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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Research commissioned by SunLife was launched this week for their 'Welcome to Life After 50' marketing campaign.

It lists the 50 things you should have done by the time you're 50 and the top 20 regrets:

TOP 50 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU’RE 50

Buy a house

Have kids

Get married

Fall in love

Eat fish and chips on the pier

Donate blood

Read 100 books

See your favourite musician/band live

Learn a language

Attend a music festival

Own a dog

Learn to say no to your mother

Stay out all night partying

See the Northern Lights

Visit Stonehenge

Be able to remember which side of your car the petrol cap is on

Travel somewhere alone

Sleep underneath the stars

Watch a meteor shower

Dance in the rain

Become an expert at something

Quit a job

See a volcano

Visit all seven continents

Throw a coin in the Trevi fountain

Take a helicopter ride

Have sex on a beach

Swim with dolphins

Go skinny dipping

Ride a gondola in Venice

Make a snow angel

Take part in a protest

Own your own business

Go in a hot air balloon

Ride an elephant

Climb Snowdonia

Jump into a pool fully clothed

Backpack across Europe

Perfect a signature dish

Drink beer at Oktoberfest

Run a marathon

Get a tattoo

Ride a Vespa

Watch comedy at Edinburgh Fringe

Write a novel

Write a journal

Spend a month technology free

Try drugs

Have a threesome

Go to an airport and pick a random flight

Top 20 regrets

Not seeing enough of the world

Smoking too much

Losing touch with old friends

Putting on too much weight

Marrying the wrong person

Not starting my pension soon enough

Not learning a new language

Spending too much time worrying about what others thought of me

Not learning an instrument

Not following a career direction I wanted

Living to work rather than working to live

Not looking after my health properly

Not being able to say ‘no’

Not learning more about my family tree

Having children too old

Not having children

Not owning my own business

Not taking up more hobbies

Having children too young

Never living in the countryside

Is there a Fab list?

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

DRINK

ARSE

FECK

GORLS

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Well, I have a lot to do in the next 10 weeks then.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Interesting lists, I will need to double check and report back

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"DRINK

ARSE

FECK

GORLS"

All at once?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like their telly advert

52 next birthday btw

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

"DRINK

ARSE

FECK

GORLS

All at once?

Preferably, yes.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Well, I have a lot to do in the next 10 weeks then.

I still have things to do, going by that list, and I'm two years overdue.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Managed 32 of the top 50, so far. There's 10 which I never want to do, so only leaves 8 - and I need to renew my passport, for a few of those.

Had a fab list but did everything on it, so started a new one

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I like their telly advert

52 next birthday btw

I haven't seen it. I'll be the same.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Managed 32 of the top 50, so far. There's 10 which I never want to do, so only leaves 8 - and I need to renew my passport, for a few of those.

Had a fab list but did everything on it, so started a new one

Well done, I think.

I haven't counted how many I have done.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Done 32

Regrets 4

But can fix them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What about poor, unintelligent people? Written by a middle class journo probly.

Fab ones.

Fuck a much younger man.

Have anal sex.

Attend a gang bang.

Squirt.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"What about poor, unintelligent people? Written by a middle class journo probly.

Fab ones.

Fuck a much younger man.

Have anal sex.

Attend a gang bang.

Squirt.

Done only 2 of them

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Only 25. I feel such a failure. There are a couple I can't achieve at all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well, I have a lot to do in the next 10 weeks then.

I still have things to do, going by that list, and I'm two years overdue.

I wouldn't want to do a lot of them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've done 25 off the to-do list.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"What about poor, unintelligent people? Written by a middle class journo probly.

Fab ones.

Fuck a much younger man.

Have anal sex.

Attend a gang bang.

Squirt.

I think it was research compiled to sell insurance/finance product. The poor don't buy enough of those.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And have 9 on the regret list.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I like their telly advert

52 next birthday btw

I haven't seen it. I'll be the same.

I've done 38 things on the list and I have no regrets about anything

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What about poor, unintelligent people? Written by a middle class journo probly.

Fab ones.

Fuck a much younger man.

Have anal sex.

Attend a gang bang.

Squirt.

Done only 2 of them

Just the gang bang left for me

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By *eepster1Man
over a year ago

birmingham

Have your name on Mars

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I like their telly advert

52 next birthday btw

I haven't seen it. I'll be the same.

