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| PURR MORE the Green as envisioned by the MINI web site |
I became a member of Zipcar (the hourly car rental company) on July 23rd, 2005. As I recall, I mostly signed up in order to rent a MINI Cooper for an extended test drive of the brand. We liked it, and we purchased what became our 2006 MINI Cooper S, PURR MORE the Green.
That car took us round-trip coast-to-coast and set our record for length of vehicle ownership, so clearly we choose well.
I know the date because (for the first time in years) today I logged in, and I glanced at my account as I cancelled my membership.
Zipcar has been free for me for years as a (former) Google employee, but that's getting to be a long time ago — now they are moving my account to their $70 standard annual plan and retiring my previous membership plan. (Which makes me wonder if current Googlers are being moved as well, but not enough to ask.)
It was occasionally useful me when it was free, but it wasn't worth paying for. Likewise, it could be useful for Katherine when she still traveled extensively for work and took day trips down into the Silicon Valley. Even before the pandemic, her travel dropped off over the years to where she didn't even go to the last SEMICON West before the pandemic. (That broke a streak of ~25 years.)
Ah well, Zipcar taught us MINI Coopers are fun.
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