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  1. Re:Instead, how about... by ashitaka · · Score: 1 · on "Road Trains" Ready To Roll

    You're a few years too late with that idea:

    The biggest:
    Zipcars.com
    Co-Operative Auto Network

    A bunch of other car sharing links: http://www.carsharing.net/where.html

  2. Re:Why only 55? by wrecked · · Score: 2, Informative · on Japanese Mileage Maniacs

    I really wish around here in BC they would change the licence/insurance laws. I used to drive a truck (until the head gasket went and leaked all the coolant into the oil pan) and I now drive a tercel. However, I would like to insure both under a single licence. Why? Because there are times when I could use a truck, and I used to use my truck to fill a need about 1 time every week. The rest of the time I could have got by with a much more fuel efficent car.

    I don't know where you live, but if you are in Vancouver, you might want to try the Co-operative Auto Network. It's a co-op where you pay a one-time $500 membership fee, and per hour fees (as low as $2/hr) to sign out various vehicles for short periods of time.

    It's ideal for folks like you where you have a primary vehicle, but occasionally need a secondary. The co-op fleet has trucks and vans. My wife signed up, and it's better than purchasing (and insuring) a second car. Plus, she gets to satisfy her Mini Cooper fetish (the co-op has three that you can sign out) without having to shell out the bucks.
  3. Re:Why only 55? by fizzup · · Score: 1 · on Japanese Mileage Maniacs

    If you live in Vancouver, consider joining the Cooperative Auto Network, a non-profit car rental cooperative. Although they mostly have small sedans, they also have trucks and minivans, cars with bike racks, &c. If you join under the "flex" plan, and don't happen to use one of the cars then the cost is less than C$10 for that month, about the cost of sending you a bill (after all, it's non-profit).

  4. Also by temojen · · Score: 1 · on Time Sharing Cars

    Co-operative Auto Network, in Vancouver, Nanaimo, Tofino, Courtenay, and Cortes Island (in BC, Canada).

  5. Re:Community Cars by Xofer+D · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Vehicles of Tomorrow?
    You're right that this is somewhat possible; in practice, it doesn't happen. I'm a member of my city's cooperative auto network and the cars are just fine, thanks. They're clean, well-maintained, and the tank is always at least half-full.

    Often I guess people feel a responsibility to take care of shared property, as long as they don't take it for granted.

  6. Implementation: Co-Operative Auto Network by temojen · · Score: 1 · on Vehicles of Tomorrow?

    Vancouver, BC

  7. Cooperative Auto by cerebrum · · Score: 1 · on Creating Car Free Cities
    Another way of doing this is to have a car co-op (good example is here in Vancouver Cooperative Auto). There are 60+ cars around the city (pre-assigned spots)... then when you want a car, you book it (webpage or phone) and then you can use it for that time period. We have found the cost to be about 1/2 of what we were paying when we owned a car. Main point, it also forces us to walk more and to use public transport, but when we do need a car, it is available.

    It is a great balance between not wanting to own a car and being stuck in a 10 block radius. Oh, and I bike too, 10km each way to work.