Anyone tried a car share scheme?
By Fleur
@Fleura (29120)
United Kingdom
January 31, 2018 7:18am CST
I have seen a few of these schemes locally, but no more than three or four. It seems like a good idea if you don’t need a car every day – fewer cars parked on the streets, less expensive (presumably) than running your own car - but I don’t know anyone who is involved in such a scheme.
What happens if more than one person needs the car at the same time? What if there is an accident – who pays for repairs? And who pays for regular wear-and-tear maintenance and in what proportions? Who has the car parked nearest their home?
Has anyone tried it? How did it all work? Would you recommend it?
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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1 Feb 18
Not heard of this around my way. Bikes, yes. Cars, no.
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@Fleura (29120)
• United Kingdom
1 Feb 18
@Poppylicious We've got several schemes here - yellow ones, turquoise ones and some others. They do get left in random places but the operators get notified and they come and collect them in a day or two or three...
@Poppylicious (11133)
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1 Feb 18
@Fleura I think so, but I've not used them. They're yellow, and people just tend to dump them in places they shouldn't which seems strange to me because I would have thought the bike's users would be noted.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
1 Feb 18
This is the first time I have ever heard of this scheme and I don't think it would work in my country. The people here consider their car as a personal item which they wouldn't share to anybody.
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@LadyDuck (457966)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 18
I have seen those small cars to share in Milan, I did not try the service, but I checked the price. The basic price is 0.24 Euro per minute (0.30 $ - 0.21 £) 18 Euro for 2 hours (15.80 £). If you need the car for several hours every day it's not cheap.
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@Fleura (29120)
• United Kingdom
1 Feb 18
True, but then the owner is usually driving. Not that many people will lend their car out to someone else (insurance is too complicated, for one thing) - although I believe there has been an idea for a scheme like that as well, where you lend your car to strangers. I don't think I would try that, I don't trust people enough!
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