Free Sign Up to GoCar August 1st Only

jjbrien

Just got this email from gocar

Free sign up
- To claim free sign up
1. Go to www.gocar.ie/sign-up
2. Complete the online form using the promotion code ‘60HAPPYBIRTHDAY’
3. Enter your Credit or Debit card details. There will be no charge but we need this to charge for future trips.
- Free sign up can only be claimed from 00.00 until 23.59 on 01/08/2014.
- By completing the sign up to GoCar you agree to a €5 monthly membership fee.
- Membership can be cancelled at any stage.
- Members must be over 21 years of age with a full clean driving licence.
- Driving licence must be sent into info@gocar.ie within 5 working days of offer.
- GoCard will arrive by post within 5 working days after we receive your driving licence.
One hour free driving
- Existing GoCar members will get one hour free driving from 00.00 on 01/08/2014 until 23.59 on 01/08/2014.
- Only trips started after 00.00 on 01/08/2014 will receive 1 hour driving free.
- If the trip is started before 23.59 on 01/08/2014 the customer will still be entitled to 1 hours free driving.
- The customer is responsible for all charges relating to kilometres.
- The free hour will be reimbursed in the form of a credit added to the account.
- All normal T&C’s of GoCar driving are applicable during this offer.
- This offer is not available in conjunction with any other offer.
- The credit applied will reflect the cost of one hour driving of your chosen car i.e. GoCity (€2.49/€4.99), GoTripper and GoVan (€2.99/€5.99).
- Free hours driving only applies to 1 trip on the 1/8/14.

colmbrady

its great for this to be postesd on boards

jjbrien wrote: »

Just got this email from gocar

okidoki987

By completing the sign up to GoCar you agree to a €5 monthly membership fee.

So it is free or not?

jjbrien

okidoki987 wrote: »

So it is free or not?

I tried it without the code and it wanted to charge me €50 so tomorrow would be free no €50 joining fee if you sign up using the promo code tomorrow.

TallGlass

Good find

But if I use a car it's per hour and per km so too use the car for two hours driving say 70km

4.99x2 = 9.98
0.45x70 = 31.50

41.48 without vat and taxes.

Seems fairly expensive!

jjbrien

TallGlass wrote: »

Good find

But if I use a car it's per hour and per km so too use the car for two hours driving say 70km

4.99x2 = 9.98
0.45x70 = 31.50

41.48 without vat and taxes.

Seems fairly expensive!

I used a simular thing when i lived in Canada it includes petroil and your insurance. Still cheaper than a taxi if you need a car for 2 hours. But anything longer might be worth renting a car for the day. Its really only designed for someone going to the shops to take something home its not for big journeys.

KCAccidental

TallGlass wrote: »

Good find

But if I use a car it's per hour and per km so too use the car for two hours driving say 70km

4.99x2 = 9.98
0.45x70 = 31.50

41.48 without vat and taxes.

Seems fairly expensive!

Insurance tax and fuel is paid for tbf. I think it works out cheaper if you drive under 6,000k a year.

it's also 35c per km after the first 40km

notnem

TallGlass wrote: »

Good find

But if I use a car it's per hour and per km so too use the car for two hours driving say 70km

4.99x2 = 9.98
0.45x70 = 31.50

41.48 without vat and taxes.

Seems fairly expensive!

Have you ever worked out how much private car ownership costs?

notnem

If you wish to join with this special offer, this is the link on their home page.

MayoSalmon

notnem wrote: »

Have you ever worked out how much private car ownership costs?

Yes, it costs me 170 Euro per month all in to keep my car.

notnem

That isn't bad - my petrol would be more than that!

MayoSalmon

notnem wrote: »

That isn't bad - my petrol would be more than that!

I drive a Micra :pac::pac:

DavyD_83

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Yes, it costs me 170 Euro per month all in to keep my car.

to KEEP your car. So not including buying it on the first place?

MayoSalmon

DavyD_83 wrote: »

to KEEP your car. So not including buying it on the first place?

Only cost a grand

TallGlass

notnem wrote: »

Have you ever worked out how much private car ownership costs?

Yeah and that's why I have a suitable diesel and cheapest insurance I could find, only thing I can't adjust is tax. The loan too but not too bad. I say about 200-220 P/M .

But been honest, I have my own car outside my door when ever I need it for nearly the same price or cheaper going on the prices.

