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Old Oct 20, 2013, 4:19 pm
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Jorgen
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: MEL
Programs: VAG
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Cars low on fuel

I rented a little Kia Cerato from SYD the other day. Drove 66km, filled it up, it took 9.971 litres of fuel.

Now, either Kia is making small hatchbacks that use 15.1 litres per hundred km (that's 15.5 miles per gallon for you Yanks) or they gave me a car that was already kinda on the low side.

This is the second time in a row I've had this happen; I rented a Fusion in Hawaii and by the time I got out of the parking lot it was on 7/8ths full. I didn't have time or energy to go back and argue about it, but it cheeses me off.

Is there anything I can do about this that's likely to be worth the time and effort? I can't even find an email address for Hertz Australia to complain to, and darned if I'm going to sit on the phone for an hour to speak to some low-level customer service rep about it. Or should I just restrict myself to venting on the internet?
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