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S’pore Man’s strange fuel economy bounce raises eyebrows, Latest News from Singapore

A Singaporean man was spotted bouncing on the trunk of his car at a gas station in Johor Bahru.

The 46-second video of the man’s actions was first published on Xiaohongshu and was recently uploaded to Facebook.

The video begins with the man walking towards the car’s fuel tank, presumably to check if there was room in the tank for more fuel.

After glancing at the fuel pump display, he took out a torch and shone it at the tank.

He then walked over to the open trunk of the car and sat down before bouncing up and down, shaking the body of the car as he moved.

Netizens believe he did this to maximize the amount of fuel he can add to the tank, as fuel in Malaysia is significantly cheaper than in Singapore.

The man is seen to be pumping RON97, indicated by the green pump, which costs around $0.97 per litre, while the nearest fuel grade in Singapore costs around $3.38 per litre.

Some netizens joked that he could have rotated the car 90 degrees to maximize the amount of fuel the car can carry.

“Keep shaking, at this rate the car will pass out,” we can read on Facebook.

Others, however, were not impressed.

“You have money to buy a car but no money to buy gas, how embarrassing,” one Facebook user joked.