Eric Loebel lent his car to his neighbor with a cheap rental. His car, a dark blue Volvo sedan in 2000. Sales and marketing consultant, said he did not need it anymore. “My wife and I are cyclists and hardly need a car, but can not negate the car as an important element in the family. So, we had a car that almost all the time just parked in front of the house,” said Loebel .Loebel is a one owner car in Portland was the first to register his car for rent through an agent service offering, “car-sharing peer to peer” or “car sharing among fellow”.
The agent named, getaround.com”Having a car is very expensive. This saves the cost of leasing business ownership,” said Loebel further. Getaround.com website, advertises privately owned cars are ready to rent.The site allows car owners to decide for yourself, how much the fees charged to tenants, per hour, per day or per week.
“I set a price of 9 dollars per hour, or 199 dollars per week,” said Loebel. When asked if he was not worried about tenants damaging his car, Eric said, “No. I do not feel I have a special relationship with my car. “ In addition, according Loebel, car rental business, including accident insurance and collision. Private Car Hire started in Germany a decade ago, and there are several branches companies in Europe and Australia. According to John Atcheson, Vice Director getaround.com, the concept of leasing is becoming popular in California in recent years.
Getaround.com is one of four rental business that began in San Francisco. Atcheson and rival companies, check the driving record of the tenants. Private car owners offering their vehicles on the internet site getaround.com after they registered as members. Car rental company that gets a Continue reading







