Back in the days when gasoline was $1.49 per gallon in the United States, it was rather easy to return a rental vehicle without being scrutinized for your consumption of fuel — depending on the company from which you rented your car, of course. With prices currently hovering between $3.25 and $4.25 per gallon in the United States and the potential to lose significantly more money, rental car companies seem to be far more stringent these days on how much gasoline is in the fuel tank — sometimes to the point of charging you for fuel even though you returned the rental vehicle with a full tank of gasoline, as has apparently happened to…

Customers of Budget Rent A Car are accusing the company of overcharging them for minor damage to vehicles in British Columbia — and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating the allegations, as the alleged infractions have reportedly occurred in multiple locations. Worse, former employees admit to consciously lying to customers and purposely bilking them by charging them significantly more than what it cost for minor repairs — some of which have never been done, allowing employees to charge multiple customers for the same damage. If that was not already bad enough, international customers were especially targeted. Claiming that he had cracked the right bottom front light of a vehicle he rented, FlyerTalk member…

FlyerTalk member jzweighaft posts a detailed report after driving a silver 2012 Chevrolet Cruze 2LT at Fossil Butte National Monument near Kemmerer, Wyoming. The car was rented from…

Although a number of road tests of rental cars have been posted here at The Gate, none have been at the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah — until now, when…

Sometimes it pays to avoid highways with electronic tolls — especially when renting a car. After driving around Texas while conscientiously avoiding all the electronic toll gates in order to not be required to pay a $14.75 “convenience” fee, FlyerTalk member Jorgen eventually received a bill from Avis for $1.30 in actual tolls plus a $14.75 convenience fee. Although being fairly certain that Jorgen did not pass through any electronic toll collection points…