Chicagoist: Horror at the Pump leads to Car Sharing?

Not_another_username

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:20:34 -0600

I've been an I-Go member for about three years and I love it. So do my friends with cars--I'm not bumming rides anymore, unless it's to go someplace with them like a movie or a party. I don't know where on the Northwest Sid you are, D, but I'm in Albany Park and there are two cars I can walk to and another 5-6 no more than two L stops away.

rhoswhen

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:21:31 -0600

@ sfrazer: "Props to the guy buying a bottle of red wine and a box of sugar cookies, though. I've always had a hard time picking the right wine for cookies." I would have went with a blush, myself.

sfrazer_chicago

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:05:39 -0600

For some reason, the rental outfits downtown are always super expensive. The break-even point during the day seems to be about 5-6 hours. Also, they tend to be open fairly restrictive hours (i.e. no sundays) I did take a road trip to Cincy about a year ago and I rented from Budget at Midway for $15 / day. That was pretty sweet.

Chicago D

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:01:29 -0600

Not to undercut the iGos and Zipcars of the world, because they really are great, rental cars are also often competitively priced. We were zipcar members basically to have access to vehicles to move IKEA-type stuff. When we moved to the northwest side, we lost our reasonably easy access to both iGo and Zipcar. However, it turns out that the Enterprise rental car a few blocks away is very similarly priced for longer trips. Not good for 2 a.m. grocery shopping, but similar for IKEA. Just a thought.

sfrazer_chicago

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:41:18 -0600

iGo is great. And the cheaper rates at midnight mean I can go grocery shopping for 2 hours for about $4, way cheaper than Peapod's delivery charge. The only trouble with shopping after midnight is the Dominick's I go to only has one checkout isle open and I feel kind of bad about making a bunch of people with one or two items wait while I do my bimonthly shopping. Props to the guy buying a bottle of red wine and a box of sugar cookies, though. I've always had a hard time picking the right wine for cookies.