{"id":7166,"date":"2012-11-29T05:10:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T05:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/?p=7166"},"modified":"2025-05-05T02:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:40:14","slug":"getaround-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/7166\/getaround-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheel Deal: Why Drivers Should Rent Their Cars On Getaround"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been taking more two-wheeled road trips lately, so I\u2019m not traveling much anymore in my Toyota. Public transportation has allowed this suburban-bred driver the unaccustomed ease of getting to work in the East Bay without a car. Yet still, I can\u2019t bring myself to part with it. I\u2019ve had it since high school. But why should I keep the darn thing, paying for insurance and maintenance and parking, if it mostly sits unused day after day?<\/p>\n

According to Getaround<\/a>, a two-year-old car sharing service, the average car isn\u2019t used for 22 hours of every day or the equivalent of 22 billion wasted hours around the world. Getaround is enabling carless drivers to use that time more efficiently as each shared car takes 13 cars off the road\u2014the equivalent to 487,000 pounds of carbon. (The Guardian\u2019s Green Living blog reports<\/a> that manufacturing one medium-sized new car uses about 37,000 pounds of carbon.) You can also contribute to these sustainable efforts by investing in used cars in noblesville<\/a> instead of buying a brand new vehicle.<\/p>\n

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