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Old 2nd November 2007, 09:03   #1 (permalink)
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can this be true? (fuel filler arrow)

All if not most modern cars have a small picture of a petrol pump in the fuel gauge.

I have just been told that this picture always represents the side of the car that the fuel filler is !

Therefore ours should have a picture with the fuel nozzle on the left?

Anyone have access to a range of cars to confirm this?
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Saw this on another site, seems not to be true well not in all cases as you say it's not true of our Civics
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On a few cars (Toyota I think) I have seen a little arrow.

Something like:
<- Fuel

This is great in rental cars where you don´t have a clue.

Personally, I don´t understand why not all cars are designed to have the fuel filler on the driver side (obviously for LHD ! ).
The Civic does - great
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My theory is that cars from left-hand drive countries has the fuel filler on the left side, and from right-hand drive counties on right side.
The theory holds for our former Fiats, Citroëns, Subarus and the Civic.
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If the fuel fillers were all on the same side then the queues for the pumps would be horrible. Having them mixed means there are always people who can use either side of the pumps.
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My theory is that cars from left-hand drive countries has the fuel filler on the left side, and from right-hand drive counties on right side.
The theory holds for our former Fiats, Citroëns, Subarus and the Civic.
Civic is from the UK (RHD) and has fuel filler on left hand side??

Other Hondas seem to vary.

MB tends to have right hand side.

Histroically there have been a few insteresting cases which don´t work with that theory, like Jags dual tanks in the 70s and 80s and the old US standard of under the rear number plate.

Also, "cars from", what would that mean in this every more globalised world with sharing of parts and R&D and mfg all over the place?

A few others (from photos), all current cars:

AM V8 Vantage - left
Audi - right
Bentley Arnage - left
BMW - right
Bugatti Veyron - left
Cadillac CTS - right
Cadillac XLR - left
Chevrolet (Daewoo) - right
Chevrolet Tahoe - left
Chrysler 300C - left
Citroen C3 - left
Citroen C5 - right
Ferrari 599 - left
Fiat (most) - right
Fiat Ulysse - left
Ford Fiesta - left
Ford Focus & Mondeo - right
Hyundai - left
Jaguar - right
Jeep - left
Kia (most) - right
Kia Carnival and Sportage - left
Range Rover - right
Lexus - left
Lotus - right
Maserati Spyder - right
Maserati Quattroporte - left
Maybach - right
Mazda - left
Mitsubishi - left
Nissan Primera and X-trail - left
Nissan Qassai - right
Opel / Vauxhall (most) - right
Opel GT - left
Peugeot 307 & 407 - right
Peugeot 107 & 207 - left
Porsche - right
Renault - right (actaully a Renault is not right, it is always wrong)
Saab - right
Seat - right
Skoda - right
Subaru - right
Suzuki (most) - left
Suzuki Grand Vitara - right
Toyota - left
VW - right
Volvo - right

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If the fuel fillers were all on the same side then the queues for the pumps would be horrible. Having them mixed means there are always people who can use either side of the pumps.
I have reverse gear in my car
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Civic is from the UK (RHD) and has fuel filler on left hand side.
A bit confusion here - I'm referreing to which side of the road you are supposed to drive.
How do you put it in Inglisj?
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On a few cars (Toyota I think) I have seen a little arrow.

Something like:
<- Fuel

This is great in rental cars where you donīt have a clue.

Personally, I donīt understand why not all cars are designed to have the fuel filler on the driver side (obviously for LHD ! ).
The Civic does - great
Yep in my last car a toyota rav 4 it told you what side the petrol cap was at
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On a few cars (Toyota I think) I have seen a little arrow.

Something like:
<- Fuel

Now where have I seen something like that before.....

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Now where have I seen something like that before.....

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OMG! Haven´t seen that.
Must rush out and check!
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Now where have I seen something like that before.....

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OMG! Haven´t seen that.
Must rush out and check!
Walked out to the car.
In the freezing cold.
All the way thinking - Mr Potts has been playing with Photoshop again just to have a laugh at me running out in the cold.

But, no.

It is true.

The arrow is there!

Never thought about it.
Or maybe I just thought that it was pointing to the fuel gauge saying this is the fuel gauge....
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It's not that clear - I, er, only noticed it recently.
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Or maybe I just thought that it was pointing to the fuel gauge saying this is the fuel gauge....
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Skoda - right
Volvo - right
My old Volvo was on the left as is my wife's Skoda (and my son's and daughter's)

I think it depends on the LHD/RHD on SOME cars

It is, of course, safer to have it on the nearside in case you need to fill up by the side of the road (because you ran out of fuel ) that way you don't run the risk of being 'clipped' by passing motorists)
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It is, of course, safer to have it on the nearside in case you need to fill up by the side of the road (because you ran out of fuel ) that way you don't run the risk of being 'clipped' by passing motorists)
Yes as they drive past laughing and pointing at you
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I wondered what that arrow was - now it makes sense
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