In message , at 13:19:06 on Tue, 10 Sep
2019, tim... remarked:

Here in Aberdeen, we have a local car club, where people can hire
cars for short periods from an hour upwards.

so do we

they work well if you want a car for a few hours (provided that you
use them often enough to justify the membership fee)

And as long as you want it for something fairly neat and tidy - not for
example picking up a bale of hay for the pet rabbits from the garden
centre.

I wonder, do they allow pets at all (a lot of hire cars don't).

not quite so well for you fortnights holiday

Nor (to bring in a railway theme) if the objective is to pick someone up
from the station, and the train turns out to be three hours late.
--
Roland Perry