Do you know how you can tell which side of the car its fuel cap is on?
24 May 2010, 10:42 AM
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Do you know how you can tell which side of the car its fuel cap is on?
No apologies if this is a SIAL as I've been away 
Anyway, I picked this little gem of info up from this weeks Autocar and in 46 years I swear it had never occurred to me, to my other half (age 47), my Dad (age 71) and his mate (49), a used car dealer.
If you look at the petrol pump symbol on the petrol gauge on the dash, whichever side of the pump the fuel filler hose is on is the side that the fuel cap of the car is on
So far we have between us checked our cars, all the cars in our car parks and every other car we have seen. They all check out
Amazing huh?
It's a bit like that other little gem in watch adverts where the hands are at either ten to two or ten past ten, or thereabouts
Cool huh?
Anyway, I picked this little gem of info up from this weeks Autocar and in 46 years I swear it had never occurred to me, to my other half (age 47), my Dad (age 71) and his mate (49), a used car dealer.
If you look at the petrol pump symbol on the petrol gauge on the dash, whichever side of the pump the fuel filler hose is on is the side that the fuel cap of the car is on
So far we have between us checked our cars, all the cars in our car parks and every other car we have seen. They all check out
Amazing huh?
It's a bit like that other little gem in watch adverts where the hands are at either ten to two or ten past ten, or thereabouts
Cool huh?
24 May 2010, 11:01 AM
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On another note
Why do people insist on drawing up to a pump ONLY when the filler is next to the pump
its got a fuel line that long for a reason !
Why do people insist on drawing up to a pump ONLY when the filler is next to the pump
its got a fuel line that long for a reason !
24 May 2010, 11:06 AM
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isn't the rule of thumb to do with what side of the road the car was designed for
for safety reasons you do not want to be filling the car with your **** in the slow lane of the motorway -- hence why European cars have them correct for Europe and Jap cars have the correct for the UK
for safety reasons you do not want to be filling the car with your **** in the slow lane of the motorway -- hence why European cars have them correct for Europe and Jap cars have the correct for the UK
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No apologies if this is a SIAL as I've been away
Anyway, I picked this little gem of info up from this weeks Autocar and in 46 years I swear it had never occurred to me, to my other half (age 47), my Dad (age 71) and his mate (49), a used car dealer.
If you look at the petrol pump symbol on the petrol gauge on the dash, whichever side of the pump the fuel filler hose is on is the side that the fuel cap of the car is on
So far we have between us checked our cars, all the cars in our car parks and every other car we have seen. They all check out
Amazing huh?
It's a bit like that other little gem in watch adverts where the hands are at either ten to two or ten past ten, or thereabouts
Cool huh?
Anyway, I picked this little gem of info up from this weeks Autocar and in 46 years I swear it had never occurred to me, to my other half (age 47), my Dad (age 71) and his mate (49), a used car dealer.
If you look at the petrol pump symbol on the petrol gauge on the dash, whichever side of the pump the fuel filler hose is on is the side that the fuel cap of the car is on
So far we have between us checked our cars, all the cars in our car parks and every other car we have seen. They all check out
Amazing huh?
It's a bit like that other little gem in watch adverts where the hands are at either ten to two or ten past ten, or thereabouts
Cool huh?
Les
24 May 2010, 01:35 PM
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What's the point? Never been a problem! Why do people hang around waiting for a pump that matches their side to be free?
If you have a 'normal' sized car every petrol station I have used have fuel lines that reach across to the other side of the car.
Am I missing something here?
BTW those wire crates they have in supermarkets that hold the milk. The shelf sections have hinges that lift up so you can get to the milk on the next shelf down so you don't have to reach into them to get your milk.
These little things annoy me. Anyone else have little pet annoying things that other people do that drive them mad?
If you have a 'normal' sized car every petrol station I have used have fuel lines that reach across to the other side of the car.
Am I missing something here?
BTW those wire crates they have in supermarkets that hold the milk. The shelf sections have hinges that lift up so you can get to the milk on the next shelf down so you don't have to reach into them to get your milk.
These little things annoy me. Anyone else have little pet annoying things that other people do that drive them mad?
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What's the point? Never been a problem! Why do people hang around waiting for a pump that matches their side to be free?
If you have a 'normal' sized car every petrol station I have used have fuel lines that reach across to the other side of the car.
Am I missing something here?
If you have a 'normal' sized car every petrol station I have used have fuel lines that reach across to the other side of the car.
Am I missing something here?
24 May 2010, 02:59 PM
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I prefer not to drag a pipe with gravel stuck on it over the back of the car and they don't always reach. I was in a tesco garage once and they refused to turn the pump on for some one with a disco because he was having to yank it so hard to get it in his filler hole
Had a few of them step back at the end, notice the scratches and then try and blame the car wash
24 May 2010, 05:06 PM
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-decades.html
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Both Mr Sutcliffe and his mother-in-law were, it seems, taken in by an urban myth.
Every manufacturer The Mail on Sunday contacted said the pump handle on the fuel gauge graphic bears no relation to where the petrol cap is located.
But the good news is that many modern cars do have a little-known indicator on the dashboard - in the form of a small arrowhead on the petrol pump graphic, pointing to which side the cap is on.
Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota and Nissan all said their modern vehicles had such an indicator.
Vauxhall said all models built in the past two years have an arrow but added that the petrol cap always sits on the driver’s side in their vehicles anyway.
Audis and BMWs do not have an indicator as standard, but again say it is always on the driver’s side - except in BMW Minis.
Citroen and Peugeot do not have a graphic, and the cap can be found on either side of their cars. The manufacturers’ responses disprove another common, but mistaken, belief: that the cap is on whatever would be the passengers’ side in a car’s main market, so drivers could safely fill up from a jerry-can at the side of the road, away from passing traffic.
On discovering the truth about his urban myth, 41-year-old Mr Sutcliffe was disappointed – but said it was about time car manufacturers did introduce a universal indicator.
He said: ‘I was certain I had come across a golden nugget of information which would make the life of every motorist so much easier.
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Both Mr Sutcliffe and his mother-in-law were, it seems, taken in by an urban myth.
Every manufacturer The Mail on Sunday contacted said the pump handle on the fuel gauge graphic bears no relation to where the petrol cap is located.
But the good news is that many modern cars do have a little-known indicator on the dashboard - in the form of a small arrowhead on the petrol pump graphic, pointing to which side the cap is on.
Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota and Nissan all said their modern vehicles had such an indicator.
Vauxhall said all models built in the past two years have an arrow but added that the petrol cap always sits on the driver’s side in their vehicles anyway.
Audis and BMWs do not have an indicator as standard, but again say it is always on the driver’s side - except in BMW Minis.
Citroen and Peugeot do not have a graphic, and the cap can be found on either side of their cars. The manufacturers’ responses disprove another common, but mistaken, belief: that the cap is on whatever would be the passengers’ side in a car’s main market, so drivers could safely fill up from a jerry-can at the side of the road, away from passing traffic.
On discovering the truth about his urban myth, 41-year-old Mr Sutcliffe was disappointed – but said it was about time car manufacturers did introduce a universal indicator.
He said: ‘I was certain I had come across a golden nugget of information which would make the life of every motorist so much easier.
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mazda 6 doesn't comply with rule of thumb stated above.
Neither does my honda insight.
I tend to find that I am able to know what side the fuel filler is on by looking, and then not being so retarded as to forget.
In the event of a brain fart blonde moment I use the fuel filler hose to simply add fuel from the other side.
It's oh so easy.
Neither does my honda insight.
I tend to find that I am able to know what side the fuel filler is on by looking, and then not being so retarded as to forget.
In the event of a brain fart blonde moment I use the fuel filler hose to simply add fuel from the other side.
It's oh so easy.
24 May 2010, 06:38 PM
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-decades.html
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Both Mr Sutcliffe and his mother-in-law were, it seems, taken in by an urban myth.
Every manufacturer The Mail on Sunday contacted said the pump handle on the fuel gauge graphic bears no relation to where the petrol cap is located.
But the good news is that many modern cars do have a little-known indicator on the dashboard - in the form of a small arrowhead on the petrol pump graphic, pointing to which side the cap is on.
Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota and Nissan all said their modern vehicles had such an indicator.
Vauxhall said all models built in the past two years have an arrow but added that the petrol cap always sits on the driver’s side in their vehicles anyway.
Audis and BMWs do not have an indicator as standard, but again say it is always on the driver’s side - except in BMW Minis.
Citroen and Peugeot do not have a graphic, and the cap can be found on either side of their cars. The manufacturers’ responses disprove another common, but mistaken, belief: that the cap is on whatever would be the passengers’ side in a car’s main market, so drivers could safely fill up from a jerry-can at the side of the road, away from passing traffic.
On discovering the truth about his urban myth, 41-year-old Mr Sutcliffe was disappointed – but said it was about time car manufacturers did introduce a universal indicator.
He said: ‘I was certain I had come across a golden nugget of information which would make the life of every motorist so much easier.
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Both Mr Sutcliffe and his mother-in-law were, it seems, taken in by an urban myth.
Every manufacturer The Mail on Sunday contacted said the pump handle on the fuel gauge graphic bears no relation to where the petrol cap is located.
But the good news is that many modern cars do have a little-known indicator on the dashboard - in the form of a small arrowhead on the petrol pump graphic, pointing to which side the cap is on.
Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota and Nissan all said their modern vehicles had such an indicator.
Vauxhall said all models built in the past two years have an arrow but added that the petrol cap always sits on the driver’s side in their vehicles anyway.
Audis and BMWs do not have an indicator as standard, but again say it is always on the driver’s side - except in BMW Minis.
Citroen and Peugeot do not have a graphic, and the cap can be found on either side of their cars. The manufacturers’ responses disprove another common, but mistaken, belief: that the cap is on whatever would be the passengers’ side in a car’s main market, so drivers could safely fill up from a jerry-can at the side of the road, away from passing traffic.
On discovering the truth about his urban myth, 41-year-old Mr Sutcliffe was disappointed – but said it was about time car manufacturers did introduce a universal indicator.
He said: ‘I was certain I had come across a golden nugget of information which would make the life of every motorist so much easier.
I don't actually care which side the filler cap is on as I'll use either side, but I was extremely happy to have discovered something new just when I thought I knew it all
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