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How to choose a place for the gas tank hatch?
Continuing the theme of "Week of simple questions»
More than logical that in some cars the fuel tank flap is to the right, while the other - on the left. Then modern refueling, which can drive up to the column on both sides will be loaded evenly. But really the big automakers agree among themselves about such trifles?
Many drivers believe that the engineers have no choice - they say, all due to the structure of the vehicle. But Andrei Glazkov, marketing director of the Russian office of Mazda, refutes the conventional wisdom statement: "Experienced motorists, of course, remember that when driving on the" penny "(where the tank was located on the right) as running out of fuel varied and manageability. But such solutions are long gone. In the vast majority of modern cars the tank so that it is less effect on weight distribution, is placed in the middle. And what of the output-side filler neck - does not matter ».
Porsche Cyman, for example, a real European - it just says the gas tank hatch, located even in the front, but from the right.
It does not have a constructive point of view, but from the user - is another matter. "Location of the neck of the tank is often tied to the habits of drivers in the countries that are the most important markets for a particular vehicle, - continues Andrey Glazkov. - Almost all "Germans" and the vast majority of French cars for the French market the fuel tank flap on the right. This is due to the narrow streets of the city is very compact gas stations, where cars drive up to the starboard column. If the neck of the left - and pull the hose uncomfortable, and the driver at this point turned out to be almost on the roadway. And here in America - as in Russia - these are almost no gas stations close to the column can be accessed from either side. And if you have a choice - Americans prefer that the hatch was left: to get out from behind the wheel - and immediately thrust a gun into the tank. Therefore, for the American market cars neck Bacak usually derived on the left side ».
By the way, not all know that for forgetful drivers on the dashboard, as a rule, there is a special tip. On its presence reminds Maxim Neupokoev, training manager of the Russian representative Porsche: «The scale fuel level indicator is usually a small icon - a gas station with a triangular arrow. This arrow points to the right or left - depending on which of the sides of the vehicle is a gas cap ».
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More than logical that in some cars the fuel tank flap is to the right, while the other - on the left. Then modern refueling, which can drive up to the column on both sides will be loaded evenly. But really the big automakers agree among themselves about such trifles?
Many drivers believe that the engineers have no choice - they say, all due to the structure of the vehicle. But Andrei Glazkov, marketing director of the Russian office of Mazda, refutes the conventional wisdom statement: "Experienced motorists, of course, remember that when driving on the" penny "(where the tank was located on the right) as running out of fuel varied and manageability. But such solutions are long gone. In the vast majority of modern cars the tank so that it is less effect on weight distribution, is placed in the middle. And what of the output-side filler neck - does not matter ».
Porsche Cyman, for example, a real European - it just says the gas tank hatch, located even in the front, but from the right.
It does not have a constructive point of view, but from the user - is another matter. "Location of the neck of the tank is often tied to the habits of drivers in the countries that are the most important markets for a particular vehicle, - continues Andrey Glazkov. - Almost all "Germans" and the vast majority of French cars for the French market the fuel tank flap on the right. This is due to the narrow streets of the city is very compact gas stations, where cars drive up to the starboard column. If the neck of the left - and pull the hose uncomfortable, and the driver at this point turned out to be almost on the roadway. And here in America - as in Russia - these are almost no gas stations close to the column can be accessed from either side. And if you have a choice - Americans prefer that the hatch was left: to get out from behind the wheel - and immediately thrust a gun into the tank. Therefore, for the American market cars neck Bacak usually derived on the left side ».
By the way, not all know that for forgetful drivers on the dashboard, as a rule, there is a special tip. On its presence reminds Maxim Neupokoev, training manager of the Russian representative Porsche: «The scale fuel level indicator is usually a small icon - a gas station with a triangular arrow. This arrow points to the right or left - depending on which of the sides of the vehicle is a gas cap ».
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