Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: car sharing

[Racheli Gai (racheli]

We (in Sonora Cohousing) don't have any formal car-sharing, although  
the idea keeps
coming up (and then fades into the sunset)...
My car is used by one neighbor in a semi-formal fashion: He needs it  
on certain days/times
to get his kids to or from school.  The arrangement is that if I need  
it on these occasions,
I have to let him know ahead of time, so that he can borrow someone  
else's car.
Every now and then he puts gas in the tank.
On the surface it might look like he's the only one benefitting, but I  
benefit in the sense
that if he drives my car (a Prius) he pollutes less and uses less gas  
than if he drives
most other cars in the neighborhood.  I also feel that owning a car is  
way more justifiable
if it's used by more than one household - it lowers my eco-footprint,  
and if more people
did that sort of thing, not so many cars will have to be manufactured.
My car gets used by various other  people, but in a more sporadic  
fashion.

Racheli.

On Feb 2, 2010, at 11:42 PM, <lcamundsen [at] shaw.ca> <lcamundsen [at] shaw.ca>  
wrote:

> I live at Quayside Village Cohousing in NorthVancouver BC. I shared  
> a car
> with a neighbour for two years. Both of us worked full time. It  
> worked very
> well. It ended because I retired and didn't need a car at all.
> We also have access to a car coop in Vancouver called Cooperative   
> Auto
> Network. It works very well too. Some of  the residents here belong  
> and find
> it satisfactory.
> Camilla Amundsen
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:43 PM
> Subject: [C-L]_ car sharing
>
>
> > I live at Elderspirit in Abingdon, VA and we are talking about car
> > sharing. Is it happening in other communities? and what advice can  
> > you
> > offer us?  Thanks
> >
> > fran levin
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