The fuel indicator in your car always has a little pump icon with a handle on either the left or the right side (sometimes even an arrow). The side where the pump handle is located is the side your gas tank flap is on. So next time you're in a rental or someone else's car just check this gauge and you won't need to get out and search for it.
I'm always rediscovering this. I learned it a little over ten years ago but I'm still constantly pausing to wonder which side of the car I'll find the flap. I'm ashamed to admit I get it wrong more often than I'd like.
You would think that would be common knowledge, but after all these years, this is the first time I heard that. Of course, I normally drive my own car.
The fuel indicator in your car always has a little pump icon with a handle on either the left or the right side (sometimes even an arrow). The side where the pump handle is located is the side your gas tank flap is on. So next time you're in a rental or someone else's car just check this gauge and you won't need to get out and search for it.
I'm always rediscovering this. I learned it a little over ten years ago but I'm still constantly pausing to wonder which side of the car I'll find the flap. I'm ashamed to admit I get it wrong more often than I'd like.
Sometimes I do that in my own car LOL.
My fuel indicator has an arrow telling which side of the car the gas tank is on.
You would think that would be common knowledge, but after all these years, this is the first time I heard that. Of course, I normally drive my own car.
Often, but not always, true.
I figure even if it isn't always true it's still better than taking the 50/50 approach :)
When it doesn't have an icon you can go by the side the actual fuel indicator is on I've been told.