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9. I got a loaner Subaru, and was looking for the gas cap release lever. There was none.

Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:51 PM

7 hrs ago

It somehow worked without it. Have to research. No "magic" key.

THAT I KNEW OF!!!

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Which side is your gas tank filler on? Don't look back. [View all] usonian 8 hrs ago OP

Rita Rudner says she has a car with a rotating gas tank. House of Roberts 8 hrs ago #1

Unless you own many cars, PoindexterOglethorpe 7 hrs ago #2

My Subaru is on the passenger side UpInArms 7 hrs ago #6

Yup, Vw has the tank on the passenger side mwmisses4289 5 hrs ago #20

Rental cars PJMcK 5 hrs ago #23

So convenient when you're in a rental. Phoenix61 7 hrs ago #3

That seems very odd. I don;t know that I'd have thought to look there. 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #7

I don't remember. It was a cheap rental around 1989.nt Phoenix61 7 hrs ago #8

That's one of those common-sense fixes-- viva la 7 hrs ago #4

What a great trivia question. 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #5

I get my gas at BJs Delarage 5 hrs ago #24

Gas tank cover release Old Crank 5 hrs ago #14

Mine is on the sdfernando 7 hrs ago #10

Mine is on the driver's side. CentralMass 6 hrs ago #11

My '72 Chevy Nova didn't have that problem. LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #12

I remember those. Old Crank 5 hrs ago #15

My dad had a '57 Bel Air dflprincess 5 hrs ago #16

Woah. LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #19

Borrowed a friends car to do an errand. Old Crank 5 hrs ago #17

Mine used to be in my driver's side rear fin on my '57 Chevy then moniss 5 hrs ago #21

We learned this trick a few years ago when we had a rental. LisaM 5 hrs ago #22