ziptrips

Zipcars take me to two main destinations: jail and the skatepark. During the week, I'm an immigration lawyer. This means that I have to visit clients in jails around New England. On the weekends, I'm a skateboarder. Until they build a skatepark in Boston, this means that I have to drive out to the suburban skateparks. Both of these require me to leave Boston. If I didn't have Zipcar, the gas and insurance payments I'd be paying would be coming straight out of my sushi budget—a reality I am going to avoid for as long as possible.

What do you do when you have to make a road movie in just 48 hours and there's not enough room to film in a car and carry all of the equipment? Well, if you're a smart producer (and Zipster) like me, you get a 5-door Subaru Impreza, load it up and follow the action!

I was part of a small but determined team of filmmakers who recently took part in the 48 Hour Film Project in Pittsburgh. On Friday night, we were given a genre (road movie), required character, prop and line of dialog. In just 48 hours, we had to write, film and edit a short movie including all of these elements. For 24 of those hours, my Zipcar was our trusty production support vehicle, carrying all of the equipment around town as we filmed. We successfully completed our 48 hour road movie—it's titled "Complications," but thanks to Zipcar, getting an extra vehicle when we needed it wasn't one of them!

My mum always dreamed of having a ride in her favorite car....The MINI. Until Zipcar, there had been no way to make my mum's dream ride come true. So on a beautiful October day, my husband and I picked her up and drove to Harvard Square. I ran to the garage and found our car waiting right where they said it would be. I waved the magic card, and the doors opened for me! I hopped in and drove outside where I beeped the horn, and surprised my Mum with a bright red (her favorite color) MINI. AND it was a convertible... she had never ridden in a convertible car before. As mother and daughter, we drove off smiling in the warm Autumn sunshine for a day of leaf peeping and time together. Thank you Zipcar, for a dream come true.

My name is Sally and I've always wanted a Mustang. I'm telling you, since I was 4 years old I've wanted one—Wilson Pickett was preaching to the choir! So you can imagine how thrilled I was when Zipcar added a red Mustang convertible to their line-up—I couldn't book it fast enough.

I am not kidding, I bought a head scarf, picked up three friends, and we rode up and down Lakeshore Drive, blasting that song with the top down. Yes, a bit cheesy, but baby, it felt so good. The day ended and I was forced to "put my flat feet on the ground," but I do go back out every now and then. After all, I'm Sally, and I need to riiiiiiide Sally riiiide.