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Time Sharing Cars

Posted by samzenpus on from the imagine-the-late-fee dept.

timmy_walker writes "This article from the associated press talks about new car time share services from ZipCar and Seattle-based Flexcar, where "Customers make reservations via computer or telephone, and the company uses remote-access systems to control who can use the car when.""

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  1. Time Share by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to have a Ford Fiesta which I used to time share, between me and the goddamn mechanics.

    1. Re:Time Share by bfizzle · · Score: 3, Funny

      But instead you paid them to rent it out for the weekend.

  2. Other Rental Services by jgclark123 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why stop at cars? Instead of mail-order brides, rent-a-wife!

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    1. Re:Other Rental Services by gloth · · Score: 2, Funny

      Think of it: rent-a-wife / get-a-hooker is one of the oldest businesses out there. A heck of a lot older than car sharing!

    2. Re:Other Rental Services by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Or in your case, rent-a-sheep.

    3. Re:Other Rental Services by complete+loony · · Score: 4, Funny

      So you want to pay someone to come over to your house on a temporary basis and nag you and withhold sex because of some perceived slight that you don't even remember?

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  3. policy by nwerneck · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would really like to know what time sharing policy they are implementing... Fastest job first? FIFO? Multiple lines? random??...

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  4. Good Idea by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is there anyone out there who'd like to share their Ferrari or Porsche with me? I'm not picky, either will suffice ...

  5. Lacking Accountability and Ownership by Indy+Media+Watch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remember Lawrence Summers dictum:

    "In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car"

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    Indy Media Watch-Proctologist of the Internet

  6. Damn! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny


    I forgot to reserve the getaway car!

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  7. Re:Meh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No. I'm the one getting blown by my "carpool". Which one are you? I'll wave.

  8. Can I just rent the back seat? by zagmar · · Score: 2, Funny

    $5 - Blowjob
    $5 - backseat of Ford Fiesta for 1 hr

    Returning the car with cum stains on the back of the seats?

    Priceless.