My point was in places like Brampton, not having a car would be quite inconvenient. It is of course possible - a friend of mine who lived in Los Angeles for 6 years with a car.
With respect to car sharing, I enrolled and seldom used it. It is simply too expensive. For example, if I want to visit my friend at Finch/Kennedy for lunch, I would need to drive the car for 30 minutes, park it somewhere and pay for the entire time. If I come back at 11pm like I often do, I am likely pay over $100 for driving it for an hour RT. Car sharing is only useful when you need to make a quick trip somewhere and return right away. Otherwise, it makes no financial sense.
Oh, it's expensive. But it's still cheaper than owning a car! With a small compact car I reckon the depreciation is about $2,000 a year. Then about $1,000 a year for insurance. And maybe $1,000 a year for maintenance, tires, etc. It varies of course, as depreciation goes down, maintenance goes up.
So before you get to gas, your over $400 a month.
I'm not sure how you come back from 11 pm for lunch ... but for 3 hours, Autoshare is about $31. About $80 a day.
For $400, you can use several times in a month.
If you need a car for several days, all day, your probably better off renting, where you can rent for under $50 a day. So that's 8 days a month rental for the cost of a car.
Obviously, if you need a car for more than 8 days a month ... buy a car. Personally, there are times I use mine 2-3 times a week ... and others it sits there for 6 weeks without me touching it. If my wife didn't use it more frequently (she tends to do the groceries with the kids, and her parents are elderly in 905), I'd ditch it right now!
