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Zipcar?
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?
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?
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Every so often I log into the city website and "pay my tab". I haven't gotten The Boot yet -- I'm not sure I know of anyone who has -- but I don't want to risk it. (I do know someone who got it from the Cambridge parking enforcers, and I think Somerville plays by similar rules.)
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Madison WI had a boot company once. It ended REALLY QUICKLY when they ended up booting a car owned by some state executive high in political office. Shortly after that they made some new laws -- not-quite 'banning' the boot but just making it impractical for a boot company to exist -- laws such as: "No company shall be allowed to charge a fee to remove a 'boot' or other vehicle restraining device".
There are still a few private parking lots in which you can see the old 'Warning -- violators will be booted' signs but at this point they're merely an empty threat.
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Cambridge, I believe, will boot your car if you step over the line in unpaid parking fines, with the idea that you have to go to the police and pony up before they'll remove it.
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I guess it was an arrangement similar to the way towing companies work. Towing companies will only tow a vehicle if it's your own or if you're a property owner/manager and the offending vehicle is on the premises. A person would have to fake either case for a vehicle to be towed (or booted). I'm not sure how they check this.
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