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After Wall Street closed one recent Friday, a young man in jeans and a sports jacket strode into the showroom of the Classic Car Club of Manhattan, a few blocks north of Tribeca. He paced between an Aston Martin v8, a Rolls-Royce Corniche, two vintage Ferraris and a dozen others, eager to find something for a night out. Ten minutes later he zipped through the hangar doors in a 2005 Lotus Elise, a bright red, curvy little number. There was no bill to pay and no insurance form to sign.
Luxury-car clubs are well established in Europe. Now they are catching on in the United States. The idea is that for an annual membership fee, plus (sometimes) a weekly charge, members can have their choice of smart cars. Ron Van Horssen, who recently opened a club near Phoenix, says the model is based on executive-jet sharing. Rich people, he thinks, are realising that "owning an asset is not necessarily the best way of getting the benefits of using it". A spi
A. most members are rich people.
B. members should pay annually plus weekly rent.
C. members share some part of the maintenance or inspections fees.
D. executive-jet sharing service is also available.
Passage Four
As he closed his service station at 1:20 one Sunday morning, Tony Payseur set on the ground a metal cash box containing $7000. At home a short while later, he reached in the back of his car for the box. It was missing.
Realizing that he must have left it outside the station, Payseur speeded back. The box was gone. Sunday morning; although he felt iii, Payseur went to work with his two sons. Then, in the middle of the afternoon, a man named Wayne came and told his story. Passing the station minutes after Payseur left the previous night, Brazzell had spotted the metal box. Thinking it was a tool-box someone had left accidentally, he stopped and picked it up. About 3 p. m. Sunday, Brazzell opened the box. Finding it filled with cash, he rushed to the station.
"I couldn’ t believe someone would be so honest," Payseur said it when he got back his box.
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