Zipcar?

[prog]

So, to save money for certain economically foolhardy adventures that loom in my future, I'm seriously thinking of selling my car (or just giving it to someone, probably Ricky) in the next six months, before it's time to to buy another year of expensive Massachusetts car insurance.

I still want spontaneous mobility, and the ability to haul stuff around. I would not even consider this if Zipcar weren't in this town. I know some of you use Zipcar, and I wonder if you'd recommend it to me. Basically, I want to retain the ability to putter around town every few days (on average), very occasionally zipping up to Maine or wherever. Ultimately it should cost less than ~$1,500 per year to make the transition worthwhile.

Whaddaya think?

Comments

[prog.livejournal.com]

1. Spontaneous as in "I should go check out this sale on interesting klunky objects at the klunk store," which doesn't usually mean "OMG I have to go RIGHT NOW."

2. Right now I use the car more often than not to get to social things (anything happening in Arlington, for example).

I'm curious what you're thinking of as far as taxis go. They strike me as very convenient but always very expensive no matter how you cut it.

[cnoocy]

The main thing about taxis is that they are often better for short-distance single-destination trips. A taxi from your area to East Arlington should be around 10-15 dollars. That's less than two hours of Zipcar, so the taxi is better if you spend 4 hours and take the taxi both ways, or 2 hours and get a ride from someone in one direction. And that's not even counting public transportation.