I've done 38 things on the list and I have no regrets about anything

I'd just posted that someone else was the winner, so far, with 32 but you're in the lead.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

21 on the done list, but don't have ambitions to tick them all off.

Only one on the regrets and that is the weight one, quite happy with that as i don't do regrets.

Ginger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What about poor, unintelligent people? Written by a middle class journo probly.

Fab ones.

Fuck a much younger man.

Have anal sex.

Attend a gang bang.

Squirt.

never attended a gang bang

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

"I like their telly advert

52 next birthday btw

I haven't seen it. I'll be the same.

I've done 38 things on the list and I have no regrets about anything

I'd just posted that someone else was the winner, so far, with 32 but you're in the lead.

I came close 34. A few of the ones left I can't be arsed with!

The Falklands is as close to Antarctica as I am likely to get, I'm going to take that and make it 34 1/2 ...

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I like their telly advert

52 next birthday btw

I haven't seen it. I'll be the same.

I've done 38 things on the list and I have no regrets about anything

I'd just posted that someone else was the winner, so far, with 32 but you're in the lead.

I came close 34. A few of the ones left I can't be arsed with!

The Falklands is as close to Antarctica as I am likely to get, I'm going to take that and make it 34 1/2 ..."

I think you get more than half for that. You're practically there.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"What about poor, unintelligent people? Written by a middle class journo probly.

Fab ones.

Fuck a much younger man.

Have anal sex.

Attend a gang bang.

Squirt.

Done only 2 of them

Just the gang bang left for me

I'll leave that one undone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buy a house - why?

Have kids - got one

Get married - piss off

Fall in love - there's enough mental illness around without that

Eat fish and chips on the pier - duh, who thought this shit up?

Donate blood - it's my blood

Read 100 books - ha, i did that before I was 18

See your favourite musician/band live - seen a lot of my fave bands

Learn a language - too lazy

Attend a music festival - been there done that several times

Own a dog - is this for a perversion?

Learn to say no to your mother - she's dead

Stay out all night partying - gimme a break, anyone who hasn't done that by the time they are 20 is boring

See the Northern Lights - does television documentaries count?

Visit Stonehenge - can't think of a reason to do this

Be able to remember which side of your car the petrol cap is on - jeez what dumb ass made that one up?

Travel somewhere alone - I do most of my travelling alone

Sleep underneath the stars - easy when you've been partying all night!

Watch a meteor shower - that can only happen when there is one where you can see it

Dance in the rain - partying all night again!

Become an expert at something - expert is a relative term

Quit a job - just one?

See a volcano - I walked up a volcano

Visit all seven continents - fine if you have the money

Throw a coin in the Trevi fountain - the wish thing isn't real you know?

Take a helicopter ride - only if it is an apache attack copter and I get to kill loads of bad guys

Have sex on a beach - they have that in the pub these days

Swim with dolphins - i can't swim, will drown with dolphins work?

Go skinny dipping - hasn't everyone done this before 20?

Ride a gondola in Venice - no thanks

Make a snow angel - nope, just no

Take part in a protest - I'm protesting that this list is dumb

Own your own business - do you realise how much work that involves? No thanks

Go in a hot air balloon - why?

Ride an elephant - I can't think of a reason to do this

Climb Snowdonia - fuck off please

Jump into a pool fully clothed - and drown?

Backpack across Europe - prefer to have luxury, when I'm homeless and broke I'll have a go

Perfect a signature dish - fine so long as someone else is cooking

Drink beer at Oktoberfest - so passe

Run a marathon - now you're being a dick

Get a tattoo - thought about it, don't want to pay for it

Ride a Vespa - can I just twat someone riding a vespa?

Watch comedy at Edinburgh Fringe -sounds boring

Write a novel - ha ha ha ha ha, that's 99% of the population out then

Write a journal - yawn

Spend a month technology free - did that in the 60s and 70s

Try drugs - I guess a junkie threw that one in

Have a threesome - yep ok

Go to an airport and pick a random flight - great if money is no object

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Top 20 regrets

Not seeing enough of the world - yep

Smoking too much - never smoked

Losing touch with old friends - nope

Putting on too much weight - occasionally

Marrying the wrong person - - nope, I avoided making that mistake by not getting married

Not starting my pension soon enough - nope, probably be dead before I can use it

Not learning a new language - not really, but it would be handy

Spending too much time worrying about what others thought of me - nope

Not learning an instrument - tried, I have no talent for it

Not following a career direction I wanted - never had a career direction

Living to work rather than working to live - never did this either

Not looking after my health properly - nope

Not being able to say ‘no’ - no

Not learning more about my family tree -why would anyone regret that?

