RelayRides vs ZipCar

Google Ventures just invested in a service that lets strangers make money by renting their cars to strangers. Bloomberg has an article about it:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-14/google-b…

Which one do you think will be more successful in the long run ?

Personally, I think it'll be hard for RelayRides to find car owners comfortable with the idea of their cars being used by strangers, on the other hand, unlike ZipCar, they don't have an expensive fleet of cars to manage.

Thoughts ?

 

As car insurance follows the car, and not the owner, in my state, there is no way in hell I'm going to let some schlomo use my car

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