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Interesting question and answers.
Now what about the cars that have twin exhausts;
one on either side like the Lexus and Mitsubishi (forget the name of their
luxury model).
Then again a lot of the modern cars have the engine
placed sideways and not along the center line of the car.
A few more thoughts over which to to get grey
hairs!
Anjan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 2:22
AM
Subject: [Assam] Why is the gas tank on
the right in some cars and the left onothers?
Have you ever wondered why gas tank caps can't be on the same side of the
vehicle? Say, passenger side always. Read the article below.
Now the question arises - since the engine is always along the center
line of the car, why can't the exhaust pipe be always on the same side,
leaving the other side to the gas tank opening? I don't know, do
you?
Dilip
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| Dear
Yahoo!: |
| Why is the gas tank on the
right in some cars and the left on
others? |
Oh
Atlanta,
Georgia |
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| Dear
Oh: |
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Apparently, this question has plagued car owners for some time.
We found a number of theories in various automotive forums.
Here are a few:
- Car makers place the fuel door on arbitrary sides so
everyone doesn't try to pull up to the same side of the pump at
gas stations.
- On German vehicles, the gas door is always on the right so
people don't have to stand in a traffic lane when fueling on a
roadway.
- The gas filler will almost always be on the opposite side of
the vehicle from the exhaust pipe.
This last theory
appears to be correct. Indeed, none other than Car Talk's Click and Clack, in
the employ of government-funded NPR and thus two of our more
trusted public officials, confirm this last hypothesis.
According to the boys, there is no
universal standard for placement of the gas filler, but
"the exhaust system has to go down one side of the car, and the
gasoline filler tube generally goes on the other." So it's the
vehicle's engineering design that determines the location of the
gas tank. And who knows -- perhaps in the future gas tanks will
only be available as an option.
Just kidding about that last part.
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