FEET Car club for more than Fintry!

Fintry car club or Fintry Energy Efficient Transport (FEET) is not only for the Fintry community, and the Fintry Development Trust welcomes interest and memberships from citizens out with the Fintry community! The Fintry community have had the benefit of a community car club since June and have been watching it go from strength to strength.

The Fintry car club has a wealth of benefits as well as helping the environment. If you are thinking about getting rid of that second car, reducing your living costs, etc. now is the perfect time! By disposing of that auxiliary vehicle you will no longer have to worry about expensive car maintenance, tax and insurance. The rising costs of fuel also become less of a daily concern as each car is equipped with a fuel card, and you only pay for the miles and the time that you have the car for. As an additional benefit, Fintry-based FEET members have reciprocal access to all the cars in the various MoorCar Car Club Cooperative fleet! If that weren’t enough, CityCar offers a free year of membership to all our new members. That means you can sign up with them and access vehicles in Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, the list goes on!

Joining is easy, just go to www.moorcar.co.uk and sign up as a Fintry member! Membership only costs £60 per year, with a £100 pounds deposit which is returnable upon termination of the membership. You only have to pay a further £30 per additional household member! For this small fee you have access to book both cars when you want to, car club insurance, 24-hour road side assistance, support and access to a quick and easy online booking system. You can book weeks in advance, or just a few minutes’ notice is all that is necessary (depending on availability). There is a FDT computer available in the bowling hall of the Fintry Sports Club, if you do not have the internet at home.

You can hire by the hour or day, it’s simple. The starting hourly rate is £2.50 per hour. The hourly cost reduces in blocks of three hours, with the hourly rate getting cheaper up to nine hours. After nine hours, the booking is charged at the reduced daily rate. For example a booking of approximately 9 or more hours in one day period will be charged at the day rate. For the Fintry rate you will only be charged the day rate of £21.60. The mileage charge is 21p per mile. A day booking is based upon 07:30 until 07:29 the following day. The booking is done online, so it will be assumed that when your booking period is complete, you will have returned the vehicle, closing the booking, unless you have failed to return the vehicle there will be no overcharges. The minimum charge period is 1 hour. If you book a 1/2 hour slot you will be charged for 1 hour. After one hour you will be charged in 1/2 hour increments. You just pay as you go, each member will be invoiced for their usage at the end of each month. It really is trouble-free.

For more information visit www.moorcar.co.uk, email Kelly at kelly@fintrydt.org.uk or contact the trust directly at info@fintrydt.org.uk with any questions.