September 13, 2007
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Flexcar
Flexcar! What fun. Catch a bus, walk two blocks, hop in a Honda Element, and go.
The van’s grindy noise came back, and now it’s more persistent. I’m thinking it’s the front driver’s side bearings. Tomorrow will be exploratory surgery, but I needed $20 in parts before I could do it. So I rented a car to go get them (in Lynnwood, far far away), and to do some grocery shopping on the way back.
The process is very simple: Hold a card up to the windshield sensor, wait, get in the car, dig the key out of the glove box, and go. Reverse the process to return. In this case, it was in the Children’s Hospital parking garage, so I had to wave a keycard in front of a gate to get out and then back in. My ‘estimated cost’ was $30, and unless I screwed something up, that’s what it cost, gas included.
I like the Element. Utilitarian enough for my tastes. A person could camp out in the back.
If the van needs new bearings, I’ll probably just order them, rather than rent the car again… Of course, while I was driving around I thought it’d be fun to get a few people together to share the cost and drive one of these things up into the North Cascades. $75/day… Who’s game?
Also: Read Digby, writing about ‘Constitutional Hardball.’ It’s important stuff to know.
Comments (3)
did you bring your dashboard people along for the ride?
Nope. No dashboard people.
Even if I’d brought ‘em, there’s no good place for dashboard people in a Honda Element.
Neat program! We ride the bus a lot here, but don’t want to give up our car for those heavy cat litter, bulk laundry detergent, or miscellaneous furniture kinds of trips. We’ll have to encourage flexcar to expand to canada.
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