Las Vegas car rentals and overpriced gas

glassman · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 119

"kr0" wrote in message $sa3.31055@pd7tw1no...
> Apparently there is an issue in Las Vegas with car rental companies
> charging
> excessive amounts for gas. These charges seem to be well above the market
> rate and are applied to rental vehicles returned without a full tank. If
> you
> go to
>

Nope.... every single rental place in the entire world does this. All you
need to do is fill it up yourself.

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JK Sinrod
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VegasRex · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 14

> Nope.... every single rental place in the entire world does this. All you
> need to do is fill it up yourself.

My favorite is when they give it to you empty, and tell you to "return
it with an empty tank".

I've yet to figure out the exact formula as to how to know EXACTLY how
much gas to put into the car to ensure that I will return it with an
empty tank.

I always end up giving the Rental Company at least a quarter-tank of
free gas (which I suppose is the point).

Mark my words, one of these days, I am going to push the damn car back
to the lot with an truly empty tank. Or perhaps easier, I am just going
to let the car idle in the lot until it runs out of gas before I return
the keys.