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I'm in Europe, in case you're on the "wrong" side of the pump you just have to make sure that you park the car a little further, so you'd get the pump hose thro

by paganel 10mo ago

I'm in Europe, in case you're on the "wrong" side of the pump you just have to make sure that you park the car a little further, so you'd get the pump hose through the back and on to the other side without scratching the car's paint. That's all it is to it. I'm from Romania and I've driven (and hence re-fueled) my car all the way from Bretagne, France, to Peloponnese, Greece, never had a problem. I also don't know anything about any "arrow" signalling anything in my dashboard, maybe it's only on the US-made cars, I wouldn't know cause I generally know on which side I have to fuel my car.

bdbdbdb 10mo ago
I'm also in Europe, I drive a ford, and the only fuel arrow on my dash actually points to the wrong side for filling
- lproven 10mo ago
  Petrol or diesel?
  - LtWorf 10mo ago
    You have a car that runs on raw petrol?
    - lproven 10mo ago
      I do not know where you are in the world but in the homeland of the English language, Britain and most of its direct (former!) colonies, "petrol" is the stuff cars and motorbikes run on and "diesel" is the stuff agricultural vehicles and heavy plant (lorries, buses) runs on. "Gas" is a phase of matter along with "liquid", "solid", and "plasma" and that is all the bare noun means. "Natural gas", and the obsolete "coal gas"/"town gas", are fuels, but for heating/cooking/light not vehicles as a rule, but generally we'd talk about propane, butane, etc. We never, ever use "gasoline" or the Germanic "benzene" for this. Benzene is a specific chemical here, never ever a fuel.
      - mjmas 10mo ago
        Here in Australia 'gas' as a fuel always means LPG (liquified petroleum gas = propane/butane). And it is getting rarer for cars. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/lpg-cars-disappearing-from-roads-gas-renewable-fuel-vehicles/102236128 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/lpg-cars-disappearing...
        bdbdbdb 10mo ago
        Hence the expression "now you're cooking with gas" That must confuse the hell out of the yanks
  - bdbdbdb 10mo ago
    Oh I'm a week late but diesel
stavros 10mo ago
Agreed about never having a problem with this, but our cars either have the arrow, or the hose in the icon is on the side of the car that has the tank cover. This has been true for all cars I've seen here.

by paganel 10mo ago

bdbdbdb 10mo ago

I'm also in Europe, I drive a ford, and the only fuel arrow on my dash actually points to the wrong side for filling

lproven 10mo ago
Petrol or diesel?
- LtWorf 10mo ago
  You have a car that runs on raw petrol?
  - lproven 10mo ago
    I do not know where you are in the world but in the homeland of the English language, Britain and most of its direct (former!) colonies, "petrol" is the stuff cars and motorbikes run on and "diesel" is the stuff agricultural vehicles and heavy plant (lorries, buses) runs on. "Gas" is a phase of matter along with "liquid", "solid", and "plasma" and that is all the bare noun means. "Natural gas", and the obsolete "coal gas"/"town gas", are fuels, but for heating/cooking/light not vehicles as a rule, but generally we'd talk about propane, butane, etc. We never, ever use "gasoline" or the Germanic "benzene" for this. Benzene is a specific chemical here, never ever a fuel.
    - mjmas 10mo ago
      Here in Australia 'gas' as a fuel always means LPG (liquified petroleum gas = propane/butane). And it is getting rarer for cars. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/lpg-cars-disappearing-from-roads-gas-renewable-fuel-vehicles/102236128 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/lpg-cars-disappearing...
      - bdbdbdb 10mo ago
        Hence the expression "now you're cooking with gas" That must confuse the hell out of the yanks
- bdbdbdb 10mo ago
  Oh I'm a week late but diesel

stavros 10mo ago

Agreed about never having a problem with this, but our cars either have the arrow, or the hose in the icon is on the side of the car that has the tank cover. This has been true for all cars I've seen here.