Fuel Fill Door - left side or right side?

[mtheis]

Ummm, left and right side while you're facing which direction? As you are looking forward from the back of the car, or looking back from the front of the car?

Direction (left/right) is typically stated from the pilot's/driver's perspective.

This.

Never a good idea to say "driver" or "passenger" side since cars could be either left hand drive or right hand drive.

[cwat89]

Both of my cars are on the driver side, wifes car (Mercedes) passenger side. I prefer the passenger side so that when my wife rides with me it's closer for her to get out and pump gas. jk

[six]

Ummm, left and right side while you're facing which direction? As you are looking forward from the back of the car, or looking back from the front of the car?

Direction (left/right) is typically stated from the pilot's/driver's perspective.

Sorry, I came from an AV/staging background, and left/right perspectives always throw me off. "Is it stage left or house left?!" "The right display! Which right, the presenter's right or the audience's right?!?!"

[potownrob]

i remember hearing/reading something about all european cars having the filler on the right side. must be true since i heard/read it on the internet.

[IMBoring25]

When dealing with vehicles it should be fairly unambiguous. If you're so motivated, port and starboard are completely unambiguous.

[Rope-Pusher]

When dealing with vehicles it should be fairly unambiguous. If you're so motivated, anything forward of the shifter would be the fo'c's'le.

Fickset

[Shadow]

Ummm, left and right side while you're facing which direction? As you are looking forward from the back of the car, or looking back from the front of the car?

It's the left or right side of the car...it doesn't matter if you're looking at the car from the front or the rear. Just like someone's left hand is their left hand whether you are standing in front of them or behind them.

[IMBoring25]

It's not spelled fo'c's'le. It's just pronounced that way. It's spelled forecastle.

[Shadow]

i remember hearing/reading something about all european cars having the filler on the right side. must be true since i heard/read it on the internet.

All European cars? LOL, I dunno about that.....lotsa cars in Europe. And of course Germany is in Europe, but that's just one small country. I will say that I'm keeping my eyes open for a German car with the fuel fill on the left side. I'll be sure to post the make/model when I find one.

[tankinbeans]

i remember hearing/reading something about all european cars having the filler on the right side. must be true since i heard/read it on the internet.

All European cars? LOL, I dunno about that.....lotsa cars in Europe. And of course Germany is in Europe, but that's just one small country. I will say that I'm keeping my eyes open for a German car with the fuel fill on the left side. I'll be sure to post the make/model when I find one.

I shall also keep my peepers peeled for one. This can be a collaborative effort.

[IMBoring25]

A few German models with left-side fillers, some of which are "British":

Mini Cooper
Mercedes-Benz CLA
Bentley Mulsanne

[Rope-Pusher]

It's not spelled fo'c's'le. It's just pronounced that way. It's spelled forecastle.

[Rope-Pusher]

Ford sez they locate the fuel filler wherever there is a compelling reason to put it.

http://social.ford.com/ask-ford/cars/ta ... -stations/

[Squint]

All of the cars I've ever owned/driven for extended periods of time have had their fill doors on the left (driver's) side of the car. All Toyotas are the same way - at least any that I saw at the dealership. In my time there, I had a few random cars that had right side fill doors, but it certainly is far less common for more modern cars across the board in the US - at least from my experience.

As a potential complication, there are places like Costco where they require people to pull in one direction. All traffic goes one way - which means there are pumps that are right side usable or the customer might have to stretch the hose across the car (which I've done in my Fiesta when the pump was on the right/passenger side and lines for the rest of the pumps). Still worth it for saving $0.30+/gal when I was already at the place anyway.

[ClutchFork]

Ummm, left and right side while you're facing which direction? As you are looking forward from the back of the car, or looking back from the front of the car?

Think like a river. In a river the right bank is on your right if you are floating downstream. In a car the right side is to your right if you are driving.