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In reply to the discussion: Which side is your gas tank filler on? Don't look back. [View all]JohnnyRingo
(20,439 posts)36. I believe it's on that side because it was built for the Japanese market
Just like many minivans have the rear door on the left, opening into traffic here. Your filler was designed to be on the driver's side for when someone pulls up on the left side of the pump.
There's another way to tell where most of your car model was sold. In the rest of the world turn indicators are required to be amber, but cars intended to be primarily sold here will use one of the brake lights to signal a turn. I can see the Euro/Sino rule to be far better because it still uses two brake lights at all times. It's safer.
Now you can go out and look.
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I also have a Subaru and it's the first car I've ever owned with the gas tank on the passenger side
dflprincess
12 hrs ago
#13
I would rather wait a few minutes to not have to drag the hose across the car.
MichMan
2 hrs ago
#35
I got a loaner Subaru, and was looking for the gas cap release lever. There was none.
usonian
13 hrs ago
#9
I never noticed Moylan's Arrow before this article. I'm looking forward to finding it in our two vehicles.
summer_in_TX
12 hrs ago
#18
My Ford Freestyle was on the right side. My biggest gripe after the screwed up CVT transmission. ...
marble falls
2 hrs ago
#31
Pretty certain my Volkswagen's and Ford's were not built for the Japanese market.
MichMan
1 hr ago
#37