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Safe Travels? How People Are Pulling It Off Amid COVID-19

An Astounding 80% of Americans Agree: We Feel Most Secure in Our Cars

BY Fair StaffJune 26, 2020

Has your car become a convenient hidey-hole from the madness of your home during the COVID-19 pandemic? Is a trip to the store starting to feel like a spiritual get-away? Don’t worry, you’re not crazy – and you’re definitely not alone. In fact, nearly 3 out of 4 people have turned to their cars for a mental health break in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak – just one of the surprising findings of a new Fair-sponsored survey about how the coronavirus is impacting how Americans travel.

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How Will We Get Around After COVID-19?

From Cars to Ridesharing to the Subway, This Is What ‘Normal’ Might Look Like

BY Tom MullenMay 15, 2020

The health and economic problems surrounding COVID-19 aren’t likely to be behind us any time soon, but many of us have already started to ponder what a post-pandemic world will look like. Specifically, we at Fair wonder how people will cover actual distances in our socially distanced lives. We preview how fallout from the novel coronavirus could upend the ways we get around – or simply accelerate changes that have long been in motion.

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Why This Lifelong Nomad Just Got a Car

Raquel Lieven Likes to Stay on the Move. She Didn’t Want Her Car Situation to Change That.

BY Fair StaffMay 8, 2020

Raquel Lieven isn’t somebody to stay in one spot for long. The Brazil native spent her late teens and 20s modeling internationally before moving to the U.S. with her American husband five years ago. At no point did she want a vehicle to slow her down – until she recently discovered Fair, which let her order up a car right on her phone and keep it as long as she wants. While COVID-19 has her social distancing from her home in Miami, she recently spoke with us about her love of travel, her need for total flexibility, and why she’s never been a car person.

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How Uncertain Times Led A Transit Enthusiast To Fair

Jeff Garver Got Around for 8 Years Using the Metro and Ridesharing. Then COVID-19 Hit.

BY Katie KennedyApril 9, 2020

Living in traditionally traffic-choked Los Angeles, Jeff Garver has made his way around the city for much of the last decade by biking, ridesharing and taking the Metro. But with L.A. in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, he recently used Fair to get his first car in eight years. He chats with us about the moment he decided to make the change, his experience with the app, and why Fair’s flexible model ended up being the right choice for him during this period of uncertainty.

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Used Cars Are Having A Moment

Why a Record Number of Prime-Credit Customers Are Choosing Pre-Owned Cars Over New

BY Andy StonehouseFebruary 12, 2020

New cars are losing headway to an unlikely rival: pre-owned cars, which are far more affordable, better-maintained than ever, and often indistinguishable from their right-off-the-assembly-line cousins. Factor in the reduce-and-recycle ethos of today’s modern consumers, and pre-owned cars are increasingly finding themselves in the coveted position as consumer favorites.

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How My Old-School Ride Broke Me

Driving Until The Wheels Fall Off Costs More Than You Think

BY Thom FainAugust 15, 2019

I was raised to believe that driving your car until the proverbial wheels fall off is smart financial strategy, creating a virtuous savings cycle. It stuck with me even as I struck out for California, where I felt driving a car that was slowly degrading like Jeff Goldblum in The Fly might even score me some points with my cohort of newly arrived, gig-hopping, recession-raised millennials. It ended up being a costly mistake.

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The Great Car Debate

The Only Thing We Love Like Our Vehicles Is Arguing About Their Fate

BY Carolyn YatesMay 3, 2019

Is car ownership going away? Some say it is, pointing to stats like the scant 26% of U.S. 16-year-olds who obtained a driver’s license in 2017. Others insist that cars aren’t going anywhere, noting that two-car urban households are actually on the rise. Regardless of how this story plays out, debate over the fate of the driven vehicle has become a cottage industry of its own – and that isn't likely going away any time soon.

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Rise Of The Driver's License

The Origin Story Behind Your Most Powerful Personal Document

BY Carly MilneApril 19, 2019

For a slip of plastic intended to prove our legal ability to drive a car, the modern driver’s license sure is a versatile little overachiever. So how did a state-issued vehicular permission slip come to wield so much raw power? Here's the story.

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Requiem for A Beetle

Volkswagen Is Scrapping Its Most Iconic Car. A Writer Laments.

BY Carly MilneApril 9, 2019

The news that Volkswagen is planning to permanently cease production on its beloved Beetle this summer has stirred up some serious nostalgia—and for those lucky enough to have driven one—a bout of legitimate sadness. Fair writer Carly Milne details how her own "bug" opened her up to a new side of life—right up until its untimely passing.

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Plane Pains & Automobiles

Is The Corporate Jet Business Pointing To The Future Of How We’ll Drive?

BY Carly MilneApril 2, 2019

Owning a corporate jet used to be the ultimate sign of success for a company – a sky-streaking signal that a business has truly arrived (and doesn’t even need an airport gate). But some large companies are passing on the idea and opting for a jet subscription service instead – yet another signal of the growing unpopularity of owning the machines that transport us.

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Should Car Companies Make EVs?

Electric Cars Have Generally Been A Big Money-Loser. Why They’re Still The Future.

BY Thom FainFebruary 14, 2019

Statistics show most auto manufacturers losing billions on making electric vehicles—to the tune of several thousand dollars per car. Here’s why even significant monetary losses in the short term aren’t enough to derail the coming electric vehicle revolution.

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What’s Next For Transportation Tech?

5 Mobility Advancements Of The Future

BY Carly MilneFebruary 7, 2019

As the ways we get around continue to advance through technology, it’s easy to feel like the far-off World of Tomorrow isn’t, well, that far off. The reality is that a vast leap in how humans get from Point A to Point B may still be pretty far into the future. But there are still some amazing developments on the verge of real breakthrough.

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How To Own Winter Driving

Here's The Gear You Need To Navigate Frosty Conditions Like a Boss

BY Carolyn YatesJanuary 10, 2019

Winter weather driving can be intense: Low visibility, ice patches or precipitation on the road can make spinning out (or getting stuck) much more likely than driving on an average sunlit Sunday cruiser. Thankfully, many roadside emergencies are preventable if you've got the right stuff. Here’s all the gear to pack to ensure that you're prepared.

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Should You Subscribe To Uber?

Rideshare Providers Unveil Monthly Packages. Are They Worth It?

BY Carly MilneJanuary 3, 2019

It’s official: Subscription models are kind of a thing. Recently, Uber announced the launch of its new subscription model called Ride Pass, offering passengers rides for a set fee based on a monthly subscription payment. It’s launching in multiple cities for a monthly price of either $14.99 or $24.99 per month. So what's the catch? You've got questions, we have answers.

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Why NYE Driving Sucks

From Thieves To Party Rookies, Here’s Why You Should Avoid The Roads On Dec. 31st

BY Liz KnuevenDecember 27, 2018

New Year’s Eve is one of the diciest times of the year to be on the road, but that’s probably nothing you don't already know. Fact is, there are all sorts of reasons to leave the driving to the pros on New Year’s Eve. Let's explore why.

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Why These Futuristic Transportation Methods Are Failing To Take Off

BY Carly MilneOctober 25, 2018

In an era where innovation seems to be bringing us the future almost daily, the transportation method most of us use has remained much the same since the early 1900s: gas-powered cars. Of course, this isn’t surprising since cars represent an unbeatable combination of convenience, freedom, self-expression, coolness and fun. But what about all the other futuristic transportation models that were supposed to be a thing by now?

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