Wherein I nearly fail to be able to gas up a rental car

[dalesys]

You kids have it easy!

Under the front hood. (VW Beetle)

[Argus]

some of the newer cars that i've seen have an arrow under the gas gauge pointing toward the side the tank fill is on.

And I noticed that the gauge pictured, like the one in my car, has that arrow opposite the pump handle.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/icon.asp

[Chromatix]

Here's another unusual (but reasonable) place for it:

[wolfie]

They didn't change them for left & right hand drive markets though; the only Minis with right-hand filler caps were those fitted with twin-tanks, which was an original Cooper option and a common aftermarket adaptation as the original gas tanks were so small.

I stand by what I wrote (even though, until your post, I didn't know which side the cap was on - it appears to be the left side). Note that I didn't say "left" or "right", but "driver" and "passenger" - the gas cap was on the driver's side of Minis sold in North America, and on the passenger side of Minis sold in Britain.

Never seen one of these in real life, but the weirdest place I've ever heard of the gas filler being is on the mid-50s Chevrolets (and some Peugeots, from what I've heard):

I've read about some '70s Japanese cars (at least 20 years since I read it, forgot which ones) that had the filler behind a trim panel on the "C" pillar.

[XCashier]

I didn’t have worry about such things with my first car. The gas cap was in the middle of the rear end, under the license plate.

Mine too! That was nice and convenient; I could pull up to either side of the pump and not have to worry about the hose not reaching.

[dalesys]

I didn’t have worry about such things with my first car. The gas cap was in the middle of the rear end, under the license plate.

But the damn thing would always try to bite you every time you filled up.

[Ironclad Alibi]

But the damn thing would always try to bite you every time you filled up.

I had a special way to wedge the gas cap in there so it wouldn't bite.