Anyway, here’s a closer look at the hot mess. Unlike a car rental agency, when you drop off a car and it’s inspected, this does not happen with Zipcar. This seems to be a loophole in Zipcar’s platform. Interestingly, there is no way Zipcar will know if one of their members left the car clean or not unless the culprit is reported by the next driver. The Zipcar rule says that if you don’t leave the car clean for the next driver, you’ll be charged a $50 fee. He/she hot boxed the car and left it a crazy mess. This driver, however, didn’t give any thought or courtesy to the next driver. Now, I do not care if someone smokes cigarettes or pot. The very first one is no-smoking and keeping the car clean. Zipcar dirty AFĪs you can see, there are only 3 rules to Zipcar.
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Not only did the driver hot box the car with pot, enough for me to get contact high, the driver did not clean the car.
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I don’t mind when people smoke marijuana, but the driver didn’t smoke with the windows down. The driver who rented the Honda Civic before me was definitely a huge pot smoker. What you don’t know is who is using the car before you. You are sharing this car with your community. So, here comes the first unfortunately surprise. Another inconvenience is that the garage did not get great cell service, which means you will not be able to use your app to lock/unlock the door, depending on where you’re standing. Here’s a better shot of the dark garage and how the door wouldn’t fully open due to the column, and you could not get into the car through the passenger side either. While I was thankful the app had a button to honk the horn of the Honda Civic so I didn’t have to search the garage trying to find it, it was not great that the car was squeezed into a tight spot where I could hardly get into the front seat.
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The other inconvenient factor is that this Honda Civic was parked in a garage in a very undesirable spot. You can see the screenshot below on how the booking system works. This cut back on the ‘convenience’ factor of Zipcar, though the Civic was thankfully cheaper by the hour. While the two cars on my block were booked, the next available car, a Honda Civic, was about a ten minute walk away. It’s always good to book a car in advance, because they could be in use when you need them. The day I booked a Zipcar, June 6, 2021, a Sunday, these cars were unavailable. In Williamsburg, there are two cars within a block from me. For NYC, there’s a NY Passenger Car rental tax for $7.32 and a NY City/State Sales Tax for $5.41. When you decide on a car, you can see the total cost. The app connects you to your booking and booked car. You can unlock/lock the Zipcar with the app, and the keys are inside. When you need a car, you book one on the Zipcar website or on the app, then you’re ready to go. So, because I joined Zipcar in November, I was charged $49 so far - and I didn’t actually rent a car until June. I pay $7 a month, no matter if I use the car or not. Keep in mind, Zipcar sneakily charges you a monthly fee. The cars near me start at $14 an hour, and go up to $160 for the day. Zipcars are not super cheap, depending on where you live. Once you sign up for Zipcar, the company will send you a member card in the mail, which you use to lock/unlock the door (the Zipcar app does the same thing).
They have their very own parking space you know where the car is parked at all times. What I love about Zipcar is that its cars are readily available in appointed parking spaces, so you never have to look around for one on the street. The company has a fleet of 12,000 cars in over 500 cities and towns.
The service and convenience of booking was great. Since I wasn’t ready to buy a car, I joined Zipcar, a car sharing rental that lets you rent a car by the hour or day. In Brooklyn, there’s more street parking, less traffic, and it’s easier to get onto expressways/highways to nearby destinations, like the Catskills, Long Island or Connecticut. After living in Manhattan for 10 years, I moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which is perfectly positioned for car owners.
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