First Time!

I was so excited about my first time using PhillyCarShare that I forgot to take a picture of me and the car! Oh well. It was a Prius liftback. I borrowed it for four hours today to take my stuff over to Miquon , where the kids will be returning in about two weeks! Tomorrow I'll try getting to school by train to see how well that works.

Car-share or train, I'm definitely doing more walking! You see, I realized today that the car closest to me, right down the street, costs $4.90/hr, not $2.90/hr. But the car up at the Co-op, a little less than a mile away (about 20-30 minutes walking), is the cheap price. Same car. Guess the demand is higher over here.

Anyway, it was really fun to drive the hybrid after a brisk walk, and once I figured out how to start it (It has a POWER button!).


This car also comes with a detailed, full-color display that has multiple stats on energy use, etc. (only the passenger can safely read this display, I believe) and it switches to a camera view from the rear bumper whenever you're in reverse! That was neat, but didn't help that much as it didn't show trees and poles just to the side. The best part is when the car goes silent as you glide along. It evokes the feeling of coasting down a hill on a bike. Fun. It got my haulin' done, and I can't wait to take Julius for a spin!