Not everyone owns a car.  Sometimes even car owners are without their car.  It could be a vacation or business trip need.  At times people shy away from driving long distances in their vehicle.  It’s a good way to avoid abuse. That’s where Dollar car rental can enter the picture.

Let’s play make believe.  Your home is outside the city.  But the city is where you have your job.  Your home is within a few blocks of the train station.  You don’t drive much during the week so why own a car?  The car isn’t driven during the week days.  Run errands on Saturday.  On that day a car can be rented from a company like Dollar or Budget or Avis.  Drive it around town to do all the things needed for that day, use it to drive to the local movie theater that evening, then return it on Sunday.  You now have a car for $20 for your full requirements.  Compare that cost – $20 for a day over the course of 52 weeks is $1040 – to the purchase price of a car plus all the associated costs like maintenance, insurance, registration, emissions, and more which add up to thousands of dollars each year.  Renting a car is a real bargain.

Sure buying a car is the better idea for people who need a car all the time.  Maybe the kids need a lift to school each day, but the school bus isn’t convenient for the family and it doesn’t get them to sports practices and music lessons.  It may be impossible to visit all the shops on a train.  That’s the time to buy.  But with a little planning there’s no purchase necessary, just rent for the short term use.

Companies pay for each mile employees drive.  That cost is fifty cents per mile.  Add it up – $50 a day if someone drives 100 miles. Renting a car from Dollar car rentals or Budget is only $20 each day, plus $12 for a few gallons of gas is still only $32 for that same 100 mile day. The Dollar car rental is the better choice in that example.