long term rental/taxi/buy car for surgery

[usrael]

What are your thoughts?
Anyone have a good experience with long term car rentals. Any companies out there that might offer low 3 month rentals?
I see no reason to buy a car just because my surgery rotation starts before public transportation is up and running.

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[BigRedBeta]

Got a month long rental for an away rotation...not cheap (~$500 or $14/day), but cheaper than buying a car. Use a site like hotwire or priceline that is scouring for unrented cars. If the price is too high the first time you check wait a couple days - I saved nearly $300 by booking my car 5 days after I initially looked for prices. I used hotwire.

 

[Law2Doc]

What are your thoughts?
Anyone have a good experience with long term car rentals. Any companies out there that might offer low 3 month rentals?
I see no reason to buy a car just because my surgery rotation starts before public transportation is up and running.

Well, it's not just the rotation, you are likely to need a car for residency when you also may be coming and going before public transportation. Also I don't know about your program but at lots of places you may be having to periodically get in really early for OB and for inpatient IM to preround.

 

[usrael]

Thanks for the advice!

Well, it's not just the rotation, you are likely to need a car for residency when you also may be coming and going before public transportation. Also I don't know about your program but at lots of places you may be having to periodically get in really early for OB and for inpatient IM to preround.

I agree about needing a car for residency, but financing will be slightly easier when I'm making a salary. As miniscule as that may be, it beats 6.8% plus the dealers interest rate (so likely >10% if I finance it now).

I'm walking distance to my OB site.
Even if IM requires early arrivals, 6 months of taxis (one way in the early AM) would be equal to insurance+gas+taxes (4,000$).

My only concern is being dependent on a taxi company.

 

[usrael]

Got a month long rental for an away rotation...not cheap (~$500 or $14/day), but cheaper than buying a car. Use a site like hotwire or priceline that is scouring for unrented cars. If the price is too high the first time you check wait a couple days - I saved nearly $300 by booking my car 5 days after I initially looked for prices. I used hotwire.

Did you purchase insurance on top of that, or did your credit card take care of the coverage?

 

[BigRedBeta]

Did you purchase insurance on top of that, or did your credit card take care of the coverage?

My regular auto insurance takes care of it...