zipcar or igo?

Now that I no longer own a car, I was wondering if anyone had any insight on which service they prefer to use. Prices and locations seem similar.

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Permalink Reply by Jared on February 27, 2011 at 1:58pm
Ah, I was looking at the Logan Blvd. location.  Apparently there is quite a bit of difference in rates between the different locations.
Permalink Reply by Michele on February 27, 2011 at 2:58pm

I-Go has Toyota Tacoma pick up trucks. I've reserved one for some furniture moving next weekend.

 

I have found that by the time I add in gas and insurance, renting a car in the city for the day is about the same or more expensive than an I-Go. If I took the train to O'Hare a rental might be cheaper, but for me, it's not worth the hassle. What I like about I-Go is being able to walk to a car, wave my magic card over the dash, and drive off!

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on February 28, 2011 at 1:45am

You CAN buy auto insurance without owning a car.  It covers you whenever you drive any vehicle and umbrella insurance like this is not very expensive.  It will also cover you if you smash into a car on your bike and (as much as many bikers feel this is impossible) it is your fault because one made a mistake in traffic and actually caused the accident.  

 

If I were renting cars/trucks out I wouldn't want to rent out to people who were such non-drivers that they didn't even carry any insurance.  I'd put that down in the 'bad risk" category.  Just a sound business practice. 

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on February 28, 2011 at 2:31am
It also depends on timing.  Sometimes they're offering cheaper deals, sometimes not.

Jared said:
Ah, I was looking at the Logan Blvd. location.  Apparently there is quite a bit of difference in rates between the different locations.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on February 28, 2011 at 2:32am
That must be relatively new, presumably in response to member demand.

H3N3 said:
Ah, so I see. There are two in Chicago. One near Evanston, and one near Eerie and Ashland, which is about 45 minutes by bus with luck, or 30 by bike.  Considering the cost of the whole prospect, it would have to be closer to be worth considering membership.
Michele Beaulieux said:

I-Go has Toyota Tacoma pick up trucks. I've reserved one for some furniture moving next weekend.

Permalink Reply by Duppie on February 28, 2011 at 3:21am

Renting at an airport is always a bad idea. Airports in general are more expensive, since politicians have figured out that business and tourist travelers don't vote. So you can levy taxes on them with impunity.

 

I you can avoid the busy times, and you can plan ahead, you can get great deals with neighborhood rental places. When I did the math, it always worked in car rental places favor.



Michele Beaulieux said:

If I took the train to O'Hare a rental might be cheaper

Permalink Reply by Liz on February 28, 2011 at 4:49am
What about enterprise truck rental or uhaul?  Both of those companies have insurance you can purchase with the rental. 

H3N3 said:

Menards has a truck for rent and the nice thing about it is they rent it by the hour instead of all day.

 

Never fails-- someone who has no experience living car free jumps in right at this point and posts that you can rent a truck from _________ building center.

You can not rent a truck from Menard's or Home Depot unless you already have auto insurance.

Been through this over and over.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on February 28, 2011 at 4:52am

I've rented from Menards.  I do understand the requirement.  It's not actually used as "insurance" to cover you while you are renting the vehicle -it's just a hurdle to keep the riff-raff out who shouldn't be driving one of their trucks.

 

It's a pretty simple CYA ploy to limit their exposure to poor driving.  A current license is meaningless. Anyone can get one of those -even someone with 184 drunk-driving offenses can get a license back eventually.  But someone who can't get insurance is someone I wouldn't want to rent to...

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on February 28, 2011 at 6:26am

ASSumptions...

 

I have lived car free.  And yes, I've rented a truck from menards with only a voucher from my insurance agent saying I do have auto coverage.  You can buy it for a single day from a good agent or a year's worth of umbrella insurance that will cover you driving any vehicle from a skateboard to a hot air balloon.  It's  not very expensive and will also cover you or rental cars or driving a friend's vehicle who lends one to you.  

 

IMHO, someone driving around without insurance is foolish -even if you don't own a car.

Permalink Reply by Liz on February 28, 2011 at 7:13am

I know Uhaul and Enterprise offer pick up trucks and vans, I'm not sure if Elite offers anything other than full trucks.

Permalink Reply by igz on February 28, 2011 at 7:32am
Generally, you cant rent from an airport proper without boarding passes. dont know why, but thats that happened to me when i tried to take advantage of a super deal. it was a no go.

Duppie said:

Renting at an airport is always a bad idea. Airports in general are more expensive, since politicians have figured out that business and tourist travelers don't vote. So you can levy taxes on them with impunity.

 

I you can avoid the busy times, and you can plan ahead, you can get great deals with neighborhood rental places. When I did the math, it always worked in car rental places favor.



Michele Beaulieux said:

If I took the train to O'Hare a rental might be cheaper

Permalink Reply by Liz on February 28, 2011 at 12:35pm
I've rented from airports before without any boarding pass.  It was the best deal on a week long rental for a road trip.  Also got a good deal on a one-way rental for ragbrai (rented one way to the start town and one way from the end town) by using O'Hare as the pick up/drop off

iggi said:
Generally, you cant rent from an airport proper without boarding passes. dont know why, but thats that happened to me when i tried to take advantage of a super deal. it was a no go.

Duppie said:

Renting at an airport is always a bad idea. Airports in general are more expensive, since politicians have figured out that business and tourist travelers don't vote. So you can levy taxes on them with impunity.

 

I you can avoid the busy times, and you can plan ahead, you can get great deals with neighborhood rental places. When I did the math, it always worked in car rental places favor.



Michele Beaulieux said:

If I took the train to O'Hare a rental might be cheaper

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