Originally Posted by tara

Does Seattle have a car share company? In Philadelphia, we have Philly CarShare (I think that's the name) where you can rent a car by the hour. You sign up as a member, and then you can reserve a car to be picked up in a specific lot at a specific day/time for a certain duration. Lots of city people use the service for things like a big weekly food shopping trip, a monthly trip to visit relatives in the far-flung suburbs, or like you said--a trip to IKEA.

Tara