Our Zipcar experience

Saturday afternoon, Sarah and I took the Zipcar plunge! We wanted to go to Silver Falls Park, which is about an hour away from where we're staying in the suburbs of Portland, and we had some credit in Zipcar that we wanted to use. The Zipcar we reserved cost $36 for 24 hours, which include up to 180 miles of free driving--gas and insurance included! Here's what you need to do in order to get into the car:

That's right--just hold your Zipcard above that little sensor. It checks that your card has the car reserved for that time, and if it does, the door unlocks! The key, incredibly, is always clearly displayed next to the ignition:


I think it's fun to drive a new car, and our Subaru Impresa was no exception. We had a blast! The car was extremely clean when we got into it, too. We tried to leave it clean when we left it, but we forgot to remove Sarah's sandals from the back. Whoops. We need to reserve it for an hour to unlock the car and get them back.

Overall, we had a great experience. I even called and changed our reservation time without a penalty! We left our Zipcar looking for reasons to use it again.