“Luckily I Checked Before Paying”: Shocked South African Man’s R300 Petrol Bill Only Gets Him 2 Litres of Fuel

“Luckily I Checked Before Paying”: Shocked South African Man’s R300 Petrol Bill Only Gets Him 2 Litres of Fuel

  • A Cape Town man was shocked to see the R300 he spent on petrol only yielded two litres of petrol
  • Faiek Davids took a photograph of the petrol tank and the post went viral on social media
  • Davids was putting fuel into his Toyota 86 sports car and was advised by the station's owner to use a different pump

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Faiek Davids received a big fright on Sunday, August 7 when the R300 he spent on fuel indicated he only bought a paltry two litres of fuel.

petrol tank and Toyota 86 driving
A Cape Town motorist's post of him being short-changed out of petro has gone viral. Image: Facebook / Netcarshow
Source: UGC

The Cape Town man quickly snapped a photo of the unbelievable readout on the petrol tank, before he asked to see the station's owner.

According to Davids's Facebook post, he went for a drive in his Toyota 86 sports car to purchase koeksisters and visited the fuel station.

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He says:

"2 litres for R300, luckily I checked before I paid...I told the petrol attendant to call the owner and was advised to use another pump."

The price of unleaded 95-grade fuel is currently R24.77 per litre, the AA reports.

Based on Davids's post the petrol price at that establishment was a crazy R150 per litre. Here are some of the comments from the post:

RichArd Whitebooi says:

"Hope you got you petrol from another pump."

Earl Kiewitz says:

"How many people paid and never saw the mistake?"

Jason Williams says:

"Good thing you paid attention bro."

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A gorgeous woman confessed in a video that flowers just don't do it for her as a gift. Instead, she wants petrol, according to her TikTok clip.

The clip shows the woman rolling into a petrol station and filling her Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

However, Komani ends the video by showing viewers the final bill, and South Africans got stuck into her in the comments section. The price for filling her 115-litre tank was R3 184, but many said Komani's car isn't fitted with such a large fuel tank.

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Sean Parker Sean Parker is a motoring journalist with over 10 years' experience, who started out in the industry as the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists' Bursar student. Since then, the Cape Town-born editor has gone on to launch a national newspaper called Gears and Gadgets and worked for the country's premier online and print motoring publications before joining Briefly News to head up its Car & Tech section. He enjoys watching live sport and can't wait for F1 to make its debut in Mzansi.

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