{"id":495,"date":"2015-10-16T11:14:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T18:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/?p=495"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:26:07","slug":"how-to-enjoy-sports-cars-without-buying-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/community\/how-to-enjoy-sports-cars-without-buying-one\/","title":{"rendered":"How one member enjoys sports cars without buying one"},"content":{"rendered":"

After first using Turo rent a car to get him to his gig in August, traveling saxophonist <\/span>Korey Riker<\/span> says he\u2019ll never look back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Especially not since he\u2019s seen the vehicle selection that will allow him to live out his sports car fantasies without having to buy a second car.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to avoid owning a second vehicle<\/span><\/h3>\n

Korey sees Turo as an excellent alternative to owning a second car, something that he suspects has saved him $50,000, \u201csince I won\u2019t be running out and buying a 2013 Porsche Boxster just yet!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn Philadelphia, my girlfriend and I share a car,\u201d he explains. \u201cShe uses the car during the week for work. Sometimes I have somewhere I need to be and that\u2019s where Turo comes into play. We used to have a second car but it wasn\u2019t used much and parking is difficult in our neighborhood\u2026 With Turo, I\u2019m able to afford the experience of driving a premium car and get a true test drive experience. I\u2019d say I\u2019m greatly beating the cost of yearly insurance, maintenance, and depreciation on a second car by using Turo. I imagine a lot of owners are also profiting from owning their vehicles. I\u2019m tempted to have a second car available for Turo use!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Scoring cars ideal for a traveling musician<\/span><\/h3>\n

Korey currently tours with John Legend & Melody Gardot, and has previously worked with The Roots, Queen Latifah, and Elvis Costello, among others. His first album, Prehumous, was released in 2010, and his second album, Recognizance, was released on September 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turo offers him a great way to get the sports cars he wants to boost his musicians\u2019 prestige for his gigs, without paying too much.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy first trip was great. I rolled up to a recording session in Delaware with the BMW 550i and the other guys thought I was balling! I mean, I was for the day. I definitely got their attention.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, he\u2019s rented a 2007 BMW 550i and a 2013 Porsche Boxster. Other cars he\u2019s looking forward to renting include the Porsche Cayman & 911, Alfa Romeo 4C, Tesla Model S, BMW M Series, 2016 Mazda Miata, Honda S2000, and Subaru BRZ.<\/span><\/p>\n

His latest adventure<\/span><\/h3>\n

Korey now looks for excuses to use Turo whenever possible. In fact, he just completed a trip to Santa Cruz, CA in a sports car rental<\/a>. \u201cI rented a 2013 Porsche Boxster in San Francisco. I stayed in my hometown of Half Moon Bay and made a trip down the Pacific Coast Highway to visit my Grandma in Santa Cruz.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

For this particular trip, he mixed business with pleasure. \u201cI played Fogfest in Pacifica with Sal\u2019s Greenhouse and at The Herbst Theater with Melody Gardot. The Porsche was conveniently located next to where I was staying\/performing in SF.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After first using Turo rent a car to get him to his gig in August, traveling saxophonist Korey Riker says he\u2019ll never look back. Especially not since he\u2019s seen the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-member-profiles"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30269,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions\/30269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}