So here's a nerdy question: 

"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt) 05/31/2017 at 14:54 • Filed to: None

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What’s your gas cap like? Mine has a holder for the inner cap, and the plumbing is super sayian spec. It’s opened with a button on driver’s door. The profile is also a weird shape thanks to the body panel it’s attached to:

Nothing > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:00

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My wife’s Jeep has no cap, door is remote release. The Tacoma has the tradition cap hanging from a little cord when you remove it, no remote release, no lock. The Cougar is behind the license plate, locking cap.

Xyl0c41n3 > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:03

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My car has a capless fuel tank.

Aremmes > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:03

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My Camry beater has a plastic fuel door with a broken latch, so it’s held closed solely by hinge friction and aerodynamics and the fuel release lever in the cabin does nothing, but it has a lip from which I can hang the untethered fuel cap. Other than its age-induced brokenness, it’s not dissimilar to the setups on my Miata and the wife’s 3, certainly nothing like the cap-less fuel filler necks on current Ford models.

Chuckles > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:05

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My Miata has a door release inside the center console armrest, next to the trunk release. No storage clip or leash for the gas cap.

My Civic has a broken floor mounted trunk/gas cap release, so the only way to do it is to open the trunk with the key (no remote), reach inside the wall of the trunk, and manually release the gas cap lid. It does have a storage clip for the cap, but no leash.

Svend > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:08

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Mine has a filler cap holder (top left of the filler door) and an ice scraper.

(and a boring tyre pressure index)

XJDano > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:15

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I’ll let you know in a few minutes when I go get gas.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:23

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I wouldn’t really know since I very rarely ever open my gas tank on my own. Being in NJ, that is a foreign area I am not allowed to touch lol.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:35

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Mine has a door opened by a lever on the bottom of the dash. And then my cap doesn’t have a cord either.

DipodomysDeserti > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:43

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I really like newer BMW’s fuel caps. They give you a little holder to stick it in. Here’s my old 335d:

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:48

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Gas cap is one of these:

Hidden behind one of these:

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:52

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The Twingo has a very boring cap, which is locked by the key. It does have this handy hook to hang the cap on the fuel door(which also has a hook):

Sitting behind this boring, non-lockable door:

(Yes, was too lazy to go out side and take some shots, so I used google image search)

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 15:55

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promoted by the color red > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 16:02

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The Camry has an interior pull for the gas door and the gas cap’s stupid plastic retaining pin keeps popping out of its hole on the gas door. I gave up somewhere around the 50k mile and left it disconnected. It’s also bloody filthy after getting swallowed up in April’s sandstorm.

No interior pull for the Miata. Just walk up and push the filler door. Similar concept except the cap stays pinned to the filler door and it’s not caked with dust. 30+ mpg in the city means I don’t open it very often.

facw > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 16:08

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Simple gas cap on a rubber tether so it hangs off the fuel door. This one is a replacement since both the tether and the gasket on the original rotted away.

The fuel door itself works lever style, you push on the front, which pops out the back, there’s no pull or release for it. It is tied with the central locking, so can’t be opened when the car is locked.

XJDano > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 16:13

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Finger gap on the door

Tethered cap

My usual cap placement, notice tip for hanging I’d guess

Hanging by the tip

Cap has RTFM diagram on it. I haven’t read it.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 16:24

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I mean mine is blue and no tether, but that’s that.

Urambo Tauro > XJDano 05/31/2017 at 17:15

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Same style here, but no tether.

Urambo Tauro > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/31/2017 at 17:15

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My old Delta 88 had a central one, too (behind the plate). Super convenient.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/31/2017 at 17:25

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Mine is the usual round gas door. Located on the left (drivers’) side of the car with a pull handle on the interior to the left of the drivers’ door (excuse the dirt - haven’t had a chance to give the car a good clean since winter!). There’s a slot to hang the gas cap while fueling up, but it also has a tether as well!

Noah - Now with more boost. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/31/2017 at 17:40

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That’s neat! I like these cars, didn’t know they had a gas cap back there though.

Noah - Now with more boost. > XJDano 05/31/2017 at 17:40

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RFTM?

Noah - Now with more boost. > facw 05/31/2017 at 17:41

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Squiggly! Never seen that before. This is way better than something dangling from the interior of the cap, hitting the paint.

XJDano > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 17:41

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Read The Fucking Manual.

Noah - Now with more boost. > promoted by the color red 05/31/2017 at 17:42

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30 mpg city? what’s highway then, almost 40?

