stan_the_man
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Me and my dad were wondering why different cars have the fuel flap or cap on differing sides of the car.
Most Euro cars have it on the right hand (drivers side in this country), where as japs are the opposite?
Any ideas???
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Corsa_Sport21
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Probably down to space and where the tank is located on the car.
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daymoon
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also, apparently, u can tell on which side the fuel car is by looking at ur gauge on instrument cluster...
if the hose on litle pump thing is drawn on left then cap is on the right, and if its on the right cap is on the left..
not sure all cars have them pump thingies drawn though..
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DaveyLC
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Its always on the opposite side to the original drivers door side.. Corsa's etc are european cars and normally left hand drive so the filler is on the right hand side  Jap cars are right hand drive and the petrol filler tends to be on the left.
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Ben G
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the one on my fiesta was on the passenger side. focus is the drivers side.
gets confusing and i ometimes pull up and think the fuel caps on the passenger side still 
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
also, apparently, u can tell on which side the fuel car is by looking at ur gauge on instrument cluster...
if the hose on litle pump thing is drawn on left then cap is on the right, and if its on the right cap is on the left..
not sure all cars have them pump thingies drawn though..
Some petrol gauges actually have an arrow on them, just a little triangle but most people tend not to realise due to the fact they'll only see it in odd cars every now and then so don't think much of it. Suzuki do it, I clocked it when I worked for them cos different models had the filler on different sides so the arrows would point different ways
[Edited on 13-11-2008 by Mike B]
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mattk
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My puntos is on the drivers and my dads doblo is on the passangers,
I think its down to space
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Daveskater
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quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
also, apparently, u can tell on which side the fuel car is by looking at ur gauge on instrument cluster...
It's in the middle on my mum's Saxo 
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
the one on my fiesta was on the passenger side. focus is the drivers side.
gets confusing and i ometimes pull up and think the fuel caps on the passenger side still
good job they reach either side then isnt it!
on that point it always makes me laugh to see people queing for one side of the petrol pumps with all the opposite ones free, then drive up to the empty ones and stretch the nozzle over my car
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andy1868
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daymoon, my mate told me that last week. however we later discovered that the dash symbol was the same but the caps were on seperate sides
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
the one on my fiesta was on the passenger side. focus is the drivers side.
gets confusing and i ometimes pull up and think the fuel caps on the passenger side still
good job they reach either side then isnt it!
on that point it always makes me laugh to see people queing for one side of the petrol pumps with all the opposite ones free, then drive up to the empty ones and stretch the nozzle over my car
i've done that always get funny looks from everyone waiting but it's there own fault for not having any intelligence
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daymoon
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quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
good job they reach either side then isnt it!
on that point it always makes me laugh to see people queing for one side of the petrol pumps with all the opposite ones free, then drive up to the empty ones and stretch the nozzle over my car
at one petrol station near me, they have put signs saying that hoses are long enough to stretch over the car, so it doesnt matter on which side is ur fuel cap..
not everyone knows that and its advantage for me 
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CorsAsh
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When I bought the Rex I had to phone the guy as I couldn't open the fuel filler
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Twiggy
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does it matter? either way the pump reaches
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Kurt
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i always get charged an extra penny when i stretch the hose.. seems to go up when i roll it back in.. robbing pikeys!
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sand-eel
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well porsche boxters have them on the right and thats a euro car the gauge is on the right as well........ ooooooooooh
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Ian W
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
When I bought the Rex I had to phone the guy as I couldn't open the fuel filler
I had to do that when I bought my S3, felt like a twat when he said just push it in one end
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andy1868
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so how do you open to the fuel cap on the Rex ash?
i was spared this embarrassment by asking if i could have the key to open the boot with, but theres a release catch on the floor of the driver side, the petrol one is inlayed in it too
[Edited on 13-11-2008 by andy1868]
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CorsAsh
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It's the same lever as the boot release, only you push down and left instead of pulling up.
I didn't know you had to push down, so was just shoving it left and nothing happened.
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Mike GSi
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I heard it was normally the opposite side to the exhaust, on all of my cars it has been any way 
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steve101
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Yes, this is my understanding of it also.
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CorsAsh
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Explains why the RS6 has its fuel cap at the front then
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andy1868
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so what determines which side the exhaust is on?
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CorsAsh
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Spare wheel location usually.
But there's no accounting for dual exhausts...
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
good job they reach either side then isnt it!
on that point it always makes me laugh to see people queing for one side of the petrol pumps with all the opposite ones free, then drive up to the empty ones and stretch the nozzle over my car
at one petrol station near me, they have put signs saying that hoses are long enough to stretch over the car, so it doesnt matter on which side is ur fuel cap..
not everyone knows that and its advantage for me
ive found this still doesnt help people work it out, the big tesco near me even has a nice picture showing the hose reaching all the way round a car and people still dont do it 
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