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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 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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