Forum topic: Car Club usage in Palmers Green
Car Club usage in Palmers Green
Julia Mountain
10 Jan 2015 09:16 #769
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Do you find it convenient? What are the pros and cons?
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Car Club usage in Palmers Green
Holly Bothwell
14 Jan 2015 11:37 #795
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I do have a Zipcar account and I've been a member for around three years. Primarily I use it for transportation of Large Amounts Of Stuff, so the reason for going with Zipcar is that I also get access to Zipvan for my membership fee. I think it's great - the only real "con" to my mind is that it can be difficult to park it on residential streets precisely where you want it because there are so many private cars parked there already, but that's hardly a problem limited to car club schemes and is reflective of the saturation of vehicle ownership.
I think Zipcar is fantastic, although there doesn't seem to be much demand for it round this way, so there aren't many Zipcars this far North. Perhaps that will change - I'm still holding out for the day when more people realise that paying 50 quid a year to be able to access a vehicle whenever you need it - with insurance built in and the congestion charge paid for you - is so much better than forking out much more to keep your own on the road!
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Car Club usage in Palmers Green
Julia Mountain
16 Jan 2015 22:28 #806
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But we can ask City Car Club to set up a car location near us; secure.citycarclub.co.uk/contact/car-near-me/
If occasional drivers like me used a car club instead of having our own cars, there would be more parking spaces for regular drivers. I hope other people will use the form to lobby for more car club cars to be located in this area.
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Car Club usage in Palmers Green
Karl Brown
17 Jan 2015 12:53 #807
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Car Club usage in Palmers Green
David Hughes
18 Jan 2015 01:01 #809
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Whether or not it could or would tie them in to the Cycle Enfield project is another matter, but perhaps we could help by thinking through how it might work. For example, I am/shall be pressing for kerbside, covered and secure bike storage in many residential streets which will mop up a little parking space. However sufficient replacement space would be created if only one person joined a car club and sold their own car.
Not perhaps a shining light of an idea, but it illustrates the sort of thing which could be helpful
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