An Aramco petrol pump on Srinagar Highway in Islamabad charged a Honda City owner for 56.28 litres of petrol, exceeding the car’s tank capacity by over 14 litres.
The owner of car was charged Rs 22,211 for the fuel, an amount calculated on the basis of the 56.28-litre reading shown on the dispensing machine of the filling station.
The official manufacturer specifications of the Honda confirm that the 2015 Honda City model has a maximum fuel tank capacity of only 42 litres under any standard conditions.
The owner of the car posted on the his social media that his vehicle still had a remaining driving range of approximately 165 kilometres before he stopped at the pump to refuel his car.
That remaining range indicates that between nine and ten litres of petrol were already present inside the tank at the time the refuelling process began.
With existing fuel already in the tank, the maximum additional petrol the vehicle could physically accept was approximately 32 to 33 litres under normal conditions.
During the refuelling process, the owner intervened when the dispenser reading crossed 54.37 litres, telling the attendant to stop as the figure exceeded the known capacity of the tank.
The petrol pump attendant reportedly responded by claiming that the fuel tank of the Honda City was capable of holding up to 60 litres of petrol in total.
Following a brief argument at the pump, the owner instructed the attendant to continue filling the tank until the dispenser indicated it had reached full capacity.
The pump then added a further 1.91 litres, bringing the total recorded on the dispenser to 56.28 litres by the time the refuelling process ended.
