Simple things you never knew...

[SpeckledJim]

Shakermaker said:

SpeckledJim said:

The MGF has a folding extension on its sun visor. It won't sort your issue, but the principle is there.

See, that's the kind of thing I had envisioned being possible in other cars. I'm not going to go and buy an MGF just for that reason as it would be a compromise on too many other things... maybe I could just buy the sun visor from one

Even unfolded they're still diddy.

The issue you face is that the distance from the hinge to the B pillar is probably a good bit further than the distance from the hinge to the centre line of the car.

So you need a large visor, with an additional large extension. Toughie.

[Shakermaker]

I didn't get the joke about "gullible" not being in the dictionary until I was in secondary school, which I think was embarrassingly late in the circumstances.

[Thankyou4calling]

blindswelledrat said:

On most cars where the petrol gauge is there is a little picture of a petrol pump and an arrow next to it. The arrow points to which side of the car the filler cap is on so you know if you are unfamiliar with the car.

Myth!! There isn't. Certainly not on most cars.

[Rawwr]

Thankyou4calling said:

blindswelledrat said:

On most cars where the petrol gauge is there is a little picture of a petrol pump and an arrow next to it. The arrow points to which side of the car the filler cap is on so you know if you are unfamiliar with the car.

Myth!! There isn't. Certainly not on most cars.

Naw, the myth was that the side the pump handle was on the graphic was the side the filler cap was on the car.

[Bill]

SpeckledJim said:

Even unfolded they're still diddy.

The issue you face is that the distance from the hinge to the B pillar is probably a good bit further than the distance from the hinge to the centre line of the car.

So you need a large visor, with an additional large extension. Toughie.

The Subaru Tribeca has one that extends as far as the b pillar. (And I've only just realised...)

[designforlife]

Until the age of 22, i thought the written word albeit was pronounced "al-bite"

I know...I know!!!

[LordGrover]

Johnnytheboy said:

... you can punch the digits in any order, and it will still work.

Well I never! It's true.

[Sheets Tabuer]

alorotom said:

Rawwr said:

Crab sticks do not actually contain any crab and, from 1993, manufacturers have been legally obliged to label them 'crab-flavoured sticks'.

Or ‘ocean sticks’

Ahh thats why each one comes in a plastic bag..

[Rude-boy]

Considering I have an A level in English (yeah i know!) It took until i was 23 to realise that the word schedule is pronounced Shed-yule, not Sked-yule.

Bloody Americanisms sneaking in where you don't spot them!

[DRFC1879]

Rawwr said:

Crab sticks do not actually contain any crab and, from 1993, manufacturers have been legally obliged to label them 'crab-flavoured sticks'.

[pedant]Crab flavour sticks. They're not flavoured with crab therefore can not be called crab flavoured sticks. that goes for all foods. If it says "flavoured", it gets some flavour from the thing it's meant to taste like. If it says "flavour" it can be any old approximation.[/pedant]

[Jimmy Recard]

Thankyou4calling said:

Myth!! There isn't. Certainly not on most cars.

Many, many do though. I've got no idea what percentage of cars but most cars I've had have the little arrow to show which side the fuel door is

[northwest monkey]

Thankyou4calling said:

blindswelledrat said:

On most cars where the petrol gauge is there is a little picture of a petrol pump and an arrow next to it. The arrow points to which side of the car the filler cap is on so you know if you are unfamiliar with the car.

Myth!! There isn't. Certainly not on most cars.

I haven't driven "most" cars, but the last few cars I've had have all had this.

[GAjon]

md4776 said:

northwest monkey said:

Thankyou4calling said:

blindswelledrat said:

On most cars where the petrol gauge is there is a little picture of a petrol pump and an arrow next to it. The arrow points to which side of the car the filler cap is on so you know if you are unfamiliar with the car.

Myth!! There isn't. Certainly not on most cars.

I haven't driven "most" cars, but the last few cars I've had have all had this.

Me neither, I checked and of my 3 cars, 1 has an arrow and the other 2 do not. Interestingly the one that does the fuel cap is on the passenger side, whereas the other 2 they are on the drivers side.

If there isn’t an arrow, on the picture of the petrol pump the side the nozzle is on is the side the filler is on!

Edited by GAjon on Friday 20th October 22:52

[astroarcadia]

The coded locks can be set to "code free".

[227bhp]

louiebaby said:

alorotom said:

Johnnytheboy said:

on any of these locks you can punch the digits in any order, and it will still work.

I didn’t know this till you posted it so you definitely aren’t alone!

The "C" is clear. If you don't know the code, give it a clean, and then dust for fingerprints after it's been used...

It's easier than that, you just look at the buttons to see which are worn or have dirt around them and press those.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

GAjon said:

If there isn’t an arrow, on the picture of the petrol pump the side the nozzle is on is the side the filler is on!

Not on my car it isn't.

[Yipper]

You can use Vaseline as hair gel, to style your hair.

You can make homemade microwave crisps. Thin slice of potato, spray with oil, salt, heat on max for 1-2mins.

Mercaptan is artificially added to natural gas, which is odourless and colourless, to make it smell like rotten eggs to detect easier a leak.

[bloomen]

I never realised PhDs are always original research. I assumed they just had double the number of essays or 10x the number of multiple choice questions compared to other exams.

[Exige77]

northwest monkey said:

Thankyou4calling said:

blindswelledrat said:

On most cars where the petrol gauge is there is a little picture of a petrol pump and an arrow next to it. The arrow points to which side of the car the filler cap is on so you know if you are unfamiliar with the car.

Myth!! There isn't. Certainly not on most cars.

I haven't driven "most" cars, but the last few cars I've had have all had this.

Just google image “car fuel gauge” you see will most of the images show there is some indication of left / right to fill up.

Edited by Exige77 on Saturday 21st October 08:05

[HOGEPH]

Rude-boy said:

Considering I have an A level in English (yeah i know!) It took until i was 23 to realise that the word schedule is pronounced Shed-yule, not Sked-yule.

Bloody Americanisms sneaking in where you don't spot them!

I pronounce it Sked-yule.

I also spent my early life at a school, rather than a shool....