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Old Posted Jun 8, 2009, 5:15 PM
FairHamilton FairHamilton is offline
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I'm torn on these guys, and here's why. I've done a little research on this outfit are part of a short article I've written for our Neighbourhood Newsletter. While writing the article it strikes me their $$ committment is much higher than some others like Zipcars.

Zipcars Toronto - Occasional Driving Plan
- Includes Gas, Insurance & 200 Free Kms.
- Weekday from $10.75/hr & $73/day
- Weekends from $11.25/hr & $78/day
- $55 annual fee
- $30 one-time application fee

CarShare - Includes Gas, but don't bring car back less than 1/2 full or there's a charge, no Free kms, and insurance is a monthly bill.
- $3.70/hr weekdays + $0.27/km
- $4.20/hr weekends + $0.27/km
no hourly charge between 11pm and 7am
- Insurance $14/month
- $25 Application Fee
- $400 Membership (refundable, which as it's structured like a loan I'm assuming you get your $400 back if you leave).

CarShare seems to expensive to me vis-a-vis Zipcars, or am I wrong? I find the $400 Membership fee and the .27/km to especially expensive.
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Last edited by FairHamilton; Jun 8, 2009 at 5:33 PM.
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