Gas Pump...Arrow....Right.....

xiven · 02-22-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by zmyride

And if the gas pump on the gauge is showing the wrong side, and you drive a toyota, then a recall is coming.

TamZ · 02-22-2010, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by fly yellow

I guess they figure that the H2 will spend so much time at the gas station that it will just become engrained in the owner's mind which side the fuel door is on.

Ugh..that is the truth.

Josh@STILLEN · 02-22-2010, 08:11 PM

The gas gauge is on the side of where the tank is, or else it's labeled to help you is how I always knew it to be.

So if your gauge was on the left, and no arrows or helpers, your tank should be as well..

ONEighty · 02-22-2010, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh@STILLEN

The gas gauge is on the side of where the tank is, or else it's labeled to help you is how I always knew it to be.

So if your gauge was on the left, and no arrows or helpers, your tank should be as well..

That's not the case in my MB CLS55, the gauge is on the left side, tank is on the right, and I don't have any arrows.

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Originally Posted by fly yellow

I guess they figure that the H2 will spend so much time at the gas station that it will just become engrained in the owner's mind which side the fuel door is on.

Could not agree more, lol... same case for me, I drop $65 for every 160 miles

Josh@STILLEN · 02-22-2010, 10:35 PM

Interesting.. I guess I'm not driving expensive enough cars.. LOL

RCZ · 02-22-2010, 10:41 PM

did not know this, anyone have a closeup of the dash?

Zaggeron · 02-22-2010, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

Not in the USA...
To save costs, vehicles that are both USA and Non-USA market, have them on the right, since the majority of the world is right-hand drive.

I'm not sure that's true. The main Wiki article for this sort of thing states

"today about 66% of the world's people live in right-hand traffic countries and 34% in left-hand traffic countries."

Right- and left-hand traffic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

m4a1mustang · 02-22-2010, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 180°|Custom

That's not the case in my MB CLS55, the gauge is on the left side, tank is on the right, and I don't have any arrows.

Could not agree more, lol... same case for me, I drop $65 for every 160 miles

Yep... our CLK 500 has the fuel gauge on the left and gas door on the right.

Mike · 02-22-2010, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TamZ

Interesting, my H2 does NOT have an arrow, just the standard gas pump looking thing..which is probably why I never thought of it before! The Z does have the arrow!

your hummer probably has a picture of a gas pump, like my tahoe. Look at what side of that pump the hose is on in the diagram.

Mike · 02-22-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Zaggeron

I'm not sure that's true. The main Wiki article for this sort of thing states

"today about 66% of the world's people live in right-hand traffic countries and 34% in left-hand traffic countries."

Right- and left-hand traffic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and regardless of that, if they were all on the same side, it would screw up the flow at the gas stations. I jsut hate that the tahoe has it on one side and the Z on the other, because when its on the trailer on the way to the track, I have to reposition to fill both. I just always remember, our American cars are on the drivers side, foreign ones on the passenger side.

m4a1mustang · 02-22-2010, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike

your hummer probably has a picture of a gas pump, like my tahoe. Look at what side of that pump the hose is on in the diagram.

I'm pretty sure my parent's beater buick has a picture of the pump but the fuel door is NOT on the side that the picture indicates.

PapoZalsa · 02-22-2010, 10:59 PM

Every car has this, I think even my 92 Ford Ranger has it.

white370j · 02-23-2010, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by NISSNISS370Z

I have a few vehicles so i get mixed up on what side the gas tank is on. My girlfriend and i were running some errands this weekend and i asked her what side the gas tank was on and she showed me on the gauge where there is a gas pump and an arrow indicating that the tank is on the right.....well to make a short story long..it was new to me and will make my life easier, some may already know this but for those who don't i just wanted to share.

the best part is your girlfriend knew.. if i were to tell my GF what side the gas tank was on 2mins before she pulled up to a gass station she would still forget

g96818 · 02-23-2010, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

Not in the USA...

USA production models have them on the left.
Non-USA production models have them on the right.

To save costs, vehicles that are both USA and Non-USA market, have them on the right, since the majority of the world is right-hand drive.

Look at any US "domestic" vehicle that's been sold in non-USA markets, I bet it's on the left.

no not really, my Toyota Celica has the fill on the left and as far as i remember, it was the same for both US and Japan spec models.

Jnukem99 · 02-23-2010, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

Not in the USA...

USA production models have them on the left.
Non-USA production models have them on the right.

To save costs, vehicles that are both USA and Non-USA market, have them on the right, since the majority of the world is right-hand drive.

Look at any US "domestic" vehicle that's been sold in non-USA markets, I bet it's on the left.

I have a 98 Taurus Sho with the door on the right

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