re: Will Car Rental companies go the way of Video Stores?

I have been in several situations where I needed to get from the airport to somewhere for a meeting, and back to the airport the same day. Renting a car was almost always cheaper than taking a taxi each way.

Remember what happened to the video stores: people didn't stop watching videos... they just changed the delivery method.

I definetly see some similarities in the "lack of customer concern" models of video rental and auto rental. Legitimate competition for rental cars will be a good thing. But, as others have said... I think Zip Car, etc are more challenges to taxi drivers than they are to rental car companies.