Having children too old - children get old like everyone, how can you have children who are too old?

Not having children - no, got one

Not owning my own business - too much hard work

Not taking up more hobbies - got enough

Having children too young - i won't comment on that!

Never living in the countryside - what numpty put that one in?

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

TOP 50 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU’RE 50

Buy a house

Have kids

Get married

Fall in love

Eat fish and chips on the pier

Donate blood

Read 100 books

See your favourite musician/band live

Learn a language

Attend a music festival x

Own a dog x

Learn to say no to your mother

Stay out all night partying

See the Northern Lights x

Visit Stonehenge

Be able to remember which side of your car the petrol cap is on x

Travel somewhere alone

Sleep underneath the stars

Watch a meteor shower x

Dance in the rain

Become an expert at something

Quit a job

See a volcano x

Visit all seven continents x

Throw a coin in the Trevi fountain x

Take a helicopter ride x

Have sex on a beach

Swim with dolphins x

Go skinny dipping

Ride a gondola in Venice x

Make a snow angel x

Take part in a protest

Own your own business x

Go in a hot air balloon x

Ride an elephant x

Climb Snowdonia x

Jump into a pool fully clothed

Backpack across Europe x

Perfect a signature dish

Drink beer at Oktoberfest

Run a marathon x

Get a tattoo x

Ride a Vespa x

Watch comedy at Edinburgh Fringe x

Write a novel x

Write a journal x

Spend a month technology free

Try drugs x

Have a threesome

Go to an airport and pick a random flight x

Top 20 regrets

Not seeing enough of the world

Smoking too much

Losing touch with old friends

Putting on too much weight

Marrying the wrong person

Not starting my pension soon enough x

Not learning a new language

Spending too much time worrying about what others thought of me

Not learning an instrument x

Not following a career direction I wanted

Living to work rather than working to live

Not looking after my health properly

Not being able to say ‘no’

Not learning more about my family tree x

Having children too old x

Not having children x

Not owning my own business x

Not taking up more hobbies

Having children too young x

Never living in the countryside

Is there a Fab list?

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Buy a house - why?

Have kids - got one

Get married - piss off

Fall in love - there's enough mental illness around without that

Eat fish and chips on the pier - duh, who thought this shit up?

Donate blood - it's my blood

Read 100 books - ha, i did that before I was 18

See your favourite musician/band live - seen a lot of my fave bands

Learn a language - too lazy

Attend a music festival - been there done that several times

Own a dog - is this for a perversion?

Learn to say no to your mother - she's dead

Stay out all night partying - gimme a break, anyone who hasn't done that by the time they are 20 is boring

See the Northern Lights - does television documentaries count?

Visit Stonehenge - can't think of a reason to do this

Be able to remember which side of your car the petrol cap is on - jeez what dumb ass made that one up?

Travel somewhere alone - I do most of my travelling alone

Sleep underneath the stars - easy when you've been partying all night!

Watch a meteor shower - that can only happen when there is one where you can see it

Dance in the rain - partying all night again!

Become an expert at something - expert is a relative term

Quit a job - just one?

See a volcano - I walked up a volcano

Visit all seven continents - fine if you have the money

Throw a coin in the Trevi fountain - the wish thing isn't real you know?

Take a helicopter ride - only if it is an apache attack copter and I get to kill loads of bad guys

Have sex on a beach - they have that in the pub these days

Swim with dolphins - i can't swim, will drown with dolphins work?

Go skinny dipping - hasn't everyone done this before 20?

Ride a gondola in Venice - no thanks

Make a snow angel - nope, just no

Take part in a protest - I'm protesting that this list is dumb

Own your own business - do you realise how much work that involves? No thanks

Go in a hot air balloon - why?

Ride an elephant - I can't think of a reason to do this

Climb Snowdonia - fuck off please

Jump into a pool fully clothed - and drown?

