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fleek
February 12th, 2008, 07:55 PM
If you have forgotten, do you know how to tell which side the petrol tank inlet is when you are in the car?
VoXeRiC
February 12th, 2008, 09:48 PM
i just open it and check my mirrors as i'm driving into the petrol kiosk.. lol..
idiot
February 12th, 2008, 09:58 PM
An ergonomic car will have it on the side most convenient for the driver.
Most cars are not ergonomically designed or the designers simply ignored it so the problem of which side arises....
fleek
February 12th, 2008, 11:50 PM
Check your fuel gauge, there will be a small triangle pointing to the side where the petrol tank inlet is. Check it out!!!
Dihudaxia
February 13th, 2008, 09:25 AM
What if my fuel gauge is digital?
Hur hur
fleek
February 13th, 2008, 11:26 AM
What if my fuel gauge is digital?
Hur hur

I have never come across a digital fuel gauge before, but the tank sign should have a triangle as well.
booest
February 13th, 2008, 11:49 AM
advanced car lor
Dihudaxia
February 13th, 2008, 01:30 PM
I have never come across a digital fuel gauge before, but the tank sign should have a triangle as well.

advanced car lor

The new Lancer EX has a digital fuel gauge. The Mazda 2 also.
Like that how?
Hehehee

I go check and see
booest
February 13th, 2008, 03:21 PM
The new Lancer EX has a digital fuel gauge. The Mazda 2 also.
Like that how?
Hehehee

I go check and see

long time no see sia
Dihudaxia
February 14th, 2008, 12:23 AM
long time no see sia

Yeah man brother!!
Been damn busy lately!!

Will try to make it down to SLS soon for our regular chit chat.....
Doubt i will be down this Sat, gotta work man....

My 5 day work week became a 5.5 day work week!!!
Booooo!
Dihudaxia
February 18th, 2008, 10:32 PM
Well, after collecting my car, Fleek is right!!
Even a digital fuel gauge has an arrow to show which side the fuel cap is on!!

Hur hur hur.......
jevin08
February 27th, 2008, 01:41 PM
Well, after collecting my car, Fleek is right!!
Even a digital fuel gauge has an arrow to show which side the fuel cap is on!!

Hur hur hur.......

so what car did u buy ??
PsyNidE
February 27th, 2008, 05:00 PM
The new Lancer EX has a digital fuel gauge. The Mazda 2 also.
Like that how?
Hehehee

I go check and see
those with digital gauges have a one line alert which says "The fuel inlet is on this side of vehicle"
international
February 27th, 2008, 05:52 PM
I have never come across a digital fuel gauge before, but the tank sign should have a triangle as well.
BMW 7 series are all digital...
international
February 27th, 2008, 05:53 PM
Check your fuel gauge, there will be a small triangle pointing to the side where the petrol tank inlet is. Check it out!!!
Does this apply to all makes?

Surely not BMWs, neither of my BMWs has what you said...
international
February 27th, 2008, 05:53 PM
so what car did u buy ??
A car with fuel inlet on both sides as well as front and back...
LordAlfa
February 27th, 2008, 11:33 PM
Trick question. Most cars with 1 exhaust pipe will have their petrol inlet on the opposite side of the exhaust pipe. It is a safety issue that if petrol leaked from the hose joining the inlet pipe to tank broke, petrol will not spill onto the hot exhaust pipe causing a fire.

Check out those cars with 1 exhaust pipe, the filler cap is on the opposite side.

For dual pipe cars, I don't know. Maybe they(manufacturers) want to burn your car.

As for the centre exhaust pipe, I don't know. Before all these fashion statement dual pipes and centre pipes, the only way to know is that the filler cap is on the opposite side.