It seems like there’s always something involving cars that
causes the gg to feel grumpy. The gg’s
are a 2-car family,meaning that we have the missus gg’s SUV and the gg’s
car. I drive them interchangeably. When I drive the SUV, there is a little button
I push and the seat and steering wheel automatically adjusts to accommodate my
frame. Now there’s a feature I happen to
like. It actually makes the gg
smile. But let’s not get too carried
away – there’s still plenty left to turn smiles into frowns. Here’s just one and the subject of today’s
rant: it has to do with the location of
the gas tank filler. On the SUV, it is
located on the driver side; but on the car, it is located on the passenger
side. The problem is that the gg can never
remember on which side the darn thing is located. Now you’d think this problem could be solved
by simply looking in the side mirror to see where the cap is located. But I’ve tried that on both vehicles and the side mirror is no
help. Due to the curvature of the car or
the mirror itself, you can’t see the gas tank filler door by looking in the
mirror.
If any car designer is reading this post, I hope you’ll take
this to heart and come up with a fix.
Something as simple as a decal on the front windshield on the driver’s
side ( facing inside of course) would do the trick. It could read: “Gas filler door on driver side” (unless it
were on the passenger side in which case the decal would read: “Gas filler door on passenger side.”) It would be so much easier in the first place
if this could be standardized by the auto industry. Just make up their minds which side to place
the gas tank filler and make it the same on all vehicles. The makers of gasoline pumps could help if
they would give us hoses with a longer reach, so that those of us who have
pulled into the station with our filler tank doors on the side opposite the
pump would still be able to fill up without having to back up and turn
around. But all of those changes would be too simple and logical. As long as there are grouches out here like
the gg, the auto makers and gas pump makers will continue to delight in driving
us crazy. Not all of us, but those of us
like the gg who never know on what side of the car their gas tank is located.
Have a nice day, fellow grouches. Smile if you must.
gg
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