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Not sure why gas is on there, it's not like rentals come with unlimited free gas.

And at $250ish to rent a vehicle for the weekend it only takes a couple weekends to pay for the insurance, registration, and taxes (or is it just that much more expensive on the coasts? I'm in the midwest). There's a reason people own instead of rent, and it isn't because renting never occurred to them.

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Zipcar in fishtoaster's example includes gas in the price. The rental car comes with a debit card to pay for gas. There's a surcharge if you drive more than an 180 miles per day (averaged).

Munificent is not referring to Zipcar. He literally quoted the line about car rentals and then said "it's likely cheaper to rent".

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