Your gas hole. Left or right side?

[Jesda]

Do you fill up gasoline on the left (US driver) or right (US passenger) side? Is it the same for all Nissans? Why isn't it uniform?

[skydragoness]

240's are on the passenger side. I think its annoying but sometimes has its benefits. .. more often than not I get the spot that no one else can get to without having to back-up/do maneuvers.

[Rex]

Some "thoughts"

One reason for the fuel filler door on the right is so that you can add fuel to the vehicle on the roadside and not be standing in a traffic lane. If you notice, all German-made vehicles have the fuel filler door on the right.

The filler is always on the opposite side of the auto from the exhaust. (What about dual exhaust?)

It's also been argued that the fuel filler door side of the car is "technically" less protective during a "rear corner" impact and thus should not be on the drivers side.

From an Ask Yahoo! repsonseApparently, this question has plagued car owners for some time. We found a number of theories in various automotive forums. Here are a few:

* Car makers place the fuel door on arbitrary sides so everyone doesn't try to pull up to the same side of the pump at gas stations. * On German vehicles, the gas door is always on the right so people don't have to stand in a traffic lane when fueling on a roadway. * The gas filler will almost always be on the opposite side of the vehicle from the exhaust pipe.

This last theory appears to be correct. Indeed, none other than Car Talk's Click and Clack, in the employ of NPR, confirm this last hypothesis.

According to the boys, there is no universal standard for placement of the gas filler, but "the exhaust system has to go down one side of the car, and the gasoline filler tube generally goes on the other." So it's the vehicle's engineering design that determines the location of the gas tank.

[szh]

My Infiniti Q45's and M45 are right.

My wife's Acura CL (assembled in US, as I recall) is on the left.

I think tas a lot to do with the side of the road you drive on in the country of manufacture - closer to driver access basically. Is Japan a left-hand drive country per chance?

Z

[Cold_Zero]

I am going off of memory, but the Altima is on the drivers side. I had two Caprices '84 and '88 that had the gas cap behind the license plate.bud

[hannibal]

my gas hole's in the rear

[PantherRacer]

I think tas a lot to do with the side of the road you drive on in the country of manufacture - closer to driver access basically. Is Japan a left-hand drive country per chance?

Z

No. Japan a right-hand drive country, and drives on the left(unless that's what u were trying yo say) and most exhausts exit on the left on the rhd cars I see so that puts the gas filler on the right side...

JUST BE LIKE THE CIVIC GUY AND FILL 'ER UP FROM THE ROOF!

[Joe]

Titan - Drivers side240 - Pass side

[nchopp]

1993 Infiniti Q45 - Passenger side1978 Oldmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham - Behind license plate1991 Geo Prizm - Driver side

[Gold Digger]

All the cars I have owned with the exception of two go on the exhaust theory.

1985 Chevy Caprice......................License Plate1984 Monte Carly..........................License Plate1990 Nissan 240sx.......................Passenger side1997 Nissan Altima.......................Driver side1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse.................Driver Side1994 Cheverolet S-10 Blazer........Driver Side1990 Nissan Laurel Turbo.............Driver side (RHD vehicle)2005 Daihatsu Move Custom........Passenger Side. (RHD vehicle)

The exhaust theory makes sense, that way, if you stop for gas, you don't have a thin walled filler tube close to a hot exhaust.

[AZhitman]

I think our Pathfinder violated the "filler opposite from exhaust" rule - both on the right.

Q45 and 240, all on the right.. think my G20 is on the right also.

[metalsyth]

The Jeep Wrangler is behind the license plate on the drivers side and the altima is on the drivers side also.

[elwesso]

I like having it onthe right... THta way i can pull right in and dont have to do my gumby maneuvers to get out of the car... its much more comfortable that way.....

[M3Racer]

The M3 is on the right, the TL on the left.

[xekushnr]

my neon and 240 are both on the right.

[bcar240]

240's are on the passenger side. I think its annoying but sometimes has its benefits. .. more often than not I get the spot that no one else can get to without having to back-up/do maneuvers.

It like the opposite for me. Around here the gas station seem to assume that all cars are on the left, so they angle the pumps with the entrace to the station so I can;t get a spot without pulling through, turning around, and going back in.

like this...............|...............|../.../.../...|./.../.../....|...............<<entrance=======

why do people look at you so funny when you do this? lol

[Bubba1]

my gas hole's in the rear

Is that where the gas station attendants put their nozzles?

[EZcheese15]

My 210 is on the right, Sentra on the left.

And the exhaust theory fits both those cars (210 exhaust is on left, Sentra is on right)

[nsrZ32]

Sentra - left300zx - left280Z - rightboth Focus' - right

[hudy]

I like it on the passenger side. You are less likely to bang your door on the big poles around the pump or the pump itself. I think they put it on whatever side saves them more money.

[Mr1der]

I have no idea why the Ford's is on the passenger side....

the Nissan's is on the driver though...

[Ozzie]

OK

My infiniti(built in japan) is on the right (US passenger, my drivers)My mothers 200SX (S14) is on the left (US Drivers, our passengers)My Fathers R32 GTS-T is on the rightMy Starion(also built in japan) is on the left.

enlightened???

me neither!

[MagikDragon]

i had a 2nd gen integra that had the exhaust on the same side as the filler tank, but under the car the exhaust wrapped around the tank, in my friends 3 gen teg it was on the opposite side of the filler tank in both cases being in the drivers side of the vehicle so i would say that last statement is more of a guideline then a rule.

[PoorManQ45]

Well, I fill up my gas hole here:

Take a guess where the gas comes out

[ricebike]

PMQ.... weaksauce

my dad's 60-something pontiac grand prix had it's filler cap dead center, hidden behind the license plate... swing it down & whalla!

(i miss that car)

[Raxephon]

Well I voted Passenger-side for my Q45, but my G20 has it on the drivers side.

[Ozzie]

PMQ.... weaksauce

my dad's 60-something pontiac grand prix had it's filler cap dead center, hidden behind the license plate... swing it down & whalla!

(i miss that car)

My XF Falcon has the same thing. Many older Aussie built cars have the same thing.

[PantherRacer]

Take a guess where the gas comes out

your fingers onto your keyboard?

cuz your posts are full of hot air

[adrianfromthecastle]

i remember going to a shell station, and on top of the gas machine, they have these random gas related facts...anyhow, one fact i read said that "did you know, your gas tank filler would be on the side depending on where you gas meter will be on your cluster" or something like that.. thats some because my meter's on the left and filler is on the right. who the hell wrote that anyway?

[D1SR240]

240------passanger side (exhaust on drivers side)Audi A4------passanger side (exhaust on drivers side)Dodge Dakota------drivers side (exhaust on passanger side)Toyota Highlander------drivers side GSXR600------right on top in the middle
Modified by D1SR240 at 11:28 AM 10/29/2005