Comments on: Mendes & Cork City Council GoCar Car Sharing http://verbo.se/mendes-cork-city-council-gocar-car-sharing Cos Ter.se Wasn't Available. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:28:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: dahamsta http://verbo.se/mendes-cork-city-council-gocar-car-sharing/comment-page-1#comment-11662 dahamsta Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:05:10 +0000 http://verbo.se/?p=1300#comment-11662 It's the Transit I'd be thinking about myself, given the regularity with which I move house (another move in the offing right now!), although I'd wonder about the monthly fee. If I couldn't get out of it afterwards, it might be cheaper to rent from a proper rental agency. (It won't be Avis after their treatment of us in Croatia btw!) For someone living in Cork city without a car though, it's an absolutely brilliant idea, I hope people don't screw it up like they did the bikes. adam It’s the Transit I’d be thinking about myself, given the regularity with which I move house (another move in the offing right now!), although I’d wonder about the monthly fee. If I couldn’t get out of it afterwards, it might be cheaper to rent from a proper rental agency. (It won’t be Avis after their treatment of us in Croatia btw!)

For someone living in Cork city without a car though, it’s an absolutely brilliant idea, I hope people don’t screw it up like they did the bikes.

adam

]]> By: Mark Moloney http://verbo.se/mendes-cork-city-council-gocar-car-sharing/comment-page-1#comment-11660 Mark Moloney Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:34:03 +0000 http://verbo.se/?p=1300#comment-11660 I used car pooling here in Malmö last year, before ze baby came, and it was very handy indeed. Petrol was included (if the tank was <½ when you were finished, you were required to fill the car using a petrol card that belonged to that specific car). The cars themselves were usually ethanol-driven. The smaller cars were cheaper, but it was handy to have access to a huge Volvo to make a pre-baby run to IKEA. Booking via internet, and reserved parking spaces in a number of locations around the city (I think there were three locations that were all very close to where we live). We did eventually buy a car, and I actually think that it's both handier and cheaper to own a car than the car pool was, if you want to do more than shopping once a week and maybe one more short journey per week. A few other things changed at the same time: I worked farther away from home, and Sara's parents moved farther away. If we hadn't chosen to buy a car, I'd definitely still be in that car pool. I hope it works out for Cork. I used car pooling here in Malmö last year, before ze baby came, and it was very handy indeed. Petrol was included (if the tank was <½ when you were finished, you were required to fill the car using a petrol card that belonged to that specific car). The cars themselves were usually ethanol-driven. The smaller cars were cheaper, but it was handy to have access to a huge Volvo to make a pre-baby run to IKEA. Booking via internet, and reserved parking spaces in a number of locations around the city (I think there were three locations that were all very close to where we live).

We did eventually buy a car, and I actually think that it’s both handier and cheaper to own a car than the car pool was, if you want to do more than shopping once a week and maybe one more short journey per week. A few other things changed at the same time: I worked farther away from home, and Sara’s parents moved farther away. If we hadn’t chosen to buy a car, I’d definitely still be in that car pool. I hope it works out for Cork.

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