Weekend Non Domain Trivia

[mojoco]

Well it's true on my two cars........

> WHO KNEW THIS ???
>
> The World's Best Kept Auto Secret
> I have been driving (legally) for over many years. One would think
> I would have noticed the little secret on my dash that was staring
> me right in the face the whole time. I didn't and I bet you
> probably haven't either.
>

>
> Quick question, what side of your car is your gas tank? If you are
> anything like me, you probably can't remember right away. My
> solution is to uncomfortably stick my head out the window, strain
> my neck and look. If you don't do this in your own car you
> definitely have done it in a borrowed or rental car.
> Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to share with you my little
> secret so you will no longer look like Ace Ventura on your way to
> the gas station or put your neck at risk of discomfort or injury.
> If you look at your gas gauge, you will see a small icon of a gas
> pump. The handle of the gas pump will extend out on either the left
> or right side of the pump. If your tank is on the left, the handle
> will be on the left. If your tank is on the right, the handle will
> be on the right (see photo above). It is that simple!
> I don't know how you feel right now but when I found out this
> morning I felt cheated!
> Why don't the dealers share such important information with car
> buyers?? I don't understand why this isn't in the drivers manual??
> I don't get why any mechanic I have ever been too or known has even
> thought of mentioning this to me?? The only possible explanation
> can be that all these people probably don't even know!

 

[retired_member32]

i didn't know this and i have been a auto technician my whole working life,but saying that i know on which side a tank is anyway,different manufacturers prefer one side to another.

 

[uglygit]

wheres the piccie mojocco, I thought it would be where you stick the orange juice in.

 

[Admin]

I will check my car later, thats a cool tip!

I went to the US in January, their deisel is the green pump and unleaded is black :???: why can't these petrol companies even decide on a global colour (or is that color) standard? I came very close to filling my hire car with the wrong thing.

confused

 

[retired_member3]

It's a good tip for sufferers of alzheimers. Others can just glance and remember? :???:

 

[aquanuke]

I do it all the time, the two cars I have at the moment are the opposite including the stalks so im always putting on the windscreen wipers or indicating when I wanted the other.

 

[Rich]

I do it all the time, the two cars I have at the moment are the opposite including the stalks so im always putting on the windscreen wipers or indicating when I wanted the other.

I spent 3 years doing that too, drove me nuts

 

[cm1975]

Nonsense. It doesn't apply to my Chrysler Voyager.

Having checked the interweb, there's an international standardisation on these symbols and the pump hose is always on the right of the pump.

 

[devolution]

Here's an example for reference:

 

[mojoco]

Nonsense. It doesn't apply to my Chrysler Voyager.

Having checked the interweb, there's an international standardisation on these symbols and the pump hose is always on the right of the pump.

I'm glad you proved this wrong. After getting the email I checked my two cars and it was true, but I didn't think for a second that both my cars had the pump on the right hand side anyway. I totally believed it.

:???:

"oh you are a plonker Rodney"