Life hacks - which side is my filler cap on.

Elwood

I found out recently that on my car dashboard next to the petrol pump icon is an arrow showing which side the filler cap is on. Not only this but it's a standard feature on all cars.

Is this commen knowledge, did you know that?

This raises the interesting question - what other useful bits of info have I missed out on?
Share yours and help make the world a better place.

Phil_aka_Pip

• I wouldn't trust the instrument panel on my Poxhall to tell me the truth about anything.
• If you don't know where your fuel filler cap is you're too ignorant to be driving

Elwood

Phil_aka_Pip;513702" said:

I wouldn't trust the instrument panel on my Poxhall to tell me the truth about anything.If you don't know where your fuel filler cap is you're too ignorant to be driving

I know where it is on my car but didn't know it told one on the dash board. A useful piece of info if you drive a lot of cars.

If you don't trust your cars readouts you shouldn't drive it .

imalone

Handy if in a rental car. (Yes you've checked it before driving off, but then you've forgotten, or you knew at the start of the holiday, but of course you only need to fill up on the last day.)

CabbageCat

Phil_aka_Pip said:

• If you don't know where your fuel filler cap is you're too ignorant to be driving

Or you are in a hire car.

Or you don't care because the hose reaches both sides of the car anyway.

FelineGuitars

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/viral-video/11319365/Watch-Woman-drives-round-in-circles-in-petrol-pump-fail.html

Phil_aka_Pip

Ionian said:

Phil_aka_Pip;513702" said:

I wouldn't trust the instrument panel on my Poxhall to tell me the truth about anything.If you don't know where your fuel filler cap is you're too ignorant to be driving

I know where it is on my car but didn't know it told one on the dash board. A useful piece of info if you drive a lot of cars.

If you don't trust your cars readouts you shouldn't drive it .

I don't think I need the instrument panel in order to drive it. Natch it helps if you're being watched to know what speed you're doing and it's nice to know if you've got enough fuel for your journey. Ever seen the speedo on a Morris Minor? Its like an analogue random number generator

Col_Decker

only on Fords I think. Its defo not on our Peugeot or VW.

dafuzz

Put a pinch of sage in your boots, and all day long a spicy scent is your reward.

ICBM

Ionian said:

This raises the interesting question - what other useful bits of info have I missed out on?

That the hose will reach the opposite side if you pull it out a bit.

This can save a lot of time if you're in a queue of other people who don't realise that… although they usually don't like to see you doing it .

lustycourtier

Col_Decker said:

only on Fords I think. Its defo not on our Peugeot or VW.

 Deffo on all VAG cars, FIAT too.

lloyd

lustycourtier said:

Col_Decker said:

only on Fords I think. Its defo not on our Peugeot or VW.

 Deffo on all VAG cars, FIAT too.

Female only cars?

Nomad

i can't imagine my mingin' old Land Rover has such fripperies.

not_the_dj

We use hire cars at work, and it's pretty common on most cars we get these days. Pretty handy really.

lustycourtier

lloyd said:

lustycourtier said:

Col_Decker said:

only on Fords I think. Its defo not on our Peugeot or VW.

 Deffo on all VAG cars, FIAT too.

Female only cars?

Volkswagen Audi Group. ;-)  

Col_Decker

s'not on my vw, but mine is quite old

mike_l

Deckers VW is also frequently on the back of AA trucks too.

 

Sometimes he still has petrol in it too.

 

koneguitarist

Generally if fuel gauge is on left of dashboard, filler cap will be on left and vice versa.

koneguitarist

Coming back from a Wales Ireland game a couple of years ago, we had hired a mini bus, and needed to fill up before returning it.

We pulled into a supermarket petrol station about midnight, with a lot of pissed up ex sailors on board. The Driver pulled into right side for filler cap, but wrong side of the only pumps working at that time of the night. Instead of driving round again, the driver tried to reverse then go forward on right side. After hitting pump kerbs a few times, one of the lads opened the sliding side door to give driver advice on room. Unfortunately driver thought he knew better and revved it to go over kerb, but with door sticking out, it got caught on the pump and was ripped off taking out all the windows up side of mini bus and promptly fell onto floor. 

At this time, my wife turned up to pick me up to see 3 Welshmen, 3 Irishmen and two Englishmen, staring at the door on the floor, when the driver said, "I suppose this means I am not gonna get my deposit back!"

Never laughed so much in my life! Mrs was horrified

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Sambostar

Just checked.  My nineties Transit Tipper hasn't got one.  It does have this emergency system where it leans to one side should a wheel and half the cab rot off though, which is handy to know.

jd0272

koneguitarist said:

Generally if fuel gauge is on left of dashboard, filler cap will be on left and vice versa.

One's Toyota's gauge is on't' right, filler on left. Arrow on dash in place. 

We live in a complex world! I do oft' giggle when waiting at forecourts and realise some folk do not actually know.