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]

That sounds like individuals could have a car that offends them be booted. I haven't seen that, though my car was once towed for this reason. (Of course, the individual was pretending to be my landlord at the time...)

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.

[cortezopossum.livejournal.com]

When they were around the boot company had a contract with the city and also offered their services to property owners who requested it (and hence got the nifty yellow 'boot warning' sign).

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.