A couple of years ago, I heard somewhere (I think it was on "Car Talk") that
the gas cap was always on the same side as the position of the fuel gauge in
the instrument cluster. That seemed to work pretty well until last week
when I rented a Chevy Malibu. Is there any sort of rule I can hang my hat
on?

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:28:00 GMT, "Bubba"
<Bubba (AT) houston (DOT) rr.nospam.com> wrote:


My gas gauge is on the right side of the dash, while my fill cap is on
the left. So..... I wouldn't rely on this relationship you mentioned.

later,

tom @ www.CarFleaMarket.com

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:07:29 -0400, Tom The Great <Post (AT) here (DOT) com>
wrote:

Same with my Chevy stationwagon. I doubt there is a rule. Every car
manufacturer does what they want. I guess if you cant find the gas
filler, you should not be driving. Eye exams are optional.

Hmmm... that's two chevy's that don't follow the majority.

Probably find that most chevy's do that. *shrug*

90% of all the cars I've driven have the fill spout on the same side as
the guage on the instrument panel.

I've driven a whole lot more cars than most folks too

GM does their own thing in a lot of ways.

Ditto with my '98 Buick Century

Mel
<soup (AT) perman (DOT) com> wrote

I've noticed many times (except when they were under the license plate) that
the gas cap is on the opposite side from the tailpipe on cars with single
exhaust systems.
Roy
"Bubba" <Bubba (AT) houston (DOT) rr.nospam.com> wrote