Rental Car Company?

don't know about that, but here's a fun fact i just learned about renting a car in nyc:

dollar charges brooklyn resident (and bronx and queens) an extra $50 per day. nice, huh? they tell you when you come to pick up the car, even if you're holding your "guaranteed rate" confirmation from travelocity. seems soooo legal.

thrifty doesn't. i know this because the bronx resident working at dollar is a great person.

I have never rented a car before, but through Groupon just got a year-long ZipCar membership. (purchased not for this trip, but for some shopping I have coming up).

That said, we're looking to get away from the city for 48 hours (Friday evening through Sunday evening). I can't figure out which is actually the better deal though. Did anyone do some real comparison to figure it out? Here's what I've figured so far:

We plan to go to Cooperstown -- which we are figuring would require about 460 miles to get there, drive around down, and get back.

Zip Car
- $115 per day on weekends
- 100 miles more than included (180 miles per 24 hours = 360 miles included) at $0.45 per extra mile
- Includes gas and insurance
= total of ($115 x 2) + ($45) = $275

Car Rental (All Car as suggested above)
- $65.99 per day
- taxes, fees, etc.
- $57.92 for insurance
= total of ($65.99 x 2) + taxes/fees + $57.92 = $227.65
PLUS GAS. Let's say that's 360 miles with a car getting maybe 25 mpg at $3 per gallon = $43.20
= total of $270.85

So we are literally talking $4.15 more to use Zip Car. Is this really correct? Or am I missing something? Zip Car doesn't seem as crazy expensive for a weekend trip in comparison, but maybe there's some other reason to not take them out of town.

Thoughts?

THANK YOU!!

Enterprise is in Park Slope, not PH, but they will pick you up, so it kind of doesn't matter where it is.

for a real deal we always took the train up to north white plains hertz; only about $38 per day -- that's without insurance -- plus the $10 metro north one-way fare. not always convenient to have to take the train both ways but definitely the cheapest. and laid back, no frills rental outlet, which i like very much.

also: if you can make do without buying the overpriced insurance, such as if your credit card or something else covers it (or if you want to risk it) it's much, MUCH more affordable.

Subject: This was my go-to place before I got a car last year

Right on Union and 7th, so close enough to almost be in PH. The cars aren't the newest, but they were cheaper than Zip car and they'd usually throw in thursday free.

http://www.speedyautorental.com/locations/parkslope.html

oh thanks everyone! I will keep on researching!

I use All Car.
...the main reason I use them is that I can drop off the car on Sunday evenings in the bowels of the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott.

Nope, it's not cheap.