Did you know that many cars today have a little icon on the dashboard fuel guage that shows which side of the car your gas tank is on? How did I not know about this before?

We were on a camping trip with a group from church recently, and were driving an unfamiliar van. The driver stopped for gas and wondered out loud where the gas tank might be. Someone reminded him that it would show on the gas guage, and I looked: sure enough, there was a little arrow pointing to the driver’s side of the van.

I thought to myself, “Gee – it would be so great if our cars had that,” since both gas tanks are on different sides of the cars, so we forget which is which all the time. Imagine my surprise when I came home and looked – both cars have the indicator. In fact, the Toyota, which I drive most, actually says the words “FUEL DOOR” along with the arrow. Kinda’ felt a little dumb at that point, but I post here in the spirit of self-sacrifice: YOU can benefit from my ignorance!