Is the tank mount off center and the spare tire center?

On left hand drive cars, the tank is mounted off center towards the passenger side and the spare tire is off center towards the drivers side

Edited December 19, 20213 yr by Patcon

This might help in showing the amount of off-center for the spare tire well.

Here's a post with actual measurements:

 

2 hours ago, Patcon said:

The tank is mounted off center towards the passenger side and the spare tire is off center towards the drivers side

:polite cough:

 

1 hour ago, HS30-H said:

:polite cough:

 

It's all relative, right? 😄

The thing that freaked me out was the day I discovered the hatch lock striker bar isn’t in the center of the slam panel. The release button up on the hatch deck is in the middle, but not the actual catch

Sometimes we assume symmetry where none exists.

11 hours ago, jfa.series1 said:

It's all relative, right? 😄

Ah, but relative to Left and Right hand sides of the car, not 'Driver' and 'Passenger'...

And of course, all this is Domino Effect. The fuel tank is offset to the Right hand side because the exhaust is on the Left hand side of the car, because the exhaust manifold is on the Left hand side of the engine. Design Concession in action.

2 hours ago, HS30-H said:

Ah, but relative to Left and Right hand sides of the car, not 'Driver' and 'Passenger'...

And of course, all this is Domino Effect. The fuel tank is offset to the Right hand side because the exhaust is on the Left hand side of the car, because the exhaust manifold is on the Left hand side of the engine. Design Concession in action.

I was originally going to reference left and right but was concerned that might cause confusion based on whether they knew that was based on looking from the rear of the car

We could go to what Mariners use... Port = Left side of car when looking to the front of the car from the rear and Starboard = Right side of car when looking towards the front of the car from the rear.  🤪