I just looked at the 2010 Ford Taurus which I fell in love with, until I found out the gas tank fill is on the right side of the car. Whose idea was this? We drive on the right side of the road and when I pull up to a gas pump, the pump is on the left. If I am in a gas line at Sam’s everyone approac…

– Remember where your filler is and pull to the correct side of the pump. ( EVERY station I visit has both sides option ) –Stretch the hose over and DON’T drag it on the trunk. ( I do it often at Costco ) –Yes, back in if it’s your turn on that side of the line. ( it absolutely astounds me how man…

This is alright to do if there are not gas lines, but if there is a line of cars, they all approach to have the pump on the left of the car. Then there is the problem of getting the hose to the right side of the car.

No they don’t. ( ALL approach the pump on the left of the car ) Look at the Costco in Albuquerque. ( only one way in to the fueling lanes. Six lines of cars, 3 on the right side of pumps, 3 on the left. ) REACHING THE HOSE ACCROSS IS NOT A PROBLEM. My 79 Chevy pickup has two tanks, one on each si…

I have a car with a filler on the passenger side. Its not a big deal. Just pull up to the pump on the passenger side, other drivers can deal with it. Previously I had a Volvo which was a passenger side fill, apparently Volvo saw this as a safety feature. Since the Taurus has Volvo roots perhaps …

Yup. Your Taurus is definitely not the only right-side fill car out there. As a partial sample, Subarus fill on the right, and IIRC, so do BMWs. The conventional theory on this is that, in the event of running out of gas on the road, this would allow you to stand on the side away from traffic in …

It would be very convenient for the public with no inconvenience or cost to the manufacturer for the fillers to be uniformly on one side. But no ome seems too concerned.

Many people don’t know this little secret, but there is an easy way to tell what side of the car has the fuel filler before you get out of the car. Look at your gas gauge. It has a small “gas pump” icon. The icon has a fuel filler hose on either the left or right side of the pump. That’s the side o…

No one seems too concerned because many gas stations have one entrance and one exit. By mixing it up, some cars can pull up with the pump on the right, and some can pull up with the pump on the left. I think this whole thread is making a mountain out of a mole hill. When you consider how many chi…

Some cars don’t adhere to this convention.

Gas Tank Fill Right or Left?

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bscar January 13, 2010, 12:20am 8

I remember a couple years ago I pulled into a pump to fill my Chevelle up. I was pulling all the way up to the next pump when someone pulled in for it too. I had to back up and go to the other side to fill my tank up. When the guy asked me why I did that, I told him it’s because the filler neck is behind the license plate. The guy commented that he’d forgotten about old cars having that.

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Gas Tank Fill Right or Left?

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