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sdfernando

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10. Mine is on the

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:52 PM

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side where I put the gas in.

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Which side is your gas tank filler on? Don't look back. [View all] usonian 19 hrs ago OP

Rita Rudner says she has a car with a rotating gas tank. House of Roberts 19 hrs ago #1

She is priceless Raven123 8 hrs ago #26

Unless you own many cars, PoindexterOglethorpe 19 hrs ago #2

My Subaru is on the passenger side UpInArms 19 hrs ago #6

I also have a Subaru and it's the first car I've ever owned with the gas tank on the passenger side dflprincess 17 hrs ago #13

Yup, Vw has the tank on the passenger side mwmisses4289 16 hrs ago #20

Rental cars PJMcK 16 hrs ago #23

So convenient when you're in a rental. Phoenix61 19 hrs ago #3

That seems very odd. I don;t know that I'd have thought to look there. 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #7

I don't remember. It was a cheap rental around 1989.nt Phoenix61 18 hrs ago #8

Was it an Audi? littlemissmartypants 4 hrs ago #48

I don't think so. Seems a little high end for Hertz. Phoenix61 3 hrs ago #49

Seems unlikely... littlemissmartypants 1 hr ago #50

That's one of those common-sense fixes-- viva la 19 hrs ago #4

My brilliant idea - I've long thought French onion soup... 3catwoman3 5 hrs ago #43

Just so long as you realize True Dough 4 min ago #53

What a great trivia question. 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #5

I get my gas at BJs Delarage 16 hrs ago #24

I would rather wait a few minutes to not have to drag the hose across the car. MichMan 6 hrs ago #35

I would also rather wait, so I usually do. 3catwoman3 5 hrs ago #42

I got a loaner Subaru, and was looking for the gas cap release lever. There was none. usonian 18 hrs ago #9

Gas tank cover release Old Crank 17 hrs ago #14

Mine is on the sdfernando 18 hrs ago #10

Mine is on the driver's side. CentralMass 17 hrs ago #11

My '72 Chevy Nova didn't have that problem. LudwigPastorius 17 hrs ago #12

I remember those. Old Crank 17 hrs ago #15

My dad had a '57 Bel Air dflprincess 17 hrs ago #16

Woah. LudwigPastorius 17 hrs ago #19

Yep. I also had one and that is where it was. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #27

Making it vulnerable to leaking after a rear end collision MichMan 6 hrs ago #33

Borrowed a friends car to do an errand. Old Crank 17 hrs ago #17

I never noticed Moylan's Arrow before this article. I'm looking forward to finding it in our two vehicles. summer_in_TX 17 hrs ago #18

I'd never realized it either until a George Takei post 10 + years ago underpants 8 hrs ago #28

Mine used to be in my driver's side rear fin on my '57 Chevy then moniss 16 hrs ago #21

We learned this trick a few years ago when we had a rental. LisaM 16 hrs ago #22

Ford is backwards of other makes. Ford puts their Emile 8 hrs ago #25

Neither of my Mustangs have either of those padfun 8 hrs ago #29

Maybe it's just on the Ford Escape? I had several Ford pickup trucks Emile 7 hrs ago #30

My Ford Freestyle was on the right side. My biggest gripe after the screwed up CVT transmission. ... marble falls 7 hrs ago #31

Every car I have ever owned has had it on the passenger side where it belongs MichMan 6 hrs ago #32

I believe it's on that side because it was built for the Japanese market JohnnyRingo 6 hrs ago #36

Pretty certain my Volkswagen's and Ford's were not built for the Japanese market. MichMan 6 hrs ago #37

UK, Australia, India, China, and Japan. JohnnyRingo 6 hrs ago #38

I live in the US MichMan 6 hrs ago #39

Let's put it this way.... JohnnyRingo 6 hrs ago #40

I try and get gas from Costco when I can MichMan 5 hrs ago #44

Wait! I've never been to Costco. JohnnyRingo 5 hrs ago #45

Gas station lot is one way only MichMan 4 hrs ago #46

My Jensen Healey had the filler in the center Old Crank 5 hrs ago #41

It's funny you mentioned that this week. He just died on Dec 11th. JohnnyRingo 6 hrs ago #34

I picked it up from Hacker News. usonian 48 min ago #52

I have two cars and one side the tanks on the left the other the right side kimbutgar 4 hrs ago #47

for work markie 57 min ago #51