WATCH: 'Bloody expensive mistake' - Boatie's $600 fail at petrol pump
- Publish Date
- Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 3:52PM
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A NSW fisherman has made a “bloody expensive mistake” at the bowser, accidentally filling up his rod holder instead of the fuel tank and wasting 231 litres of petrol.
In a TikTok video shared to the popular fishing page Fishing Sydney at the weekend, several people were seen hosing down the forecourt around a boat, which was parked at a 7-Eleven pump in West Pennant Hills in Sydney’s northwest.
“Guys, don’t make this mistake ever,” says the man behind the camera, as he pans to a fuel gauge displaying an eye-watering A$536.76 ($589) worth of fuel — or 231 wasted litres.
“They thought this was the petrol,” he continues, zooming in on the rod holder on the side of the vessel, which hollows out directly onto the floor.
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“I did that once, bloody stainless rod holder right next to my stainless fuel cap. Fortunately only a couple of litres before I realised,” added another.
Though firefighters were called to help clean up the scene, some viewers pointed to the dangers of the blunder.
“I hope no one flicks a match down a drain. Every manhole will be sent into orbit,” one user wrote.
“All the gear no idea,” another joked.
This article was first published on the nzherald.co.nz & was published here with permission
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