Uber Carshare to fold globally within a month

[Sprintey]

And just like the electric bikes and scooter hire, file under 'and this is why we can't have nice things'

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-new...is-week-report

“Due to increasing costs and operational challenges associated with insurance, thefts, and vehicle repairs, we’re making changes to our business model."

Anyone here renting their car in a similar way? Any interesting stories to tell?

Bonus question: who would you lend your car to?

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQDnDKhcaM

[Citroënbender]

“Fast food delivery company buys supermarkets and later closes them.”

No surprise really.

[Captain Stubing]

I think the grubs were able to shop for a car they wanted, get its location, smash open or exploit the lockbox and Voila! they have the key.

[Franco Cozzo]

Friend has five cars he now has to get rid of and doesn't know where to store them,

I said in the street out the front of his house is a good place, they're all registered and you can park registered cars on the street no dramas

[Dr Smith]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Friend has five cars he now has to get rid of and doesn't know where to store them,

I said in the street out the front of his house is a good place, they're all registered and you can park registered cars on the street no dramas

lol, a mechanic in my work street does that with the cars he repairs for some car yard near by...and I mean upto 35 cars at one time, and some cars upto 6 months sitting with grass growing into the wheels... forcing workers in all the neighbouring factories to park further away...strangely he stopped leaving cars outside my factory after I informed him my forklift can pick up anything up to 2.5 tonnes and would he like a demo...

[Syndrome]

Socialism never works. Because if a person didn't invest blood, sweat or tears then they won't value it. Uber Carshare was always a risk because some people just don't give a intercourse.

[VioletGT]

Had a little kia rio run around listed on the platform - one of the cheapest rentals in the area. No issues with any customers, lock box on the passenger window, made around $300 a month.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Socialism never works. Because if a person didn't invest blood, sweat or tears then they won't value it. Uber Carshare was always a risk because some people just don't give a intercourse.

It’s got nothing to do with socialism and everything to do with people going into business that have no right being there.
The idea was sold to private people that letting out their cars was a low/no risk way to make money by doing precious little..
Now chicken have come home to roost and people start to realise why car rental companies charge so much.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Dr Smith

lol, a mechanic in my work street does that with the cars he repairs for some car yard near by...and I mean upto 35 cars at one time, and some cars upto 6 months sitting with grass growing into the wheels... forcing workers in all the neighbouring factories to park further away...strangely he stopped leaving cars outside my factory after I informed him my forklift can pick up anything up to 2.5 tonnes and would he like a demo...

Sounds like my joint, it's like a wrecking yard, even got pallet racking sitting in the middle of the driveway

Was at their place last night, it's in a new housing estate

The council fines you if you park on the nature strip, so everyone parks their cars on the street, as multi car families because it's in suburbia, but lot sizes are so small they don't have decent length driveways.

But the streets are made narrow, to maximise how many properties they can cram into the estate, so it's difficult to get around the estate, because everyone's cars on the street.... Because the council fines them if they're on the nature strip.

Absolutely ridiculous, but I'm trying my hardest to get him to bring them all home and park them on both sides of the street

[b0son]

Originally Posted by Dr Smith

lol, a mechanic in my work street does that with the cars he repairs for some car yard near by...and I mean upto 35 cars at one time, and some cars upto 6 months sitting with grass growing into the wheels... forcing workers in all the neighbouring factories to park further away...strangely he stopped leaving cars outside my factory after I informed him my forklift can pick up anything up to 2.5 tonnes and would he like a demo...

we have a problem with truckies parking their trucks and trailers for days on end out the front of ours. I used to make sure the nature strip was tidy and maintained, but they just kept leaving all their rubbish there. takeaway boxes, glass bottles, old tyres, but the last straw was a truck bolt/nut which if I had gone over it with my mower, almost certainly would have put me in hospital. now I just let the grass overgrow. at some point the council will be in touch and tell me I have to mow it, at which point I will demand a no parking sign. if they refuse, I will too. I may be required to keep the grass tidy, but I'm not required to clean up roadside litter.

[b0son]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

The council fines you if you park on the nature strip, so everyone parks their cars on the street, as multi car families because it's in suburbia, but lot sizes are so small they don't have decent length driveways.

not just decent length, adequate width. the council set a maximum drievway width that is fine for single occupancy, but a dual occupancy, you cant have two cars on the driveway in front of the garage - the driveway isnt wide enough for one car to get out around the other. I'm waiting for my tenants to arc up at some stage and ask me to move the letterboxes....

[Sprintey]

Originally Posted by VioletGT

Had a little kia rio run around listed on the platform - one of the cheapest rentals in the area. No issues with any customers, lock box on the passenger window, made around $300 a month.

Very interesting, was that after maintenance, insurance and any depreciation? Personally I wouldn't do this, but did use my old LandCruiser as the survey work vehicle so got into calculating how much it was earning my keep after it's costs.

[Sprintey]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Sounds like my joint, it's like a wrecking yard, even got pallet racking sitting in the middle of the driveway

Was at their place last night, it's in a new housing estate

The council fines you if you park on the nature strip, so everyone parks their cars on the street, as multi car families because it's in suburbia, but lot sizes are so small they don't have decent length driveways.

But the streets are made narrow, to maximise how many properties they can cram into the estate, so it's difficult to get around the estate, because everyone's cars on the street.... Because the council fines them if they're on the nature strip.

Absolutely ridiculous, but I'm trying my hardest to get him to bring them all home and park them on both sides of the street

It's absolute madness in some of the Armstrong Creek streets, so many cars on the street, tiny lot fronts, no front yard and walkway really close to front door and garage. A huge reduction in living standards if you define having adequate space as a criteria.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by b0son

we have a problem with truckies parking their trucks and trailers for days on end out the front of ours. I used to make sure the nature strip was tidy and maintained, but they just kept leaving all their rubbish there. takeaway boxes, glass bottles, old tyres, but the last straw was a truck bolt/nut which if I had gone over it with my mower, almost certainly would have put me in hospital. now I just let the grass overgrow. at some point the council will be in touch and tell me I have to mow it, at which point I will demand a no parking sign. if they refuse, I will too. I may be required to keep the grass tidy, but I'm not required to clean up roadside litter.

Had this problem with truck drivers where I used to work, they'd park up in our industrial estate then dump all the shit out of their cabin onto the nature strip all the time,

Have it with neighboring business where I work now, also industrial estate, but its worse its always dumping rubbish on everyones nature strips, truck tyres, pallets, all sorts of stuff.