Backpack across Europe - prefer to have luxury, when I'm homeless and broke I'll have a go

Perfect a signature dish - fine so long as someone else is cooking

Drink beer at Oktoberfest - so passe

Run a marathon - now you're being a dick

Get a tattoo - thought about it, don't want to pay for it

Ride a Vespa - can I just twat someone riding a vespa?

Watch comedy at Edinburgh Fringe -sounds boring

Write a novel - ha ha ha ha ha, that's 99% of the population out then

Write a journal - yawn

Spend a month technology free - did that in the 60s and 70s

Try drugs - I guess a junkie threw that one in

Have a threesome - yep ok

Go to an airport and pick a random flight - great if money is no object"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And have a doctors finger up my ass

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

36-5

Not bad, but I am fifty five, most got done in the first ten years after leaving school or in the last five.

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

"Well, I have a lot to do in the next 10 weeks then.

Me too,I have a bit longer than 10 week's though

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"And have a doctors finger up my ass"

I've done that one (or, rather, had it done to me).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And have a doctors finger up my ass

I've done that one (or, rather, had it done to me).

You had a prostate check

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Guess I'd better get cracking

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"And have a doctors finger up my ass

I've done that one (or, rather, had it done to me).

You had a prostate check

No, I had a colonoscopy when they thought I might have cancer. Three different male doctors decided to stick their fingers in. Thankfully, not at the same time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And have a doctors finger up my ass

I've done that one (or, rather, had it done to me).

You had a prostate check

No, I had a colonoscopy when they thought I might have cancer. Three different male doctors decided to stick their fingers in. Thankfully, not at the same time.

Haha indeed

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Well, I have a lot to do in the next 10 weeks then.

I did all that by the time I was 33 you slacker

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

"And have a doctors finger up my ass"

Haha, I got away with that one by having another scare so a full scan & xrays before xmas from abdomen to bollox. Given an all aok though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What about poor, unintelligent people? Written by a middle class journo probly.

Fab ones.

Fuck a much younger man.

Have anal sex.

Attend a gang bang.

Squirt.

never attended a gang bang

Me neither. We could grab a couple of women and a willing man and set one up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And have a doctors finger up my ass

I've done that one (or, rather, had it done to me).

So have I. Then I stuck mine up his arse

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"And have a doctors finger up my ass

I've done that one (or, rather, had it done to me).

So have I. Then I stuck mine up his arse

I hear fecal transplants are the done thing these days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And have a doctors finger up my ass

I've done that one (or, rather, had it done to me).

So have I. Then I stuck mine up his arse

I hear fecal transplants are the done thing these days.

Don't they percolate or blend it and tube feed it to you?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What about poor, unintelligent people? Written by a middle class journo probly.

Fab ones.

Fuck a much younger man.

Have anal sex.

Attend a gang bang.

Squirt.

never attended a gang bang

Me neither. We could grab a couple of women and a willing man and set one up.

I like your way of thinking

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Only achieved 15, regrets are 10. Oh well who wants to conform to everything these lists say.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Quit a job...tick

Ride a Vespa...tick

Fuck knows how im gonna do rest in 3 yrs

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By *oiluvfunMan
over a year ago

Penrith

The petrol flap one is easy, I can cross that off everyone's list; when you look at the fuel gauge on your dashboard, look at which side the filler is on the symbol, as that will correspond to the same side of the vehicle the filler flap is.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lol being over 50,doesn't seem that long ago there wasn't such things as'bucket lists' similar to this list,why would you do things,just to tick them off? Fair enough if it's something you actually wanted to do,not just for the sake of 'impressing' no one on facecraic?

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

"The petrol flap one is easy, I can cross that off everyone's list; when you look at the fuel gauge on your dashboard, look at which side the filler is on the symbol, as that will correspond to the same side of the vehicle the filler flap is.

Doesn't work on all cars but nice try

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By *entle giraffeMan
over a year ago

Minehead

26/50, should get there if I make it to 100

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By *obbytupperMan
over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

Top tip :- The fuel gauge pump symbol on the dashboard tells you which side the filler cap is. If the pipe is to the right, so is the fuel filler and visa versa.

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

"Top tip :- The fuel gauge pump symbol on the dashboard tells you which side the filler cap is. If the pipe is to the right, so is the fuel filler and visa versa.

As I posted above not on all cars it doesn't

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