It is provably different for you, but where I am (Canada), you'll open the hood release at least a half dozen times a year, just for windshield wiper fluid. Th

It is provably different for you, but where I am (Canada), you'll open the hood release at least a half dozen times a year, just for windshield wiper fluid. That said, the hood release has been on the driver side somewhere, under the dash, in every car I own. With a physical release, you can often hunt for a thing, much faster than a dozen submenus.