PLEASE PRINT THESE DIRECTIONS AND TAKE THEM WITH YOU!!! There is a $300 fine associated with not following these directions correctly.
The Zipcars are located on the UCSF campus in a parking garage at 350 Parnassus Avenue. The normal operating hours of this garage are 6am-10pm M-F.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PICKING UP/DROPPING OFF DURING WEEKDAY, OPEN HOURS: To pick up your Zipcar, enter the garage not through the front entrance, but through the side entrance on Hillway Avenue. Note that there are two garages on Hillway, the Zipcar is in the smaller one on your left if you are looking up the hill on Hillway. Enter this side entrance the Zipcars are parked directly to your right, next to the attendent's booth. USE THE PARKING PASS IN THE DRIVER'S VISOR TO EXIT THE GARAGE. When returning the vehicle during open hours, do not come back through this entrance. You must drive through the main entrance on Parnassus Avenue. To enter, use the parking pass in the visor.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PICKING UP/DROPPING OFF DURING AFTERHOURS/WEEKENDS: This garage is closed off to the public during these hours. To pick up your Zipcar, walk to the Hillway Avenue entrance, where you will see a closed gate with a Zipcar sign on it. On the leftside wall outside this gate there is a lockbox, which contains the key for this gate. The code to open the lockbox is "2049." Take the key and open the padlock which locks the gate closed. Pick up your Zipcar and drive outside. YOU THEN MUST CLOSE THE GATE BEHIND YOU, LOCK IT, AND PUT THE KEY BACK IN THE LOCKBOX! NOTE THAT THERE IS A $300 FEE ASSOCIATE WITH LEAVING THIS GATE OPEN. Upon return, after hours, you will need to drive back through this side entrance. Again, CLOSE AND LOCK THE GATE BEHIND YOU as you leave.
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automatic transmission
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Please restore this car to its normal, 4 seated configuration after use and the next member will thank you.
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automatic transmission
Sedan—4 doors, 5 seatbelts
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