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Old Dec 27, 2012 | 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by hec13
Avis is trying out a new system that automatically reads the mileage and the gas on the cars to the tenth of a gallon. It's not a sensor on the gas tank, but an actual device that is plugged into the car's electronics and that communicates with the handhelds used for check-ins wirelessly when on an avis lot.
Great info, thanks for the update. However, Avis needs to publicize this. They say you need to return with a "full tank of gas". As long as the console display shows "F", that constitutes full in my book and will fight if they try to charge for anything.
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