Are you avoiding buying a car for you think that car ownership will be soonish irrelevant?<p>I'm asking whether the already working Carsharing services (e.g. Zipcar, DriveNow, or car2go) plus the upcoming fleets of driverless cars is already stopping some of you in purchasing a new car ?<p>In my particular case, I live in Munich (where BMW DriveNow began), and besides just loving moving around with my bicycle, whenever I need a car I just look up my phone and find one for rental nearby. Therefore, I'm not seeing myself buying a car soon at all... The only reason why I would buy one is whether I could rent it myself to others (perhaps in a driverless scenario).<p>What are your thoughts on car ownership in the year 2018 ?
1 - nothing compares to a brand new car. The smell, the cleanliness. No one other then to move it from the factory to the dealer has driven it.<p>2 - cars that have a strong aftermarket (currently driving a Ford Mustang) - I like to modify them / work on them. Anything to fancy or complex to modify (my Acura RDX) I lease and just leave it be.<p>3 - Volvo's new lease program interests me - a new car every 2 years just like a phone. I've never really liked the style of Volvo but I can overlook that if the terms look good (and they do to me)<p>So while I'll take an Uber or Lyft if we're going out for the night and might drink to much, I'll probably always buy or lease a car. I'm a car guy and enjoy taking care of my cars (cleaning / detailing) so buying / leasing is still worth it to me.<p>This is in Western NY where we have some metro rail / bus system but not as strong as say NYC.
As an American business owner with two kids, not only is "a" car needed, we actually need two. I don't see this changing for other Americans, unless you live in the city.