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ronnyb

stickyfiddle said:

ronnyb said:

Kebabkid said:

If your car petrol gauge shows a diagram of a petrol pump, look to see if there's an arrow or even the petrol pump spout on the left or right of it. That denotes which side your petrol cap is on.

Not always the case. I thought the same but I’ve recently driven a couple of vehicles where it was on the opposite side.

Really? What cars? 

That's literally the point of the arrow, so I wonder which manufacturers have it wrong!

I drive a few different vehicles at work, I’m pretty sure one of them with the petrol pump spout on the opposite side to the filler cap was a Citroen relay crew cab tipper.

Emp_Fab

I've seen it a few times too on hire cars etc.  I don't recall which ones though.

EricTheWeary

ronnyb said:

stickyfiddle said:

ronnyb said:

Kebabkid said:

If your car petrol gauge shows a diagram of a petrol pump, look to see if there's an arrow or even the petrol pump spout on the left or right of it. That denotes which side your petrol cap is on.

Not always the case. I thought the same but I’ve recently driven a couple of vehicles where it was on the opposite side.

Really? What cars? 

That's literally the point of the arrow, so I wonder which manufacturers have it wrong!

I drive a few different vehicles at work, I’m pretty sure one of them with the petrol pump spout on the opposite side to the filler cap was a Citroen relay crew cab tipper.

5 minutes of googling finds examples of the arrow story as true and examples saying it’s a myth. Even people quoted from within the industry saying it is true and examples of cars ( all Kia’s for example) where it isn’t. There doesn’t seem to be an alternative explanation and not all cars have the arrow anyway. 

VimFuego

it could be that the cars in question are of foreign manufacture, places where the pumps are on the opposite side from here.

EricTheWeary

Checked and it works in my car, although I guess it's a 50:50 chance anyway. 
I'm guessing it's a thing that's meant to work but isn't always corrected when they move between left and right hand drive versions. 

chillidoggy

My Lotus has fuel fillers on both sides, so I don't give a shit.

stickyfiddle

chillidoggy said:

My Lotus has fuel fillers on both sides, so I don't give a shit.

You're also lucky if you can keep it running long enough to even get to the petrol station, to be fair

p90fool

Fuel filler? Mine's in the bloody middle where it's always been...

http://i66.tinypic.com/ossv11.jpg

proggy

stickyfiddle said:

chillidoggy said:

My Lotus has fuel fillers on both sides, so I don't give a shit.

You're also lucky if you can keep it running long enough to even get to the petrol station, to be fair

@chillidoggy What type of Lotus have you got?

chillidoggy

proggy said:

stickyfiddle said:

chillidoggy said:

My Lotus has fuel fillers on both sides, so I don't give a shit.

You're also lucky if you can keep it running long enough to even get to the petrol station, to be fair

@chillidoggy What type of Lotus have you got?

An Esprit S4s.

proggy

chillidoggy said:

proggy said:

stickyfiddle said:

chillidoggy said:

My Lotus has fuel fillers on both sides, so I don't give a shit.

You're also lucky if you can keep it running long enough to even get to the petrol station, to be fair

@chillidoggy What type of Lotus have you got?

An Esprit S4s.

Wow, excellent. Please tell me it's a yellow one.

chillidoggy

proggy said:

chillidoggy said:

proggy said:

stickyfiddle said:

chillidoggy said:

My Lotus has fuel fillers on both sides, so I don't give a shit.

You're also lucky if you can keep it running long enough to even get to the petrol station, to be fair

@chillidoggy What type of Lotus have you got?

An Esprit S4s.

Wow, excellent. Please tell me it's a yellow one.

Nope, it's Lotus racing green metallic.

VimFuego

p90fool said:

Fuel filler? Mine's in the bloody middle where it's always been...

http://i66.tinypic.com/ossv11.jpg

mrs f won't allow me a bike, but if she did something like that is what I'd chose.

proggy

chillidoggy said:

proggy said:

chillidoggy said:

proggy said:

stickyfiddle said:

chillidoggy said:

My Lotus has fuel fillers on both sides, so I don't give a shit.

You're also lucky if you can keep it running long enough to even get to the petrol station, to be fair

@chillidoggy What type of Lotus have you got?

An Esprit S4s.

Wow, excellent. Please tell me it's a yellow one.

Nope, it's Lotus racing green metallic.

Nice.

Kebabkid

stickyfiddle said:

ronnyb said:

Kebabkid said:

If your car petrol gauge shows a diagram of a petrol pump, look to see if there's an arrow or even the petrol pump spout on the left or right of it. That denotes which side your petrol cap is on.

Not always the case. I thought the same but I’ve recently driven a couple of vehicles where it was on the opposite side.

Really? What cars? 

That's literally the point of the arrow, so I wonder which manufacturers have it wrong!

My mate said the same but then saw where the spout was pointing and so that's why I added that.

Chalky

The car filler thing is a myth just like the old one about statues of men on horseback having different meanings depending on the stance of the horse.

Flink_Poyd

The mask used to make Michael Myers look emotionless in the original Halloween film is a $2 William Shatner mask

Guitar_Slinger

On Simplex locks, it doesn't matter what order you put numbers/letters in. Press C to clear and try it.

Sesh

Guitar_Slinger said:

On Simplex locks, it doesn't matter what order you put numbers/letters in. Press C to clear and try it.

Which is why they are generally easy to crack, without resorting to trying every combination.

EricTheWeary

Sesh said:

Guitar_Slinger said:

On Simplex locks, it doesn't matter what order you put numbers/letters in. Press C to clear and try it.

Which is why they are generally easy to crack, without resorting to trying every combination.

We have a bunch of them at work, I amaze people regularly by putting the numbers in using different combinations.