Car club?

With the imminent arrival of Baby, and the near completion of all the shopping and home preparations, my thoughts have turned to organising life after the initial trials and tribulations of having a new arrival in our little family unit.  One thing on my mind is staying active during the period of maternity leave. One factor that may affect how effective I will be could be transport. I have decided that I will use at least some of the time on leave to do some home improvement and having the use of a car might be occasionally useful.  My other half drives to work and I don't think we need to be a two car household so car club membership might be a good option for us.

There are car club parking spaces near us with apparently  good small compact car availability; it was catching sight of these hire spots that started me considering car club membership.  The ones I saw belonged to a company called zipcar, which operates car hire services in the UK and in North America.  The pricelist and insurance cover seems reasonable.  By the time I have factored in the time and effort of going out with baby on public transport, ferrying shopping and Baby's paraphernalia, car club does seem to be a good option.  The thought of not having to wait around and be able to just go when needed is also appealing.  I guess between now and making a decision the sensible thing to do would be to keep an eye on vehicle availability in the hire spots near me.  Any advice or experiences to share, anyone?