Startling fact of the day

[Rob D]

I only found this out today after 24 years of driving....how do you know when sitting at the steering wheel which side of the vehicle the fuel cap is on? (assumung it's your first time in the vehicle)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On your dashboard there is a picture of a fuel pump and it has an arrow pointing to the correct side!! Have a look the next time you get in the car!!!

 

 

Ah well it was a nice thought!

[armchairarborist]

i'd have to clean the dash to see if its true in mine.. and thats just not going to happen till i get chance to dig the jetwash out of the shed,i did take five carrierbags of rubbish out of the cab today wrappers etc, and an overloaded washing basket of jumpers/shirts/coats to the wash:blushing: the dogs love it in there as there's always something to eat if they have a dig round:thumbup:

[Gnarlyoak]

LOL, the hose reaches both sides anyways!

 

Aaaaaahhhhggggg, one of my absolute pet hates is being stuck in a queue trying to get onto a garage forecourt, behind a bunch of numbty's ignoring empty pumps waiting for one to come free that has the nozzle on the same side as their filler cap.

 

These idiots should be banned from driving for life at least or executed and disemboweled in their vehicles at worst.

 

I like nothing better than to under/overtake them whenever possible, and pull up at a vacant pump "with nozzle on the wrong side" and gently and easily stretch the hose the four feet over the boot of my vehicle and start filling up, whilst all the while giving them my sternest Paddington Bear style long hard stare with an extra large portion of gritted teeth!

 

Sorry, rant and derail over.......

[Chris Sheppard]

Aaaaaahhhhggggg, one of my absolute pet hates is being stuck in a queue trying to get onto a garage forecourt, behind a bunch of numbty's ignoring empty pumps waiting for one to come free that has the nozzle on the same side as their filler cap.

 

These idiots should be banned from driving for life at least or executed and disemboweled in their vehicles at worst.

 

I like nothing better than to under/overtake them whenever possible, and pull up at a vacant pump "with nozzle on the wrong side" and gently and easily stretch the hose the four feet over the boot of my vehicle and start filling up, whilst all the while giving them my sternest Paddington Bear style long hard stare with an extra large portion of gritted teeth!

 

Sorry, rant and derail over.......

 

and one day you'll do that and find it's one of those pumps with the hard plastic "U" bend in the pipe to stop people doing just that

[rovers90]

It must be quite common as the symbol is on my Freelander, my wifes Focus and it was a relative who told me and she has it on her Micra, her husbands VW and every hire car she has had , here or abroad, has had it apparently.

[Xaltu]

I only found this out today after 24 years of driving....how do you know when sitting at the steering wheel which side of the vehicle the fuel cap is on? (assumung it's your first time in the vehicle)

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Because before sitting in the vehicle you have walked around it to ensure that it is road legal and observed where the filler cap is

[Mark Bolam]

Thanks mate. That's a brilliant tip.

 

Apart from when it is wrong. Other than that, brilliant.

 

[THE88MAN]

My bentley has a filler cap on both sides so i don't have this problem

[skyhuck]

My bentley has a filler cap on both sides so i don't have this problem

 

I have no idea where the filler cap is on mine, as the chauffeur always fills her up before I get in

[RobRainford]

My bike runs on human fuel. It needs refuelling a lot though!