He pulls the petrol line from the carburettor and sucks on it hard before reconnecting.
The government leant on Petrobras, the national oil company, to withdraw plans to raise the price of petrol in line with world prices.
Even driving through part of New Jersey on Sunday night, I saw long lines for petrol, petrol stations that remained closed, and blocks with no power.
Waves of masked anti-government protesters hurl pavement stones and petrol bombs at lines of riot police, who cower behind their shields and then return fire with stun grenades, tear gas and plastic bullets.
There is a petrol station, a line of market stalls, shops, another line of bars/ brothels/resthouses, the A K Paradise Club, the Arizona Special Bottle Store, and the Zabwino Bar.
As leaked, it hits around 400,000 high-income earners with a three-year $3.1bn deficit levy and reaps a further $2.2bn by increasing petrol taxes in line with inflation.
A decade ago 12 million visited this pocket handkerchief country every year, attracted to the endless shopping malls, car dealerships and petrol stations that line its main roads.
That one will restore a practice, abandoned 13 years ago by a former conservative government, led by John Howard, under which taxes on petrol rise in line with inflation.Joe Hockey, the Treasurer (pictured), told parliament in Canberra that after five successive deficits, both measures were needed to "fix the budget".
It is powered by an AMC 3.983 litre 6-cylinder in-line petrol with fuel injection developing 180 hp at 4,700 rpm, fitted with Vortox 2-stage air cleaner or a Volkswagen 2.5 litre 4-cylinder turbocharged diesel developing 88 kilowatts (118 hp) at 4,200 rpm.
Petrol, of course, is cheap.
Long lines at petrol stations, bakeries, and charcoal vendors have become the norm.
