>>>Have you thought about a diesel? At least double the mileage, and [with the newer ones] less pollution than gas.
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>>I'm allegic to the smell of diesel fuel and diesel exhaust. It doesn't matter how clean you keep a diesel engine, I'm going to smell it.
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>There's the dirty old diesel and then there's euro diesel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_emission_standards
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>And I've heard of cars consuming between 3.5 and 5.1 l/100km (67.2 to 46 mpg) of this cleaner diesel fuel - second hand pre-owned cars at that. And mind you, in most of the countries I've been to, diesel was cheaper.

What I'd need to do would be to find a place that would let me lease one for about a week. I'd hate to spend all that money and then discover that sitting in the car (or even being anywhere near the car) gives me sinus migraine.

And around here, diesel is about the same price as mid-grade gasoline.