Originally Posted by
Toshbaf
If you're really unhappy with the tank not being full, you could immediately fill the tank at a station close to the rental car office as soon as you pick up the car. If you can put in 2.5 gallons, then you can complain.
I have experienced a less than full tank but that is not that common. Fortunately, not everyone is a cheapskate and fraudster.
Renting a car from midtown Manhattan is a different story. There are no gas stations in Manhattan below Harlem. At least none that I know of. The Mobil station on the west side closed long time ago.
There are several gas stations left below 125th Street, if you know where to look.
Shell, 1855 1st Avenue at 96th
Shell, 1599 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10029
BP, FDR Drive & E 23rd St, New York, NY 10010
Mobil, 718 11th Ave, New York