A query

[slipjig3]

Harold the Consumptive Oldsmobile of Doom has had a long-running case of the creeping fail that has progressed to the point where fixing all the things that are wrong with it may no longer be worth the cost. To that end, I'm looking to take the thing off the road sometime after the end of the current temp assignment, i.e. next month. However, since the idea of buying a car at a time when I don't have a permanent job scares the living pudding out of me, I'm wondering if the Zipcar theory might be the way to go. Does anyone here have any experience with Zipcar, especially Boston-specific experience? Pros / cons / recommendations / suggestions?

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

I know people who use, and are happy with, Zipcar. One of the main things is: are there Zipcars near where you live, and are they available at times when you want to use them? You're in Watertown IIRC, and I don't think they have Zipcars out that way--you mostly find them in Boston and Camberville.

Another thing you might want to think about is the limitations that not having a car will place on your future employment. If you have a car, you can always leave it at home and take the T, but if you don't have one, you're locked into what you can get to on the T, which limits your options considerably, or you're forced into "HOLY CRAP I START WORK IN A WEEK AND I NEED TO FIND A CAR NOW", which will almost assuredly lead you into buying a suboptimal car.

What's wrong with Harold the Hoopty Car, anyway?

[archangelwells.livejournal.com]

Uhm, yes, also, I know someone who last I checked was trying to sell her car cheaply. would you mind if I poked you at her anyway, if she still has it to sell?

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

Boston and Camberville folk will tell you Zipcar rocks the f@$ck out, hard. I may be going for it within the year myself. Nice that there are possibilities for lucking into a great deal too, though!