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Old 10-09-2007, 06:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

what side of your car is your gas tank?





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Old 10-10-2007, 12:21 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

What about petrol tank being in the middle so the car is balanced??
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Old 10-10-2007, 07:16 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

That is cool! Never would have figured that out myself
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Old 10-14-2007, 12:42 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

Must just be where the filler neck is, a lot of vehicle's tanks are in the middle.
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Old 10-14-2007, 07:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

Not always true...our 02 Silverado has the hose on the right...and the filler is on the left.
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Old 11-13-2007, 04:40 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

carsey, he means gas cap, not tank
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Old 11-26-2007, 07:59 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

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Not always true...our 02 Silverado has the hose on the right...and the filler is on the left.
Also my 2000 Mazda - figure points right and cap is on the left. My guess is that it has more to do with some designer's aesthetic view than a real symbol. An engineer wouldn't do something so 'elegant" when a simple > or < would communicate more effectively.
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Old 11-27-2007, 04:04 AM   #8 (permalink)
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An engineer wouldn't do something so 'elegant" when a simple > or < would communicate more effectively.
Funny you mention that, cause it so happens that dad's new car has an arrow indicating the side, which is different to the side the fuel pump drawn on it would indicate, so I guess this isn't always correct
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Old 12-13-2007, 11:10 AM   #9 (permalink)
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That gas pump image is only telling you that you are looking at the gas level indicator on the car. They started using images instead of words (look at the oil pressure gage and water temperature gage when there is one), so anyone can understand, no matter what language you can or cannot read, or even if you can't read at all! So how does one that can't read get a driver's license?
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Old 12-13-2007, 01:02 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

I figure if you can't remember which side your tank is on then you don't deserve to drive.
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Old 12-13-2007, 08:01 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

Mine just has an arrow pointing to the side which has the cap.
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Old 01-05-2008, 01:27 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

He He, I have three tanks. One 150gal on left side, one 150gal and one 75gal on right side. Ok yea it's a semi! but takes over $1200 to fill it up and will go about 2500mi!
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Old 01-05-2008, 08:58 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Re: The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret

Average of how many miles to the gallon
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Old 01-05-2008, 01:32 PM   #14 (permalink)
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between 6.25 and 7.25mpg. Depends on weight, wind, terrain, and of course traffic. Has been as bad as 5 or 5.5.
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Old 01-05-2008, 01:33 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I bet greenpeace love you
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Old 01-05-2008, 09:17 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Even greenpeace needs toilet paper.
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