So – i joined Streetcar! I finally did it with a lovely voucher from a colleague, giving me £20 membership and £10 credit!
So i can now consider hundreds of cars my own .. for pretty cheap! It works out quite nicely price wise too – i’ve so far spent £65, giving me a night and a few hours with a van, and an entire night with a 320d – for the Ikea / shopping trip! Ive also got a host of Golfs, Polos, Tourans, Vans and other random stuff within 50m of my door to test out.
Sadly i’d probably not buy any of the cars available; new or second hand – the BMW is just not quick enough (though 280lbs/ft is pretty nice!) and whilst its a good quality car it doesn’t feel like you get any more than a modern Mondeo. The van’s pretty handy for moving things about though. At least it gives me my driving fix .. for now.
http://www.streetcar.co.uk/cars.aspx
So far i’ve had pretty good experience with customer service – they’ve made a few mistakes but promptly and fairly resolved them – though i do believe they could do better. for example, on joining i was charged for insurance specifically said not to, a van has been a few minutes late once with no compensation and the “balance” display on the website/iphone app is basically generated using ‘random()’ – though otherwise simple to use! Otherwise they’re pretty helpful and obviously they are still learning as they go .. being a newish company. Lets see if we can get some even nicer cars for those of us willing to pay for it!
