# Do any modern cars have 2-side gas fill-up capability? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 26, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163 "2024-11-26T23:12:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/21 "2024-11-28T20:11:03Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > where their fuel fuller is located. > > Hint: it’s indicated near the fuel gauge in your instrument cluster people! Not all cars have that. I’d also say that there’s nothing “unfortunate” here - except that all gas pumps aren’t set up to pump from either side. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/22 "2024-11-28T20:17:25Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > It’s unfortunate that we live in an age where some folks don’t even know - or want go - where their fuel fuller is located. People who live in NJ? I only know of ONE gas station in a 30 mile radius of me where someone pumps the gas for you. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/23 "2024-11-28T21:12:10Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > It’s unfortunate that we live in an age where some folks don’t even know - or want go - where their fuel fuller is located. > > Hint: it’s indicated near the fuel gauge in your instrument cluster people! > > Even EVs where the plug is on one side should have that arrow on the dash cluster. The battery plug is behind the side marker on my Tesla Model 3. Bump into it and it pops open. Also, why do you have this need to treat everyone else badly? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/24 "2024-11-28T22:57:08Z")
Up until a couple years ago the farm store had full service. Then they were bought out and the pumps removed. Everyone on their own now. I have one car on the left and one on the right and yes once in a while have to get back in and change sides. But yes on this thanksgiving day, I am very thankful regardless of short gas hoses. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/25 "2024-11-29T11:21:04Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Also, why do you have this need > to treat everyone else badly? I got it a lot, growing up. You could call it “tough love” lol! Basic stuff I learned on my own to do: - Balance check book - Launder clothes (I never said folding! 😂😂) - Check car fluids - Maintain tire pressures without relying on garages, gas stations, or even the info on my instrument panel etc I naturally assumed most other people also knew how to do. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/26 "2024-11-29T13:26:21Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > why do you have this need to treat everyone else badly? > [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > I got it a lot, growing up. You could call it “tough love” That–IMO–is not a satisfactory answer to the question posed by @jtsanders . ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/27 "2024-11-29T16:36:43Z")
I’m sorry you don’t find it satisfactory. Back to topic. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/28 "2024-11-29T20:20:01Z")
I agree with @VDCdriver. The answer was evasive. I think you understood what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/29 "2024-11-30T18:02:47Z")
Years ago I had a 1976 Impala with the filler behind the rear license plate. 25 gallon tank, 12 mpg! ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/30 "2024-12-02T15:27:25Z")
Gas tank filler opening behind the license plate? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/31 "2024-12-02T17:24:47Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > Gas tank filler opening behind the license plate? You must be much younger than most of the people in this forum, because that type of placement for the gas filler was commonplace in the '60s & '70s, chiefly on GM products, but also on some other makes. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/32 "2024-12-02T17:54:05Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > Gas tank filler opening behind the license plate? Yep, you grabbed the top of the plate and pulled down. Spring loaded. With the nozzle in the filler it kept the plate down. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/33 "2024-12-02T18:07:26Z")
Yep, on my 81 olds diesel, that’s where I hid my spare key. It quickly got covered in grime so was not easy to see. Needed it at least once too. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/34 "2024-12-02T18:42:46Z")
> [@glasspilot](#): > > you grabbed the top of the plate and pulled down. Spring loaded. … until the spring snapped, at which point the license plate was no longer readable. I saw a LOT of examples of that type of situation when I manned the pumps at the Citgo station. The other US makes that utilized that type of gas filler placement wisely decided that it made more sense to pull the plate _up_ in order to access the filler. Even if the spring snapped, the plate would remain in its proper position. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/35 "2024-12-02T19:10:35Z")
Not just GM, the only one I can definitely remember was 62 Fords, we had a customer that wanted it topped off all the way each week. I think Robert would be SOL if he needed to refuel a 56 Chevy. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/36 "2024-12-02T20:00:56Z")
We had a 1964 Cadillac Series 62 4-DR hardtop. The gas filler was behind the pull-down license plate holder in the back. I learned to drive in that car. Loved it. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/37 "2024-12-02T20:26:10Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > I think Robert would be SOL if he needed to refuel a 56 Chevy. For Robert’s edification: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/4/94562b56a2309e3a1b469196b526e89833364106.jpeg) GM’s great engineering advance 😏 circa 1955-1958 was the hidden gas filler. This was how they did it on the Oldsmobile: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/a/fa6ca0f2283b42ce1dbbbaa93cdd2a47382cf25f.jpeg) Cadillac: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/d/dd942c5dca84c51d0a67634f71261b1547576528.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/38 "2024-12-02T22:33:25Z")
Those gas fillers behind the license plates were a pain at the gas station - they were prone to kicking back gas when the nozzle would shut off, spilling some, to the annoyance of the customer. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/39 "2024-12-02T22:36:00Z")
I noticed that problem when I worked part-time as a gas station attendant as a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163/40 "2024-12-02T22:50:05Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > wisely decided that it made more sense to pull the plate _up_ in order to access the filler. Even if the spring snapped, the plate would remain in its proper position Yeah, but most of my cars had the filler neck 2ft off the ground under the rear bumper. You’d have to be a contortionist to see the filler neck if the plate hinged upward. No winners in that case 😉 [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-any-modern-cars-have-2-side-gas-fill-up-capability/198163.md?page=3)