I am exactly the opposite. I preferred the placement on German cars.
I try to park pretty close to the pump. With the filler on the same side as the driver door I have to be careful not to bang the door into the structure around the pump. That's much easier when it is on the other side.
I don't care at all to walk around the car to pump the petrol.
After driving German cars for some years it was a disadvantage of my new Japanese car for me.
But I've never filled my car on the side of a road, so this argument didn't work for me at all.
I try to park pretty close to the pump. With the filler on the same side as the driver door I have to be careful not to bang the door into the structure around the pump. That's much easier when it is on the other side.
I don't care at all to walk around the car to pump the petrol.
After driving German cars for some years it was a disadvantage of my new Japanese car for me.
But I've never filled my car on the side of a road, so this argument didn't work for me at all.