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Old 01-15-2013, 03:48 PM   #18 (permalink)
Miller88
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I rented a small moving van from Penske in the spring (afraid of UHaul's equipment). They, of course, ran out of the small van and I got stuck with their largest gas econonline based cube van.

This was, of course, to move a studio apartment. When I say the van was bigger than the studio ... it really was.

FIrst thing I did was top off the tank to the first click. Then put 12 miles on the van before returning it.

It took 3.6 gallons to the first click again! Nuts! Horrible gas mileage.

Looking back, it would have been cheaper to just rent a large trailer and use the Cherokee.
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