I Didnt know that!!

Mech1

Sobanek

Mech1 wrote: »

E46 doesn't have that. Neither does a Volvo V50.

tossy

Motoring myth.

Dord

Very few cars have that it seems. Was driving a Ford earlier in the week and it didn't, and my Merc doesn't either.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

tossy wrote: »

Motoring myth.

No it's not. It says "most" cars, and mine does have it.

tossy

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

No it's not. It says "most" cars, and mine does have it.

Most smost

Donnelly117

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

No it's not. It says "most" cars, and mine does have it.

I wouldn't say most. In fact I'd say most don't have it.

Stavros Murphy

Donnelly117 wrote: »

I wouldn't say most. In fact I'd say most don't have it.

You just did say "most", twice.

Kenny Logins

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

No it's not. It says "most" cars, and mine does have it.

So that's 1.

mondeoman2

Ive owned 8 Ford's in the past and all have had this,

Bpmull

My focus had it. Golf doesn't. It's handy when you first get the car but once you get use to which side the fuel filler is on the arrow is of no use really.

Tefral

I didn't think it was the arrow but any car that I've driven over the years had the handle of the pump on the same side as the petrol cap.

Kenny Logins

cronin_j wrote: »

I didn't think it was the arrow but any car that I've driven over the years had the handle of the pump on the same side as the petrol cap.

That's the myth. You see a few cars and think it's fact.

I've never seen it

No Pants

Both my cars have it. Filler cap is on different sides on each, so it can be a handy reminder.

ba_barabus

Many cars have a holder for the petrol cap on the flap.

Some Golf MKV's came with a chrome bottle opener in the drinks holder (GTI and GT I think)

biko

Been done and debunked here before, I'm too lazy to find the thread now but there you go.

Stavros Murphy

On the "I didn't know that" front, Ford don't recommend changing front wheel-bearings on a transit. They reckon you need a complete new hub if the bearing fails. Hence lads changing bearings and finding they last less than 3 months. Apparently.

Pinch Flat

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280536/Has-motoring-writer-solved-riddle-plagued-drivers-decades.html

Supergurrier

90% of cars i've driven have it 74% of the time

Guy:Incognito

ba_barabus wrote: »

Many cars have a holder for the petrol cap on the flap.

Some Golf MKV's came with a chrome bottle opener in the drinks holder (GTI and GT I think)

They still do. It may possibly be on a certain trim level. When I was working in a garage last year a new golf van came in for the parts guy with the bottle opener.

Guy:Incognito

Sitec wrote: »

Manufactures should put on the NS for right hand drive. Nothing worse.

I'd have thought the off side so you don't have to go around the far side of the car to fill up, no?

Bpmull

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

They still do. It may possibly be on a certain trim level. When I was working in a garage last year a new golf van came in for the parts guy with the bottle opener.

What do you mean by bottle opener ?

Supergurrier

Bpmull wrote: »

What do you mean by bottle opener ?

Set of teeth on the dashboard

Guy:Incognito

Bpmull wrote: »

What do you mean by bottle opener ?

A thing you open bottles with

it's not attached to the dash superuser, just a normal bottle opener sitting in a slot in the cup holder.

I'm on the phone but of you Google vw golf bottle opener it's in the first few pics.

pablo128

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I'd have thought the off side so you don't have to go around the far side of the car to fill up, no?

But then you bang the door off the pump. Nearside is handier.
It seems cars originally designed for driving on the right(most european makes) have the cap on the offside, and the likes of jap yokes have them on the nearside.

ba_barabus

Its a pretty near little touch actually. It slots in and out easily and a lot if people will never realise what it actually is.

Bpmull

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

A thing you open bottles with

it's not attached to the dash superuser, just a normal bottle opener sitting in a slot in the cup holder.

I'm on the phone but of you Google vw golf bottle opener it's in the first few pics.

Ah right got you now I thought it was related to the earlier mentioned car fuelling

corktina

makes little difference, most pump hoses are long enough to reach the far side of the car anyway, provided you park pretty.

greasepalm

petrol icon showing wrong side on mitsubishi,and bottle openers are for helping people drink while they drive their golf:rolleyes::D