Which Side is Your Fuel Cap??

by Site Admin. on February 21, 2009

WHO KNEW THIS???

I have been driving for over?40?years… I would think I should have noticed the little secret on my dashboard that was staring me in the face the whole time…I didn’t…and I bet you didn’t either…

Have you ever rented or borrowed a car and when arriving at the petrol station wondered…mmm, which side is the petrol filler cap?
My normal solution was to stick my head out the window, strain my neck and look, try to see in the side mirrors or even get out of the car!!!!
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to share with you my little secret so you will no longer look like Ace Ventura on your way to the petrol station or put your neck at risk of discomfort or injury.

If you look at your petrol gauge, you will see a small icon of a petrol pump?
The handle of the petrol pump will extend out on either the left or right side of the petrol pump?
If your filler cap is on the left, the handle will be on the left? If your filler cap is on the right, the handle will be on the right (see photo). It is that simple!
I don’t know how you feel right now but when I found out this morning I felt cheated!

WHY don’t the dealers share such important information with car buyers?
I don’t understand why this isn’t in the Highway Code or even the car manufacturers manual??
I don’t get why any mechanic I have ever been too or know has even thought of mentioning this to me??
The only possible explanation can be that all these people probably don’t even know!

Go out and share the world’s best kept auto secret with your friends as this is information is way too important to be kept secret.

{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

SC February 22, 2009 at 3:54 am

its a myth thats been going around folr a few years now

R.Pearson February 26, 2009 at 2:17 pm: @SC, Yep, I’m sure it’s a myth. It’s the wrong way round on my Nissan Almera!

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taxi 112 February 22, 2009 at 4:47 am

wells here some more useless info
Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote key-less entry?
This may come in handy someday.
Good reason to own a mobile phone: If you lock your
keys in the car and the spare keys are at home,
call someone at home on their mobile phone
from your mobile phone.

Hold your mobile phone about a foot from
your car door and have the person
at your home press the unlock button,
holding it near the mobile phone on their end.

Your car will unlock.

Saves someone from having to
drive your keys to you.

Distance is no object.
You could be hundreds of miles away,
and if you can reach someone who has
the other ‘remote’ for your car, you can
unlock the doors

adamski February 22, 2009 at 9:39 pm