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Cars with fuel doors on the right side
Posted on 12/4/18 at 7:57 am
Posted on 12/4/18 at 7:57 am
Why would an American car maker design a car with the fuel door on the passenger side? It fricks up the flow of traffic at the pumps.
Inevitably, when someone comes in with yellow marker paint down the side of their wrecked vehicle, it’s always down the passenger side.
Inevitably, when someone comes in with yellow marker paint down the side of their wrecked vehicle, it’s always down the passenger side.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:04 am to DLauw
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Why would an American car maker design...
I'm sure we could come up with more than a hundred different endings to this sentence, but yeah the fuel door is on that list.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:04 am to DLauw
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It fricks up the flow of traffic at the pumps.
I dont think it would matter to help flow. People will still f it up somehow. Especially when a pump is out. That throws it all off
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:05 am to DLauw
If you run out of gas on the side of the road you want to be standing on the driver's side exposed to traffic or on the passenger side nice and safe?
That's why Volvo does it.
That's why Volvo does it.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:06 am to DLauw
Car originally designed for the UK, Japanese, or Australian market(s)?
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:07 am to TigerGman
quote:If you run out of gas on the side of the road, it means you are dumb.
If you run out of gas on the side of the road you want to be standing on the driver's side exposed to traffic or on the passenger side nice and safe?
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:09 am to DLauw
The Cadillac CTS did this and it was weird. That was an American car for US roads.
They wanted to see in Europe, but the larger market is on the mainland and not England.
They wanted to see in Europe, but the larger market is on the mainland and not England.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:12 am to DLauw
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Why would an American car maker design a car with the fuel door on the passenger side?
Don't know.
Mine is 100% Japanese, so that's probably why mine is on the right.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:12 am to TigerGman
quote:then you’re an idiot.
If you run out of gas
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:12 am to DLauw
They should be on the right in the US. Or on the back like jeeps have or had.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:12 am to DLauw
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Inevitably, when someone comes in
Baw, just pump their gas and get them on their way.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:15 am to Ryan3232
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If you run out of gas on the side of the road, it means you are dumb.
Ok, your grandmother, mother, wife or daughter.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:17 am to DLauw
Had to suffer through this when I owned a Chevrolet car years ago. Now that I have Toyotas it's never an issue.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:17 am to DLauw
Every vehicle I’ve had in my life outside of the rentals always had the fuel door on the right side.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:19 am to TigerGman
quote:touchè
Ok, your grandmother, mother, wife or daughter.

Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:19 am to DLauw
Both of mine (German) are on the right side. Not sure I understand what the issue is?
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:19 am to soccerfüt
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Car originally designed for the UK, Japanese, or Australian market(s)
Explain the Camero then.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:20 am to DLauw
Audi salesman one time told me that you fill up on the right side so in the case of an explosion, it's further from the driver. That was the day I knew never to trust car salesmen, the fuel tank is in the center of the car.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:22 am to TigerGman
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Ok, your grandmother, mother, wife or daughter
I’m confused. Are these not people who are still dumb for running out of gas?
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:22 am to 4WHLN
We bought a Ford Escape about a year ago and it's on the right side. I didn't notice it when we got it. It pisses me off every time I have to fill it up.
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