though if that would work here in Finland. Does car sharing require a certain population density to be profitable for the provider?
Comments:
April 20th, 2006 at 11:35
There’s City Car Club. I don’t know if it’s reasonably priced, but I know people who use it.
April 20th, 2006 at 15:16
They are not. It can get even more expensive than renting a car if you don’t need it often.
April 20th, 2006 at 16:31
I find them reasonably priced. They’ve targeted themselves on the zone between infrequent rentals and owning your car, which works for me really well.
I find that using a taxi is the cheapest way if you need only really infrequent use. After that it’s rental, after that it’s car sharing, after that you buy your own car…
April 20th, 2006 at 17:13
I’ll admit my price comparisonsa are based on my infrequent trips to 500km away, where I stay for a few days. For that rental is cheaper. Taxi definitely isn’t. :P
April 21st, 2006 at 0:38
Yup. Then rental is the best way for you. I on the other hand need a car infrequently (twice-three times a month) to transport stuff around the capital area, so CCC works for me.
Sometimes it even makes sense to drive by bus to a location, then buy stuff, load it to a taxi and get home.