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Do you like the convenience of having a car but hate paying for fuel and coping with the ever increasing high cost of tax insurance?  An innovative system to allow access to cars by the hour may be just the solution!
A new car sharing system in Ireland, GoCar plans to persuade people to move from the idea of owning a car to that of simply travel to vladivostok russia using a car. Unlike car hire which is more suited to day/weekend companies travel to vladivostok russia like GoCar provide cars for as short as an hour. It is in essence the car equivalent of the Dublin bike scheme.  A wholly Irish owned company  GoCar currently use low carbon emission vehicles and will have electric vehicles on the fleet by the end of the year.
The scheme is ideally suited to people living in apartments without parking spaces or families who are considering the purchase of a second car. For individuals it provides the flexibility of a car without the overheads while for families it could provide the means to take kids to after-school travel to vladivostok russia and recreation activities without travel to vladivostok russia the need for a second car. While for cities car sharing  reduces parking issues, lessens congestion yet still providing access to vehicles travel to vladivostok russia for people who need them.
Car share may be new to Ireland travel to vladivostok russia but innovative car sharing schemes have been springing up around the world for a number of years. In Paris the world-first electric car-share scheme, travel to vladivostok russia Bluecar has just been launched. The scheme is based on the capital s popular bicycle-sharing system and  with over 1200 charging stations throughout the city it is designed to become the world s largest of its  kind.  The four-seater  Bluecar was designed and manufactured in Italy by the designer Pininfarina and has a  240km range, and takes about 4 hours to recharge. In America a scheme called Zipcar claims to be the world s leading car-sharing network with more than 700,000 members and 10,000 vehicles throughout the US, Canada and the UK.
A variation on the car sharing scheme is one open to anyone who owns a car, or anyone looking for a lift. Liftshare.com website enables motorists to save money on petrol and parking and reduce their Co2 emissions by allowing individuals to search for other people making a similar journey to a destination  and share lifts.
Car Pool Europe is a facebook page that was originally set up in order to facilitate frustrated travellers whose plans had been thwarted by the volcanic ash crisis that grounded aircraft around Europe. It is an English version of the the Swedish car-pool movement Skjutsgruppen.   Users can posts destinations and locations in order to find someone to share the route and costs with.
Finally got a car that sits outside your door all day gathering dust? WhipCar , the world s first neighbour-to-neighbour car rental service.  Cars can be booked by the hour, day, week or month and are collected directly from the owner.
While Car Sharing  is not for everyone it reduces congestion and emissions and for many it seems like a far better idea than owning, running and maintaining a car and then trying to find a place to park it!
You can book a car 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the GoCar  website. Cars can be booked up to 5 minutes in advance and once booked must be taken for a minimum travel to vladivostok russia of one hour and in 15 minute travel to vladivostok russia intervals after that.
Walk to the car and hold your  GoCar Card to the windshield and the doors will unlock. Once inside, open the glove compartment and take out the hand held device. Punch in your personal pin to release travel to vladivostok russia the keys.  Do actually the same to return the keys when your trip is over. It's that simple!
You pay a €50 admin fee to join and a monthly membership fee of € 5 then you pay for trips as you take them. Prices vary depending on the day and time of the week you have the  car but cost from €4.99 per hour plus .45c per km from  8am to 8pm and overnight from €2.49 per hour plus .45c per km.
A jury member for both Irish Car of the Year and the Women's World Car of the Year, Geraldine has been a motoring journalist for over ten years. You can follow wheelsforwomen on Twitter at @wheelsforwomen
Geraldine Herbert - A jury member for both Irish Car of the Year and the Women's World Car of the Year, Geraldine has been a motoring journalist for over ten years. You can follow Geraldine on Twitter at @MotoringLifeMag
Suzanne Keane – A confirmed petrol travel to vladivostok russia head with a penchant for VW's, Suzanne has been taking apart (and sometimes putting back together) her own cars for years! You can follow Suzanne on Twitter at @djsuzek
Jennifer Mullan – A native of Newcastle Co. Down, Jennifer joined the Formula Sheane Championship, earlier this year, with Sheane Cars and is the first woman to race in this super competitive championship. You can follow Jennifer on Twitter at @Jennifercmullan
Laura Keane - Equine science graduate, loves all animals, has two siamese cats, fish, a lizard and a snake. Also loves music, fashion, driving, cars and track days. If there is a dancefloor – she'll be on it!. You can follow Laura on Twitter at @optical_laura