"Curiousity" type question....

Per Lindgren lindgre at online.no
Wed Jun 4 18:22:36 EDT 2003


I havent noticed that, but what I have noticed is that LHD cars usually
has the fuel filler on the right side, RHD (read: Japanese) usually has
it on the left side. This is practical, because when you pull up to the
pump, you wont have the problem of slamming the driver's door into the
fuel pump when you get out of the car.

With that being said, the Peugeot Expert van I drive at work has the
filler on the left side. I cant see any practical reason for this other
than that it wont be in the way of the right side sliding door. Still,
it has the fuel guage on the right side of the instruments. And yes, I
have slammed the driver's door into the pump a few times with that
Peugeot. And yes, I dont care too much :-)

PerL
87 Cq

Todd Young wrote:

> I've noticed that in my wife's 2000 Mazda Protege, my 1993 Audi 90S, and
> my sister's 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee, that the fuel guage is on the same
> side of the guage cluster as the fuel door is on the body.
>
> In other words, my fuel guage is on the right side of the cluster, and
> my fuel door is on the right side of the body. I've checked only one
> other vehicle, just for grins, and it was a 2003 Honda CRV, it didn't
> have the guage on the same side as the door.
>
> Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this on their cars? Perhaps
> Jeep, Mazda, and Audi are actually using their brains? It makes it very
> handy when filling up my wife's car, all I do is look at where the fuel
> guage is, and remember that's where the fuel door is.
>
> I just looked on the web real quick, and the Jeep Liberty is that way
> too.
> --
> Todd Young
> 7079 Dawn Ave. E.
> Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
>
>
>





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