Gas Pump...Arrow....Right.....
 

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.

lol ya that is what it is there for

I learned something new today. I didn't know this either :) Thanks!

Same here.

every car has that haha

As far back as 1996 on a Ford Aspire.

Now I'm going to have to go out and see if my other car has it..lol..

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!

NOT every car has this. but yes it does help on the car that do.

And of course, my cars are on opposite sides, which makes me have to do a double take and make sure I remember which one I'm in when I pull into the gas station. H2--drivers side Z--Passenger side

yup, it will make it easier. I had a 04 VW R32 and dont know if that had one.. I traded it in to get the 370

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.

eh. I never noticed that I mean. if you buy a car you know the side where you need to fill her up.

Don't most cars have it on the right?

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.

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

:bowrofl:

Ugh..that is the truth.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Yup...that's pretty much on every make and model...

I forget every time I go to fill up. I'm pretty bad with those sorts of things. I can memorize 10 digits numbers in a few seconds though!

Ha! I never knew this. Thanks!

my Porsche doesn't have this... then again i can see the gas door from the drivers seat...

Not true
 

Snopes has debunked this going back to 2007 when it started making the rounds as spam.

snopes.com: Gas Pump Icon and Fuel Door

But, hey, any car has a 50/50 shot of it being correct since there's only two possible placements for the gas cap.

Many, but not all...

Snopes article is talking about the handle. This thread is about the little triangle arrow (I think).

The Snopes article refers to the pump icon. The OP was for an arrow next to the icon. The arrow points to the side of the vehicle the filler door is on.

Noted: you drive a '74, you get a free pass :tup:

I'm driving one of 4 different cars so I can never remember, that combined with rental cars while travelling ... which half the time I can't even remember what color or brand I just rented. Thankfully I usually remember to look down at the arrow as I hesitate while pulling up to the pump.