Yesterday, one of the clients of my car service was compiled for the fact that she often had to rearrange the vehicle, because it approaches the refueling column not from the other side. It is constantly confused, from which side there is a gas tank in her car.
What could not be done on all cars a gas tank hatch on one side?
Immediately make a reservation. They have several cars in the family, and she has to ride something on her car, then by car a husband. And they have the hatches of the gas tank on different sides, so she has a confusion.
I told her the simplest lifehak, which I myself use when I go on different cars. True, it is not for all brands of cars suitable, but she has a great job on both cars. Lifehak himself will tell a little later, but first I will answer the question: why do not make a fuel tank in all cars on the one hand?
Automakers are responsible for this: "We are worried about the safety of drivers!"
And therefore the gas tank hatcher is made from different sides of the car, because its location directly depends on the direction of movement in the country that the car produces. In some countries, the left-hand direction of movement, in others - right-hand. And for the safety of the driver, the gas tank hatcher is located on the side opposite to the one with which is in the car steering wheel. After all, if for some reason, the driver will need from the canister to add fuel into the tank, then such work he must conduct, not afraid to be a shot down by a mimoproye car, that is, from the side of the road, and not on the roadway.
It turns out, the algorithm is simple:
If the steering wheel on the right, then the gas tank hatch will be left.
If the steering wheel on the left, then the gas tank hatch will be right.
Now it is clear why it is impossible to make the gas tank hatcher on all cars on the one hand. On horseback, our safety!
It seems like everything is clear and understandable.
Then why in the heads of the car owners there is a confusion, which side of the car to approach the benzocolone, it seems to be how to problems should not be? Yes, because automakers are shy. I'll explain now.
Yuri Sidorenko
Buins, for example, a new Toyota man made for Europe. Accordingly, it is not the steering wheel on it, as in Japan, but on the left. If the steering wheel on the left, then, according to the automakers algorithm, the gas tank hatcher must be right. Right?
And nothing like this, gas tank hatch left!
How so? The entire algorithm is broken. The driver is confused.
And why was the hatch not from the other side?
Everything is very simple. In Japan, the movement right-hand. Therefore, there on machines the steering wheel on the left and the gas tank hatch on the left.
And Toyota company, in order not to increase costs in the production of machines for Europe, that is, with the left steering wheel, it does not bother and leaves the gas tank hatch in the same place where it is located in vehicles with the right steering wheel.
European automakers are doing the same, for example, for Japan.
So the question of the driver's safety in this case is no more than a beautiful fairy tale.
By the way, the bayful neck can be located from different sides of the car, for example, due to the design features of the body, the chassis, the location of the exhaust system and the electrical wiring scheme is also taken into account, etc.
Therefore, no logic in the arrangement of the hatching from these considerations will fail.
It turns out that we will have to be confused which side to put a car to the benzokolonka?
Of course not! Promised Lifehak How to determine which side on your car is a benzobac, without leaving the cabin.
We look at the instrument panel and find a sensor showing the fuel level in the gas tank. It needs to find an image of a stylized benzocolone, and there will be a small arrow (in the form of a conventional triangle), directed to the left or right. Where such an arrow indicates, from the other side and is located benzobac.
True, not on all models of cars such a pictogram is present. So sat in someone else's car, looked at the instrument panel. If the gas station with the arrow is, it means that you do not need to leave the car - you also know which side it is necessary to approach the column on the gas station. Well, if there was no pictogram on your car, it is better to immediately go out and see which side on this car the fuel neck, and be sure to remember that later, when you arrive at the refueling, do not waste time on the permit, and most importantly - your nerves .
Good luck on the roads! Do not be nervous on trifles, just enjoy the movement.