He hopes it will help to reduce the level of car ownership, by offering another transport option.
"I definitely think it's part of the transport solution and there are a few too many households in Auckland that have too many cars.
"I ride my bike to work, so my car's sitting around pretty much all week and most of the weekend ... so it sounded like a great idea."
Despite the age of his car, which he bought from his grandfather, he says it has been kept in good condition with under 100,000km on the clock.
The car is available for $14 an hour or $240 a week.
Asked how he feels about putting it in the hands of strangers, he says he is confident in YourDrive's vetting procedures through the Transport Agency driver licensing database. He believes renting vehicles from private individuals rather than a company will make hirers more respectful of the other person's property.
Among 18 other vehicles the Weekend Herald found on the YourDrive site for hire were a 2009 Toyota Prius for $20 an hour or $85 a day and a 2011 Mazda 2 Sport ($18 and $80).
YourDrive founder Oscar Ellison said two all-electric Nissan Leafs were being vetted for the scheme, and there was even a possibility of a Tesla super-electric car joining his fleet.
Although other examples of a "sharing economy" such as Book a Bach and accommodation website Airbnb are well established in New Zealand, Mr Ellison says his is the first peer-to-peer car hire scheme.
It has taken him two years to establish, mainly to comply with strict regulations around rental service providers and organising insurance.
The business is only managing two or three hires a week but Mr Ellison imagines a future based on a shared-ownership fleet of electric driver-less cars "that you order up on your smart phone".
