YSK that most car’s fuel gauges have an arrow that point to which side your gas tank is on.
Not sure if this is common knowledge or not. Why YSK it’ll save you the guessing game of which side your gas tank is on when pulling up to a gas station.
Its pretty funny - I learned this the last 2 years I was to own a gas operated car. I had always struggled with certain models on which side the gas tank was and would embarrassingly have to switch stalls when I came out to realize I was on the wrong side.
Now I just have to remember what side my charging port is on, passengers get the zap is how I remember
I learned this recently. I would end up circling the gas pumps trying to remember if it was right or left. It wasn’t until the person who was on the pump beside me, who also saw me do this circle before getting it right, told me about this feature. I remember telling a friend of mine about it and they told me that they already knew, but no one ever told me about it. Glad to know I’m not the only one who would have to play the guessing game of “which side is the gas tank”.
LOL, same here. Most of the time I knew, but in a rental car or something, I could never remember...
My charging port is in the front center now--and this is causing me problems with some street chargers because I can't get the cable far enough over. There's no arrow for that....
My truck has a fuel cap, but also has an electronic door. A little annoyed they didn’t go in the door sealing it direction lol. Also yeah my cap doesn’t really fit in the holder, didn’t with my last vehicle either.
My car has this, but a car I’ve recently rented didn’t. It was fun pulling up to the gas pump having no idea what side the tank was on and noticing there wasn’t any arrows.
Another similar fact people learn late: the tabs on the ends of tinfoil/plastic wrap/parchment paper are there to push in and keep the rolls from coming out when you tear.
I know this, but I still get confused. Is it pointing to the left, because my fuel tank is on the right and I should be left of the pump? Or is it pointing to the side my fuel tank is on?
I have never seen such an arrow but does it even matter?
I just go to the 1st free pump, no matter which side. The hoses are made that long that you can fill in left or right. I just park a bit further ahead, so the hose can pass behind the car to the other side.
I was using this arrow more when I was driving different vehicles for work. We have two vehicles and each has the tank on the opposite side, so I had just trained myself to use the arrow now. Just something I had gotten used to doing I guess
Got really bad ADHD so short-term memory things like this are not something I can remember consistently. There are other factors like new drivers or how others have mentioned using multiple vehicles due to work or leasing.