Don't get me wrong. It's an excellent idea but it's not one that makes me want to ditch my own car. Be good for someone that dose not drive that often has a full license and needs a car for a few hours to collect something. I liked the idea of the van but there only small vans.

pm1977x

I don't get how this buisness model will survive, you have to leave the car back at the same base you got it from - completely inconvenient unless the base is outside your house? It says it's like "Dublin Bikes for cars" but it's not as the multiple base element isn't there, so the convenience isn't there, or am I missing something?

Muahahaha

No I think you're right. They obviously do it that way to not need to have drivers out on the road moving cars back to bases as required. Doing so would obviously add costs to the operation as a driver can only move one car at a time. But I get what you mean, not being able to pick the car up say on the Northside and drop it on the southside means that the service is somewhat limited. I wonder does it work the same in other cities or if they have a bigger critical mass of users that doesn't require cars to be dropped back to base.

Dredd_J

There is a Go Car about 100m away from my house.
I would use this service, if there wasnt a subscription. I would like to pay whenever i use the car, not still pay even when i dont need it.

Some months I would use it 4 or 5 times, but other months i wouldnt use it at all.

So im not going to sign up to a subscription. Gocars loss.

galwayjohn89

pm1977x wrote: »

I don't get how this buisness model will survive, you have to leave the car back at the same base you got it from - completely inconvenient unless the base is outside your house? It says it's like "Dublin Bikes for cars" but it's not as the multiple base element isn't there, so the convenience isn't there, or am I missing something?

I'm pretty sure the one in Vancouver you just leave it in any assigned spot.

Would be handy if there were far more cars and you could leave it in any county council parking space. Would need far more cars for that to work.

jjbrien

In Toronto car2go you could leave at any car2go base. I had zipcar over there and had to return it to the spot I got it from the difference between them and the gocar here is they didnt have a monthly fee it was pay as you go. Was much better than the one here I live in Blanch and theres no cars out here. In Toronto they were always a 5 to 10 min walk from your house which was good no matter where in the city you lived.

Muahahaha

Dredd_J wrote: »

There is a Go Car about 100m away from my house.
I would use this service, if there wasnt a subscription. I would like to pay whenever i use the car, not still pay even when i dont need it.

Some months I would use it 4 or 5 times, but other months i wouldnt use it at all.

So im not going to sign up to a subscription. Gocars loss.

Yeah I guess the service to be a member works out at €60 a year, even if you never hire a car. So if you only rented a car 6 times a year then it would add €10 on to every single rental. If you're stumping up to be a member every month you'd really want to be using it a minimum of once a month to get value from the sub. If youre just going to be a casual user who might use it once in a blue moon then giving them €60 a year so you then have the facility to give them more by actually renting a car isn't exactly great value for money.

As I outlined on another thread people should also consider buying themselves a one year car hire excess policy (approx €50 a year) and then hire cars around the city as needed. If you live near the airport then better again, often the car hire rates there are ultra competitive, I've gotten a Ford Focus for as little as €17 a day which is about 75c an hour for the 24 hour period and nor does it cost you 45c per kilometre to drive it like GoCar does so if you wanna do an overnight trip to Galway then it's perfectly feasible. GoCar does have it's uses for some people but I feel what's needed now is for a second operator to enter the market and shake it up a bit.

beauf

The situations where you could use it seem very limited. Considering very little use would make a regular hire car a better option.

Len_007

To cancel your account you post your go car card to...
35 Northwood Court
Dublin 9

notnem

Muahahaha wrote: »

Yeah I guess the service to be a member works out at €60 a year, even if you never hire a car. So if you only rented a car 6 times a year then it would add €10 on to every single rental. If you're stumping up to be a member every month you'd really want to be using it a minimum of once a month to get value from the sub. If youre just going to be a casual user who might use it once in a blue moon then giving them €60 a year so you then have the facility to give them more by actually renting a car isn't exactly great value for money.

As I outlined on another thread people should also consider buying themselves a one year car hire excess policy (approx €50 a year) and then hire cars around the city as needed. If you live near the airport then better again, often the car hire rates there are ultra competitive, I've gotten a Ford Focus for as little as €17 a day which is about 75c an hour for the 24 hour period and nor does it cost you 45c per kilometre to drive it like GoCar does so if you wanna do an overnight trip to Galway then it's perfectly feasible. GoCar does have it's uses for some people but I feel what's needed now is for a second operator to enter the market and shake it up a bit.

Obviously the value is there if you use the service, although for some people companies like this are an insurance policy. If for any reason you need a car, you can get one.

Car rental makes sense if it is for a longer rental and you have the money on your credit card to cover the excess.