Noah - Now with more boost. > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 05/31/2017 at 17:43

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I’ve never heard of a system like this, let alone used one. Unusual (to me).

Noah - Now with more boost. > Chuckles 05/31/2017 at 17:44

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the only way to do it is to open the trunk with the key (no remote), reach inside the wall of the trunk, and manually release the gas cap lid.

any way to fix that cable?

Noah - Now with more boost. > Svend 05/31/2017 at 17:44

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ooooo the ice scrape is a cool feature, never head of that.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Nothing 05/31/2017 at 17:44

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It’s too bad nobody does hidden gas caps anymore. I don’t see why not?

Noah - Now with more boost. > DipodomysDeserti 05/31/2017 at 17:45

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That’s a very Germanic holder. Mine is just a big clunky thing.

facw > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 17:46

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Yeah, I was a bit apprehensive about it when I first got it, since I liked the more robust fuel door mount my previous car had, but because the tether mounts to the fuel door, it hands far enough out that I’ve never had an issue with it touching the car.

Noah - Now with more boost. > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 05/31/2017 at 17:47

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ugh I need a classic in my life again.

Noah - Now with more boost. > CaptDale - is secretly British 05/31/2017 at 17:48

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where do you put it if there’s no tether?

Noah - Now with more boost. > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 05/31/2017 at 17:49

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I always forget about the NJ no self serve deal. Such a strange thing.

Chuckles > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 17:49

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Probably. My goal is to invest as little as possible in that Civic. It was flooded during Hurricane Matthew last year when I lived in NC. The insurance company totaled the car and gave me the choice of giving them the car and getting $3800, or keeping the car and getting $3400. I kept it, gutted the interior and got rid of the mildew. It really didn’t take much damage, but the cable on the floor deteriorated and then it snapped over the winter when it got really cold and I tried to pop the trunk. (I should probably just do an Oppo post about my flood-mobile at this point).

Noah - Now with more boost. > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 05/31/2017 at 17:49

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The whole no cord thing confuses me, it must be one of those “hey we’ll save $10k over a run of 300,000 if we leave it out” things.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Xyl0c41n3 05/31/2017 at 17:50

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strange!

Noah - Now with more boost. > XJDano 05/31/2017 at 17:51

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lol. I will remember that for the future.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Chuckles 05/31/2017 at 17:52

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Yes definitely review the flood mobile lol. I’m really curious now.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 17:56

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Well since there isn’t a place in the lid for it I am happy there is not tether cause I don’t want it hanging against my car. So as I was taught with older cars to take it out and place it on the top of the pump. The thought there is incase you forget to put it back on you won’t lose it in the road like you would if you place it on your roof and 2 it isn’t placed on your precious paint.

Chuckles > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 18:03

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Maybe I’ll write it up this weekend. The point is, when something breaks I just shrug and say “hey, $400 car.” I’ve probably put 5,000 miles on it since then, so I feel like I got my money’s worth out of it. I’ve had it for over 5 years now, after buying it off of my sister.

Pictured: my parking lot. Civic was about 10 feet to the left.

promoted by the color red > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 18:14

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I wouldn’t be surprised, it’s rated at 37 Highway. I’m seeing ~40 when I’m doing 55 mph in 6th.

DipodomysDeserti > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/31/2017 at 18:26

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It fits in nice and snug too. Very well thought out.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Noah - Now with more boost. 06/01/2017 at 06:55

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your cap part number is 92027613 here in Australia

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Noah - Now with more boost. 06/01/2017 at 07:36

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Yeah its really quite inconvenient honestly. It’s generally so much faster to just do it yourself. But they tend to yell at you if you do that here. I have lived out of state for a bit and it was just so much nicer. Coming home was rough readjusting to such a pointless rule.

Noah - Now with more boost. > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/01/2017 at 10:15

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What I really want to know is why there’s a Mitsubishi symbol on it!?

Noah - Now with more boost. > Chuckles 06/01/2017 at 10:17

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That is... horrifying.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Noah - Now with more boost. 06/01/2017 at 10:26

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Holden caps are near identical

Mitsubishi will have used it too

Can’t remember what their number is

Chuckles > Noah - Now with more boost. 06/01/2017 at 10:32

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Everything you see in that picture is just rain water that had nowhere to go. Eastern NC is incredibly flat.

Noah - Now with more boost. > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/01/2017 at 12:59

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Very strange! Wouldn’t have expected that.