Drivers only just realising what tiny symbol on car is actually for

Whether you’ve got a nice little banger or a set of fancy fresh wheels, you probably know your car pretty well.

It’s like auto-pilot sitting in the seat, fastening your seat belt and getting your tunes linked up before hitting the roads.

But despite knowing exactly where is best for holding your drink and where for your snacks, it seems people are still noticing little things in their cars.

And drivers have only just realised what a tiny little symbol that sits on the dashboard means.

Despite how many times you do it, there’s often that moment of doubt when you pull into a petrol station and worry you’ve gone on the wrong side to fill the car up.

Sure, you’ve done it over and over again countless times before, but sometimes you just forget.

But little did you know, the answers always been sat there all this time, right before your eyes.

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Users took to X as they made the revelation of the nightmare-preventing symbol.

One wrote: “LADIES & Gents PLEASE. That little arrow in your petrol gauge tells you where your petrol tank 'mouth' is.

“Use it next time to avoid unnecessary scratches on your car or even cracking your windscreen.”

Many shared photos of the little petrol symbol that has a handy little arrow next to it, pointing to the side of your car where the fuel cap sits.

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Others wrote: “The best innovation of the past 20 years is the little arrow on the fuel gauge telling you which side of the car your petrol tank is on.”

And another put: “#IWasTodayYearsOld when I discovered the arrow next to the petrol pump on a car dashboard points to the side the fuel filler cap is on.”

Others noted that it’s been ‘so helpful’ since realising it was there.

Many echoed: “Been driving for 35 years and only just found out that the little arrow next to the fuel pump tells me which side of the car the Filler Cap is on.”

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It’s said that nearly every new car since 2010 has the little arrow on the fuel gauge as users are left ‘mind blown’ over it.

Some said: “It has for years surprised me that people don’t know this,” as one said realising it’s there has ‘made their day.”

There are people who did think it was ‘common knowledge’ though where as people say it’s a ‘eureka moment’ for them as they had ‘no idea’.

Topics: Cars, Twitter

Jess Battison

Jess is an Entertainment Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include keeping up with the Twitter girlies, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021 and has previously worked at MyLondon.

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