Wurlitzer or Metropolitan

[wolverine]

For what its worth, my sister and brother in law live in Chicago [[not downtown) car-free and are members of Zipcar. They are pretty happy with the service.

Obviously everyone will have a different take. I'm driving a car probably 4-5 hours per month, but again, I'm sticking with membership because I'm required to. I have no other driving option otherwise...except maybe full day rentals from enterprise or hertz.

For cities that are dense urban areas, the program is completely justified. It's expensive to own, insure, and park a car here in Chicago. With zipcar, the hourly rates are high, but when you look at it in the long run, it's justified because you drive infrequently and everything you need is within walking distance.

But what about Detroit, where most places require you to drive to get to them in a reasonable amount of time?

No. This is not the kind of service you want to be using. You will quickly find that your expenses of using carsharing quickly double those of owning.

Trust me, as someone who has been able to compare both first hand, it just isn't going to work well in Detroit, even if they try to force it to work.

[jsmyers]

Trust me, as someone who has been able to compare both first hand, it just isn't going to work well in Detroit, even if they try to force it to work.

We'll see: Zipcar in Midtown