AikiDale Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 My car is in the shop and I'm in a rental. Some genius at General Motors has decided it would be cute to put the gas filler on the passenger side rather than the driver side on some models. F'ng brilliant! Gridlock at the gas pump was never so easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerjg Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Ive been drving my Nissan truck for the last 5 years, I still look in the side view mirror every time i get gas to make sure im pulling up to the correct side of the vehicle to get gas. Over here in Iraq, all military vehicles have the fuel spout on the passenger side. But then again, all you do is pull up to the fuel point and the workers fill you up. Its only a gridlock if there is a 100 vehicle convoy at the fuel point at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Well .. I always figured that the car manufacturers have some form of clearing house to keep track of this crap so they have roughly equal numbers of cars with both sides being used to ensure that both sides of gas pumps. Of course, I'm sure that the reality has a lot more to do with coin fliping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 They ought to put a little arrow under the fuel gauge to let you know which side to fill up on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 The RHS really is the *correct* side. The idea being that if you run out of gas and need to fill up on the side of the road, you will be standing on the opposite side of your car from the traffic. The nice thing about a Suburban is that the filler door is far enough back that it doesn't matter which side the pump is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 They should all be on the same side. Two cars come into a self service gas station facing each other at two pumps with a couple of cars behind them. The stop and rob gets gridlocked in no time. If there were a standard traffic would keep moving. We learned this lesson with sailing ships for crying out loud. I don't really care which side it's on as long as they are all the same. Since the environmental wakos tell us 80% of all motor vehicles are occupied by only one person I will assume 80% of those vehicles are occupied by the driver and the gas fill should be on the drivers side. The RHS really is the *correct* side. The idea being that if you run out of gas and need to fill up on the side of the road, you will be standing on the opposite side of your car from the traffic. The nice thing about a Suburban is that the filler door is far enough back that it doesn't matter which side the pump is on. Okay, you posted that while I was composing the missive above. The perfect place is under the license plate in back like the '59 Impala I learned to drive in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightkrawler00 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Some genius at General Motors has decided it would be cute to put the gas filler on the passenger side rather than the driver side on some models. This is exactly the reason that I quit GM and went to Work for Toyota two months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 There is no right side or wrong side. Most european cars are on the right now, some were on the left like Volvo. Japanese cars are split, my old Toyota was on the left, my current Subaru is on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeInNePa Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 They ought to put a little arrow under the fuel gauge to let you know which side to fill up on. Buy a Toyota. My '05 Camry has an arrow under the fuel gauge showing the door is on the proper side, the driver's side of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 There is no right side or wrong side. Most european cars are on the right now, some were on the left like Volvo. Japanese cars are split, my old Toyota was on the left, my current Subaru is on the right. But consistency would be a good thing with most of us using self-serve gas stations with multiple pumps. If there were only one pump and 5 guys in uniforms with stars came running out to fill the tank, wipe the windshield, check the tires and oil it wouldn't be a problem. GM cars are split as well, mine is on the left and the rental is on the right. Standards are such a wonderful thing. I guess that's why there are so many of them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 They ought to put a little arrow under the fuel gauge to let you know which side to fill up on. Buy a Toyota. My '05 Camry has an arrow under the fuel gauge showing the door is on the proper side, the driver's side of course. My '99 ford pickup had a similar notation dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 It was better in the old days when they put the fill point in the center. You would tilt the license plate down to access the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPatterson Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 The RHS really is the *correct* side. The idea being that if you run out of gas and need to fill up on the side of the road, you will be standing on the opposite side of your car from the traffic. The nice thing about a Suburban is that the filler door is far enough back that it doesn't matter which side the pump is on. If you were in Thailand or England or other right hand drive country you might rethink the *correct* side as they think we are the crazy ones. If you get outside the US you might want to rethink the Suburban when you pay a $1.50 or more a litre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 They should all be on the same side. Two cars come into a self service gas station facing each other at two pumps with a couple of cars behind them. The stop and rob gets gridlocked in no time. If there were a standard traffic would keep moving. We learned this lesson with sailing ships for crying out loud. I don't really care which side it's on as long as they are all the same. Since the environmental wakos tell us 80% of all motor vehicles are occupied by only one person I will assume 80% of those vehicles are occupied by the driver and the gas fill should be on the drivers side. The RHS really is the *correct* side. The idea being that if you run out of gas and need to fill up on the side of the road, you will be standing on the opposite side of your car from the traffic. The nice thing about a Suburban is that the filler door is far enough back that it doesn't matter which side the pump is on. Okay, you posted that while I was composing the missive above. The perfect place is under the license plate in back like the '59 Impala I learned to drive in. My 63 Ford falcon had it back there.... and they had to put a "bend" (kink) in the filler tube to keep it out of the trunk area. Every time you filled, half the gas went down the car and onto the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I just checked my rented Malibu (GM) today and the gas intake is on the passager side, like my Jetta. The gas gauge does have an arrow indicating this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
open17 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) If you were in Thailand or England or other right hand drive country you might rethink the *correct* side as they think we are the crazy ones. If you get outside the US you might want to rethink the Suburban when you pay a $1.50 or more a litre. Let's do a little math here. Recently I heard gas in the EU quoted at an average price of $6 US per gallon. Taxes were quoted at $4.22 US/gallon. Net cost of the gas? $6 - $4.22 = $1.78 In the US, gas at the time was $3/gal, with a tax average of $0.46/gal $3 - .46 = $2.54 Looks like we are paying more for the GAS in the US than they are in the EU. Edit: Need to stay on topic here!! The proper side for the filler is the drivers side. Whichever side that may be. Edited May 23, 2006 by open17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 The RHS really is the *correct* side. The idea being that if you run out of gas and need to fill up on the side of the road, you will be standing on the opposite side of your car from the traffic. The nice thing about a Suburban is that the filler door is far enough back that it doesn't matter which side the pump is on. If you were in Thailand or England or other right hand drive country you might rethink the *correct* side as they think we are the crazy ones. If you get outside the US you might want to rethink the Suburban when you pay a $1.50 or more a litre. I've been to the UK. I left as quickly as humanly possible. I even tipped the pilot to fly faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Luckily most of us don't have the money to buy a Bugatti EB110. It's got a filler door on the left side of the car which goes to the left gas tank to feed the left 6 cylinders. It's got another filler door on the right that goes to the right gas tank that feeds the righ 6 cylinder. The last generation before they went belly up, got a tube that connected the two gas tanks. Before that you would have to fill up one side, drive around the pump to fill up the other side. And the gas gauge only read from one tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPatterson Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I had a '76 Chevrolet pick-up with dual tanks and a switch over valve on the floor. The gas guage read from the active tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 My 911 has a little knob on the left hand side just underneath the dash. When one pulls that knob, a lid on my left hand fender opens. This little aid reminds me every time...how to approach a gas station.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huston in Austin Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Well, I can fill-up on either side. Driver side is 42 gal factory tank, Passenger side is 140 gal Aux tank. It just takes a loan to fill-up. Oh, its a dsl. I wouldn't want to sit on that much gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 That's about $600 in gas. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Murphy Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Prior to the WWW forums taking over there was a "tactics" email list sponsored by now defunct Comtac Training center. There was quite a hubbub on the list over passenger side gas doors. It was deemed by the group not to be very "tactical" as you could not as easily dive into the car and make an escape during a robbery/mugging as you can when the gas door is on the drivers side. This was right arond when I bought my Nissan which has a passenger side gas door. I guess it wasn't very tacticool, but I still like my truck. Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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