• limelight79@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    LOL I was ready to defend the driver, having pulled in on the wrong side of the pump once or twice. I drive different cars, and while most have it on the driver’s side, one vehicle I drive regularly has it on the opposite side, so I have occasionally made the mistake.

    But then I corrected it by turning the car around and pulling into the pump on the correct side…

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      6 days ago

      Usually the fuel cap is on the passenger side according to the country of origin, so for example European = right side, Japanese = left side. It’s not 100% bullet proof but it can eliminate a bit of the guess work if the car doesn’t have an arrow to indicate such side the cap is on.

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        6 days ago

        There are cars that don’t have arrows to indicate the side of the fuel cap on the fuel meter? Well, if they exist, I have definitely never seen one.

        But these are just two different standards. What if your car isn’t European or Japanese?

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        6 days ago

        If it doesn’t have an arrow then the correct side is denoted by whether the fuel icon itself has the hose on the left or right.

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        6 days ago

        More importantly, unless you drive something the size of a bus, it doesn’t matter which side you park, it’ll still reach fine.