Connected Car
The 41-year-old signed on to a "peer-to-peer" car-sharing site and rented a gleaming white Alfa Romeo SUV -- from its private owner. Meanwhile, her mom -- with her on the Fort Lauderdale trip -- wound up renting the exact same car she drives at home. "It's kind of more rental than car sharing," said Marco Viviani, vice-president of strategic development for car-share company Communauto. Uber also plans to launch a peer-to-peer service later this year in Toronto called Uber Carshare after buying Australia-based car-share network Car Next Door last year. "However, if (users) do not purchase additional insurance or use their credit card, as many do, with rental car coverage, they are not covered for the damage to my car," Cummings noted.