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Old 04-02-2008, 09:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Wink Why not try something like this...?

I've been selling GM products for ten years in the Northeast region. For the most part, a great vehicle company. But I believe that GM needs something to tie them all together. This may not cost much at all, but it may help in the lineup. Could it be that the gas caps are on the same side of each and every GM vehicle? Doesn't sound like a bad idea that each and every GM customer knows exactly where their gas door is. Also, the new Pontiac G8 has a really useful feature in these times of exorbitantly high gas prices...a locking gas door!! When the vehicles doors are locked, it also locks the fuel door. What a great idea. Helps prevent siphoning and I don't know of any other manufacturer that does it.
One last thing. I love the seamless appearance of the gas doors on the Lucerne and G8 and others...why won't GM do that on ALL their vehicles? What a great concept it would be if all GM cars and trucks had these 3 things....seamless gas doors, locking gas doors and all on the same side.
Just my 2 cents. thanks for taking the time. Keep making great vehicles and I'll keep selling them.
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Old 04-02-2008, 11:53 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Why not try something like this...?

Many Saturns (later S-seires, VUE, ION) had little indicators under the fuel gauge to tell you which side the gas door was on. Also, they had gas doors that needed to be unlatched from inside the car.
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Old 04-02-2008, 12:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Why not try something like this...?

Just about every vehicle in the past few years has had a little arrow below the gas pump icon to tell you which side it's on. I'd prefer if they were always on the driver side though. As for the locking gas door, I know Mercedes SLs had a locking gas door tied into the door locks.
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Old 04-02-2008, 12:47 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Why not try something like this...?

The new Astra does have the locking gas door as well. I had a latch on the inside of my car that would open the fuel door, couldnt do it from the outside. This is a fun thing to play with when you have a friend trying to fill up your car.
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Old 04-02-2008, 07:13 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Why not try something like this...?

While it's much more convenient to have it always on the driver's side, it really depends on the layout of the car and where they can fit the gas cap in. There's a little arrow on the dash that tells you which side it's on anyways...
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Old 06-13-2008, 06:26 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Why not try something like this...?

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While it's much more convenient to have it always on the driver's side, it really depends on the layout of the car and where they can fit the gas cap in. There's a little arrow on the dash that tells you which side it's on anyways...
I believe that the gas cap is nearly always on the opposite side as the exhaust pipe on a single-exhaust system, but I can't tell you whether the gas cap, or the exhaust system is designed first.
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