What side of yourcar do you put the gas in?
[I tried several times to post this in MPSIMS but the post a poll option was not available. Is this normal?]
The side with the gas cap on it?
Mrs. L and I each have a car. If you look at the gas pump on the gauges on the dashes, there’s an arrow telling you which side it’s on. We have one passenger side, one driver side.
But IIRC my sister’s 1979 Camaro had its gas cap behind the license plate in the back, centered behind the trunk. I never thought to look if that had an arrow or not.
2 car family here and our current cars both have the gas tank on the driver’s side. However many of the other cars we owned before these had it on the passenger side. So I don’t get the “On the driver’s side like ordinary humans” comment; for many “ordinary humans” the answer is on the passenger side.
Moderator: There is a stupid typo in the title. Can y’all change cart to car?
I hear tell out west the gas stations have hoses long enough to reach no matter if you park with your gas tank near the pump or not. Here in the northeast it’s not even a guarantee that hose will reach if you do park with your gas tank nearest the pump so we’ve got to go by which side of the car the gas tank is on. In my current car that’s the driver’s side. My last two cars it was on the passenger’s side.
5 of my vehicles are driver’s side.
3 of my vehicles are passenger’s side.
1 behind the licence plate above the rear bumper.
5 have no “arrow” to tell me what side the gas cap is on.
Oldest vehicle is a 1951 Plymouth, newest is a 2019 RAM pickup.
Is it a regional thing? USA cars vs European or Korean cars?
(I confess that all cars look alike to me)
The outside.
I assume the charge port counts for the purposes of your poll. It’s on the left, behind the rear side reflector.
2004 Ford Escape - driver’s side
2018 Ford Escape - passenger side
Thank goodness for the arrow! After 16 years of the driver’s side I still forget.
I see this proudly stated on many sites but it is not universal, not by a long shot.
Sometimes there is an arrow, other times it is stated that the little pump icon on the dash has the fuel filler handle on the side where the gas goes. No. It is correct often enough to make it seem like a rule, and like “I before E”, there are enough exceptions that it isn’t.
My car, 2002 Pontiac has the filler handle on the fuel icon on the right, gas cap filler on the left or driver’s side.
F-150 - driver’s side
Toyota Avalon - Driver’s side
Subaru Forester - Passenger’s side
John Deere Tractor - middle of the hood
My car plugs in on the driver’s side.
Thinking about it, every car I’ve owned has been driver’s side.
Way back when, my Dad owned a 1969 Chevy that had the gas cap behind the rear license plate in the middle of the bumper, but that’s the only time I’ve ever seen that.
We currently have three cars, all of which have the fuel door on the left (driver’s) side:
- 2007 Mazda CX-7
- 2012 Ford Mustang
- 2015 Chevrolet Corvette
(The CX-7 and the Corvette are primarily my wife’s cars; the Mustang is primarily mine.)
The two cars I had before the Mustang – a 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser, and a 1991 Mazda Protege – both had the fuel door on the passenger side.
I remember several cars that my parents had, when I was young (e.g., 1970s) where the fuel door was in the back of the car (often behind the license plate holder, which would flip down).
Neither side, I fill from the top.
I have a large aux/transfer tank in my pickup’s bed. It’s plumbed into the regular tank below, but fills from above. The bad news is I have to climb into the bed with the diesel hose to fill it. The good news is I rarely need to, since it can run for 3-4 months on a single fill up.
Infiniti Q50: fill is on the right side.
I only heard about an arrow. Interesting! The bit quoted below says early 1990s…which 2002 Pontiac do you have?
There’s also a stupid comment in the first poll option.