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Big bummer, I loved this service when traveling in the PNW. I could be in Portland for a week and instead of needing to rent a car for the whole time, I had unfettered access on demand and only paid for what I needed. Being able to park it anywhere for free was a big bonus as well.

I was really hoping this model was going to see wider adoption and private car ownership would begin its ride into the sunset.



Is there no ZipCar in Portland? When I lived in Seattle I didn't need to own a car because ZipCar filled in the gaps where transit wasn't appropriate.


When I lived in Seattle I had ZipCar and Car2Go. I used Car2Go a lot more because you could leave the car anywhere (you didn't have to return it to the same spot) so you could do 1 way trips.


Also no annual fees. Just a setup fee... which if you waited for a sale or coupon was waved.


zipcar you have to return to predefined locations. Not really the same use-case.


DriveNow pushed out zip car in Austria. Too inconvenient in comparison. Wonder if we enthielt end up with none.


Ah, thanks. I didn't realize that you could drop Car2Go vehicles elsewhere.


That was the 'killer feature'[1] really. They were great for unexpectedly needing a drive, or driving one way to somewhere you were going to drink (and cab/uber home) etc.

[1] obviously not killer enough.


I think they did a really poor job advertising this fact. The only reason I joined ZipCar was I had no idea about this policy.


Yes, ZipCar is in Portland.




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