This post has been updated since its original publication date on August 15, 2022. Refer to Spacer section.
In a perfect world, your car would last a lifetime until you get good and ready to sell or trade it for the next car. In the real world, life happens. After buying my car fresh off the dealership lot and keeping it for 15 years, it finally started to fall apart all at once. Financially, it made no sense to hold onto a car that decided to dump me long before I was ready to end the relationship. But now I had this empty parking spot and no immediate interest in replacing my 15-year steel friend with another. For condo unit owners who already have parking lot real estate included in their assessments, having an empty spot is like watching money fly away.
Even after posting signs on the doors of neighboring buildings, I decided to sign up for online parking rental sites. After testing Spacer, SpotHero and Craigslist Parking, this is how the experience went for me.
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