Who Knew This?

[kevlorn]

just got sent this to me,,

I have been driving for over a 35 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 petrol 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 petrol station

or put your neck at risk of uncomfort or injury.

If you look at your petrol guage, you will see a small icon of petrol pump. The handle of the petrol pump will extend out on either the left or right side of the pump.i

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

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 driver's manual?

I don't get why any mechanic I have ever been too or know has even thought

of mentioning this to me? The only possible explanation can be that all

these people probably don't even know!

Go out and share the worlds best kept auto secret with your friends as

this is information is way too important to be kept secret.

[Terry Butcher]

  parker1 said:

just got sent this to me,,

I have been driving for over a 35 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 petrol 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 petrol station

or put your neck at risk of uncomfort or injury.

If you look at your petrol guage, you will see a small icon of petrol pump. The handle of the petrol pump will extend out on either the left or right side of the pump.i

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

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 driver's manual?

I don't get why any mechanic I have ever been too or know has even thought

of mentioning this to me? The only possible explanation can be that all

these people probably don't even know!

Go out and share the worlds best kept auto secret with your friends as

this is information is way too important to be kept secret.

will have to try this out eh? see if it works

[james04]

hes joking right! its not april 1st.

[monkip1]

Ermmm my needle points to the left but my caps on the right?

Work that out hehe

[stiggy]

I had the other half point this out to me some time ago. Until then I also stuck my head out the window or went looking for the same model car to find out what side it was on.

Of course like many men when she told me I had to say to her that it was common knowledge and didnt everyone know it.(love to know who told her but didn't want to dwell on it)

[addison]

  stiggy said:

I had the other half point this out to me some time ago. Until then I also stuck my head out the window or went looking for the same model car to find out what side it was on.

Of course like many men when she told me I had to say to her that it was common knowledge and didnt everyone know it.(love to know who told her but didn't want to dwell on it)

It dose not work on a RAV 4

[twofourdonkey]

My wife's Suzuki Alto is wrong, and so was the new fiesta I was in the other day.

Urban myth by the looks of it.

[kevlorn]

its a load of b*locks,had a hire van last week and it pointed to the opposite side..

[jkscoob]

  parker1 said:

its a load of b*locks,had a hire van last week and it pointed to the opposite side..

hello mr parker how are you bud

[keith_bennett]

sounds good and when i had a focus that had an arrow by the symbal pointing to the side that the filler flap was, but I'll have to look out to see if your right or not tho

[Terry Butcher]

nope, does not work on the Toyota Starlet, sorry m8!! good effort though

[andrew_moffat]

I always thought it was on the opposite side of the exhaust....However my theory was undone when i remembered cars with exhausts either side...Doh!!!!