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Most residents are familiar with our car sharing options of Flexcar & Zipcar, many of you probably use them as your only auto just like my girlfriend & I do. But when you have to have a car for several days, or even a week, do you still use a car sharing service or do you take a regular rental?
We almost exclusively use the car sharing services for longer term rentals as well, even though the initial costs are higher than a regular car rental. We’ve kept shared cars for as many as 10 days, and while expensive, the overall cost and convenience has made it our preferred course of action.
Two of the best arguments in favor of using the car sharing are the convenient locations (not having to go to the airport or train station to pick up & return), and the fact that you know exactly what the car will cost you up front. For the second point I don’t mean airport taxes & other added fees (although those are high for regular rentals), but costs like gas and insurance.
When using a regular rental, those of us with no car have no other option but to buy the additional insurance for regular car rentals. Yes, most credit cards offer some form of a collision damage waiver, but often those cap the total replacement car costs at a fairly low amount ($25,000 or so) and you still need liability, and maybe uninsured driver protections. Those fees plus the cost of gas can really run up the cost of a regular car rental.
With Flex/Zip car, insurance and gas are included. And you typically do not pay for evening hours, in fact many of the cars only have you paying for 5 to 10 hours per 24 hour period.
Of course with a car sharing service you have to plan well in advance to find a car available for longer term rental, so this is not for a spur of the moment trip.
8th Street – The Final Result (pic)
We received a high level view of the completed 8th Street project. Thanks go out to Jason for the pic!
Colorfield Remix Project – The Evidence (pics)
We stopped over by the Colorfield Remix project to watch 8th Street turn from asphalt black into a bright field of color. Witness the pictures to see the macadam’s transformation.
It must be hard to find something to write about when we’re forced to point you to a story in tomorrow’s WaPo reviewing restaurant bathrooms. These are no ordinary bathrooms, however, and of the seven reviewed, four are in restaurants in the PQ (Zaytinya, Zola, Zengo and Indebleu). The architect of these commodious commodes does make a good point when she revels in the fact that the water closet is a way to extend the restaurant’s environment into private quarters. As far as design goes, this blogger still likes the Mie ‘n Yiu loos the best even though they’re in Georgetown. You’ll have to check them all out for yourself to form your own opinion.
Start your paint buckets!Sometimes, it takes a village. The CVS never looked brighter.
Sunday WaPo Sneak Peak – Commodious Commodes