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FIND YR GASHOLE
Apr. 1st, 2011 10:24 amITEM [via BoingBoing]: Next time you need to fill the tank on yr rental car, only to realize you have no idea what side of the car the gas cap is on, here’s a helpful tip:
Check the arrow next to the gas tank icon on yr fuel gauge.
I know, most of you don’t drive rental cars. But I usually rent them when I travel to the US on holiday, and I almost always run into this problem the first time I pull up to a pump. I could have used this nugget of info. So I’m passing it on.
WARNING: Not to be confused with the chain email saying that you can tell which side the gas cap is on by seeing which side of the gas pump icon the handle is on. That’s false.
DISCLAIMER: While we’re at it, I have no idea how true the above tip is, or how universal it is. The article says yr more likely to see an arrow on newer cars. But I can’t tell you if every single auto maker does it for every new model.
Anyway, those of you with new(ish) cars, feel free to test this notion and report back to me if I’m wrong.
Fill ‘er up,
This is dF
Check the arrow next to the gas tank icon on yr fuel gauge.
I know, most of you don’t drive rental cars. But I usually rent them when I travel to the US on holiday, and I almost always run into this problem the first time I pull up to a pump. I could have used this nugget of info. So I’m passing it on.
WARNING: Not to be confused with the chain email saying that you can tell which side the gas cap is on by seeing which side of the gas pump icon the handle is on. That’s false.
DISCLAIMER: While we’re at it, I have no idea how true the above tip is, or how universal it is. The article says yr more likely to see an arrow on newer cars. But I can’t tell you if every single auto maker does it for every new model.
Anyway, those of you with new(ish) cars, feel free to test this notion and report back to me if I’m wrong.
Fill ‘er up,
This is dF
