About Car Clubs
 Car clubs give you all the advantages of owning a new car, with
none of the drawbacks.
Members have convenient local access to a vehicle when they need
one, and only pay for the time it is in use. Cars can be booked for as
little as an hour or up to a few days. Bookings can be made either
through the internet or by telephone, weeks ahead, or as short as half
an hour before a car is needed. You get a monthly invoice for the use
you have made of the car.
All vehicles are serviced and maintained by the Car Club, which
means you don’t have the expense or hassle of dealing with garages,
MOTs, road tax and cleaning. Membership even includes comprehensive
insurance (subject to acceptance) and AA breakdown cover. So once you
have joined all you need to think about is driving.
Car Club Benefits
- Affordable – members only pay for the time they are using the
car
- Convenient – cars are parked close to members’ homes
- Flexible – hire by the hour, book on line or by phone, pay at
the end of the month
- Choice – hatchback or people mover
- Hassle Free – all cars taxed and serviced
- Reserved Parking – cars are parked in special bays
- Environmentally friendly – helps to cut the number of vehicles
on the road
- Healthy lifestyle – no pressure to use your car because you are
paying for it anyway; choose to walk, bike or use public transport
when that’s best, or a Car Club car when you need to
- Car + bike – we have a Brompton folding bike for members’ use
Compared to the cost of private car ownership and conventional
car-hire rates, the SVCC provides a cost-effective, new option. Taking
all the costs of running a car into account, (road tax, insurance,
servicing, MOT, repairs, maintenance, AA membership, depreciation,
petrol, etc.), private car ownership can be an expensive venture.
The Car Club package of membership fees and our pay-as-you-drive
billing system shares the fixed costs of running a car between
members. This is not only likely to reduce your overall annual car
costs, but also makes budgeting far easier, because membership
protects you from ‘those unexpected car costs’.
Fifteen years of experience in Europe has shown that one Car Club
vehicle can replace up to 5 privately owned cars. Therefore the SVCC
will help to reduced congestion in Stroud and ease the increasing
demand for car parking spaces.
Further, a change in the way Club members use vehicles will reduce
pollution as journeys are only made when required and when other
alternatives are not available or feasible (e.g. public transport,
cycling, etc).
Car Club Members
Car club members can be:
- People who own a car but only use it two or three times/week
- People who do not own a car, but would like to use one from time
to time
- People who want to cut out the expense of a second car that
doesn’t get much use
- People who currently have a car and are doing a low annual
mileage
- Businesses who do not want to run an expensive ‘pool car’
- Research shows that each Car Club car can replace five
privately-owned vehicles, easing pressure on our crowded streets,
and improving local communities
Car Club Success Stories
- City car clubs are running successfully in Europe in more than
300 towns and cities with tens of thousands of car club members. In
Switzerland alone, there are over 40,000 car club members.
- New car clubs are growing fast in Canada and the USA. Already,
there are 1300 members in Québec and Montreal
- Car clubs in Edinburgh, Bath, Bristol, London and over 40 other
places across the UK now have car clubs up & running and are
expanding constantly.
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