RMweb Premium Legend Posted January 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2015 Bugs the hell out of me. My Sportage is on the left , but I have to hire cars when I'm down south or in Ireland, which all vary, so don't have a clue where the filler is there. Then there's the diesel or unleaded question....................... One day I'm going to get it wrong! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted January 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2015 I occasionally used to drive a Transit minibus that was fitted with a six speed gearbox. Fortunately the things like indicators and wipers were very like my own car so no problem there. But my car has the normal 5 speed gearbox and the reverse is where the sixth gear is on the Transit and several times I tried to reverse it in sixth. My mondeo has 6 gears, but my wife's Seat Mi only has 5, and there is no lock on reverse, I have frequently tried to change into 6th! Not with sucess yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It's a getting old thing, before I stop at the filling station I have to think, the Peugeot is on the left, the Renault is on the right, the VW is on the left - which one am I driving at the moment ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2015 I filled up this afternoon, no problems as I am well aware that the filler cap is on the nearside so I pulled in to the (nearly empty) filling station to the right hand side of the pumps. While I was filling up a woman drove up to the pump opposite which was for 'offside' filler cap cars in a (not so) Smart Car which also has a nearside filler and proceeded to drag the the filler across the back of her car. All this despite there being plenty of 'right handed' pumps available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2015 Bugs the hell out of me. My Sportage is on the left , but I have to hire cars when I'm down south or in Ireland, which all vary, so don't have a clue where the filler is there. Then there's the diesel or unleaded question....................... One day I'm going to get it wrong! One of our friends rented a car in England. He filled it up and when it died a quarter mile down the road, he learned that in England, the green pump isn't diesel (as it is in Canada). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 If you are talking about controls, like indicators and the like, how do you discribed manufacturers like merc who seem intent on trying to put as many driving controls on a single stalk as possible? We have the same problem with Dennis busses, who make a single stalk that rotated for wipers and is also the trafficators(note, correct term for indicators). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Nearly eight years ago, I found getting used to the location of the controls in my Fiat Ducato was a bit of a nightmare. After all this time, I've forgotten what the differences were, but dread replacing it! I do know where the filler cap is though, fortunately, and have never attempted to fill the fresh water tank with diesel, as it might make cooking and washing rather unpleasant! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I filled up this afternoon, no problems as I am well aware that the filler cap is on the nearside so I pulled in to the (nearly empty) filling station to the right hand side of the pumps. While I was filling up a woman drove up to the pump opposite which was for 'offside' filler cap cars in a (not so) Smart Car which also has a nearside filler and proceeded to drag the the filler across the back of her car. All this despite there being plenty of 'right handed' pumps available. Further evidence for my empirical assertion that when the car is Smart, the driver isn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2015 I use so many different vans in work i lose track of which side the fillers are on, we have peugeot partner, ford connect, nissan l200, citroen nemo, ford fiesta, a full size transit, vw caddy, vauxhall caddy, vauxhall astra All i know is the amount of van driving i do i have loads of nectar and clubcard points!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 30, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2015 Talk of putting the wrong liquids in the wrong filler reminded me of the Hillman Imp van and estate models. The engine oil filler was set into the door sill of the tailgate and Rootes in their wisdom cunningly made it resemble a radiator cap. Inevitably quite a few ended up with water instead of oil in the sump and an expensive repair bill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstart Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hi Many years ago in a hurry on a little Honda XL100 I dived in to a petrol station. First pump was 4* (yes, that long ago), next 3* so I went to the last pump and filled up. Fuel looked a little foamy, at which point I realised I had just filled with diesel. Went in to the pay booth to be met with the guy saying "I didn't know bikes ran on diesel"..... My reply being "they don't - have you got a bucket I can borrow". At least emptying the tank on a little bike is easy. All the best Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hi Many years ago in a hurry on a little Honda XL100 I dived in to a petrol station. First pump was 4* (yes, that long ago), next 3* so I went to the last pump and filled up. Fuel looked a little foamy, at which point I realised I had just filled with diesel. Went in to the pay booth to be met with the guy saying "I didn't know bikes ran on diesel"..... My reply being "they don't - have you got a bucket I can borrow". At least emptying the tank on a little bike is easy. All the best Keith Great screenname. Is Ogri still going strong? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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