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this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2024
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Car rentals are expensive and time consuming affairs. This 'solution' is worse for the vast majority of people who currently own cars. It's why you don't see people doing it.
I drove a beater with no note for like twenty years and just rented for car trips.
Having two or three car payments a year is cheaper than twelve.
It's unconventional, but plenty of people do it.
When compared with the cost savings, in my personal case, renting when I need a car to drive 100+miles, is cheaper than buying a more expensive ev, or paying for fuel in a gasoline vehicle.
The time is negligible as well when I compare the time I don't spend at gas stations because I charge at home.