Fuel Prices
Just got back from a week's vacation on the road (7 states). The lowest I saw was $3.17 here in VA (Richmond metro area) and the costliest was a Shell station in Highland Falls, NY where it was $3.95!
I had a Lincoln MKZ rental car with a V6 and it did pretty well on fuel mileage -- consistently averaging 24 to 26 miles per gallon. I was not driving like a grandpa, either, and encountered a lot of traffic congestion.
I drove just under 2,000 miles on six days! I definitely took advantage of their 'unlimited mileage' rental agreement; that is for sure.
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The Lincoln MKZ is on the same chassis as a Ford Fusion, but of course is a lot nicer and has many more amenities - the best of which was Sirius satellite radio. No worry about losing a station when leaving a metro area. The V6 was powerful, too, and was mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. I rented a Ford Fusion a few months back during a business trip - a decent car, but it only had a four-cylinder engine.
P.S. I noticed that some states sell 'pure' gasoline, while others (such as PA and VA) almost always sell ethanol-laced gasoline (E10).
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