Quote Originally Posted by shion View Post
I rented cars and attempted to drive perfectly straight on the road which I always failed at.
I did this when the game actually gave you a car for that one time.

The rest of the time? Nope, I walked. You can already avoid encounters by using roads and Enc-Half/Enc-None, and you don't get charged for it. Fuel is used for Fire Ammo, nothing else.