Today, I let my brother borrow my car, as he had a job interview. I told him the tank was nearly empty and gave him $20 to put some petrol in it. Ten minutes later, he calls me, saying the car won't start. He filled it up with diesel. It's a petrol car. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, as usual, I work nights and sleep during the day. I found out that my brother uses my car and never puts gas in it when he called me for the first time to actually ask me if he could borrow my car, and also to lend him $20 to put gas in it. FML
Today, trying to do something nice for my brother, I filled up his truck's gas tank. I didn't realize until too late that it's a diesel. FML
Today, I took my partner’s car to fill with gas because mine was in the shop. Out of habit, I put diesel into the tank. We discovered it three hours later; the tow bill ate my weekly budget, the mechanic sighed through the repair estimate, and I spent the evening on hold with roadside help. FML
Today, I was at my grandfather's house and my car was low on gas. He said I could put some of his gas in my car. He accidentally gave me the wrong tank to pump it out of, and I put fuel in my car that he uses for his small plane. It never ran better until the engine exploded. FML
Today, my dad agreed to let me borrow the car to go rock climbing with my friends. He'd just filled it up with gas, which is how I realized halfway back home that one of my "friends" had siphoned well over half the gas straight out of the tank. FML
Today, I was out with my youngest cousin and we had to stop for gas. Since he just got his license, I asked if he wanted to pump the gas while I went into the station to get snacks and pay. He pumped my car full of diesel. FML
Today, I went to start my truck that I had parked in my driveway after a long haul. The fuel gauge indicated I had a full tank. I didn't fill up. My neighbours' son decided to fill the tank with water with a hose, 150 litres worth on top of diesel. His dad's response? "Kids eh, what ya gonna do?" FML
Today, I returned home from a 2-day trip. Before I left, I told my brother to move my car across the street when the street cleaner passes by. Turns out, he used all my gas and got so wasted he forgot to move my car. I got a big ticket that he said he'd pay for. He's unemployed and lives off me. FML
Today, my brother "borrowed" my car and keys without asking me. He came back 4 hours later, alone and pale faced. It took half an hour of questions, interrogation, and finally threats before he admitted that my car is sitting in a ditch a few miles away, probably totaled. FML
Today, my neighbor's son siphoned the fuel out of my lawn mower and put it in his car. What he didn't realize is that the fuel mixture I use in my lawn mower would ruin his car engine. His dad says it's my fault and actually insists I should pay his pissant son's repair bill. FML
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EmAnRap 2
I don think hes getting the job...
yankfan89 27
No tell the garage the truth and make the brother pay for it
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Cmdr_Shepard 17
How can people NOT know what kind of gas to put in their car??!! Slap the shit out of your bro for being so stupid and make him pay for the damages. He needs to be kept 500 feet from any car so he doesn't wreck another one with his stupidity.
cfox1986 0
He didn't "wreck" the car he just used the wrong fuel. Think before you have smart ass remarks.
jellyD 1
This always make me wonder because the nozzle won't fit. Now that's a clue for these idiots! Clue 2 : read the sign, genius!
ladyluck7 6
Some gas stations have 2 different size nozzles... Ik this Cus I work at one
brick93ster 7
@41, it wasn't his car, it was his brothers. My families cars take different type of gas. Diesel, 91, 89 op, where are you from that you say petrol?
melantysaurus 3
Australia. And diesel in a petrol car here is certain death for the cylinder heads . Ever hear an engine sound like marbles are rattling around in it? That is what this guy has to look forward to.
mj_ok 9
Lessons Learned:(
Savra_fml 17
Since you are from Australia, and if you told your brother to put "petrol" in it and he put diesel...he either has a hearing impediment, mental incapacities,...or he just doen't like you! Another point, when you say "new car", if you mean a more recent model, chances are that the type of fuel used by the car is written on the fuel tank cap (or there is a sticker indicating the fuel type). Moral of the story....no excuse for him to make suh a mistake.
sadistmonkey 19
His brother probably knows the difference between diesel and gasoline and knew that he had to fill up the car with gasoline but just accidentally took the wrong nozzle...
Enslaved 38
Savra, you're correct. I just bought the new Jetta and the type of gas it takes is written in bold letters to let me know which to use. I was shocked and extra happy it takes 87 (the lease expensive one.) (:
Savra_fml 17
71, it is still quite difficult to do that considering the pumps are colour coded and clearly labelled. I agree, it is possible to make the mistake, but chances are this is not the first time OPs brother has driven or put petrol in a car. OPs brother would be very confused in Europe, where some contries call diesel "gasoil". Still, doing this in Australia would be an achievement. 81, my A3 has the same. It does help, especially when/if you let someone borrow your car (OPs brother excluded of course)
sadistmonkey 19
It's called being absentminded and grabbing the wrong nozzle. I'm not excusing his behavior. I'm just saying that I find it hard to believe that someone who is of driving age would literally not know the difference between diesel and gasoline.
conqueror57 11
Here in the States we make the nozzles on the pumps different sizes so that sort of thing doesn't happen. The diesel nozzles are too big to fit in a "petrol" tank.
False_Stupidity 42
The same thing is here in Australia, the diesel nozzle is bigger so the OP's brother must have put some effort into getting it mixed up.
kristat 14
At a lot of gas stations where I live the diesel pumps are completely separate from the regular, so you'd have to pull up to a different part of the lot to get to them. Makes it pretty idiot proof, I'd hope. Though I'm sure its more for the truckers' benefit than the idiots.
PiperWoods 0
....your brother needs to listen more
jrod81 1
Your brother is a dumbass
buffyfoo 0
You know theyre British when they say "petrol" instead of gas lol
THE_A_TEEN 28
Australia too, you idiot. You sound really close minded.
Timmeeh 17
I don't know if this is a worldwide thing - I'd very much assume it is, but in the UK there are pretty much always labels on the inside of the tank cover door, so when you open it you get "Fill only with unleaded [petrol/diesel]" staring you in the face. It's... pretty hard to miss.