540 miles (14.1 gallons @ $3.309; full serve)
The car has a manual (6-speed) transmission, which is surprisingly tolerable despite all the stop-and-go traffic. I bought the car black, which is fine, with a black interior, which was kind of stupid because it gets hot. There is a large sunroof and an auxiliary input jack for playing the iPod through the (fairly nice) stereo. It is a station wagon.
There is a trip computer between the tachometer and the speedometer, directly above the steering column and visible through the wheel, that tells me my gas mileage over the last couple of seconds, and this turns driving into a game. I mostly turn it off in dense traffic. I have not yet crashed into anyone.
This tank of gas includes one medium-length highway trip, but is mostly me commuting.
I will need to find self-serve diesel somewhere near work.