Prime Minister David Cameron has bought a £1,500 ($2,172.58 US) used car as a "cheap run-around" for his wife, according to the salesman he bought it from.
Showroom owner Iain Harris, 44, said he thought a call from the PM's security team saying he was interested in the compact car was a "wind-up".
Mr Cameron paid £1,495 for the Nissan Micra in Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, on Friday.
He said the blue car was "just the right colour" for the Tory leader.
Mr Harris said he first heard of Mr Cameron's interest in the car when he received a call to his office at Witney Used Car Centre, in the prime minister's constituency.
"I thought it was one of my mates having a wind-up and I was going to be sat here for half an hour on my own doing nothing - especially when he said it was for a Nissan Micra."
He explained that when he turned up for the appointment, Mr Cameron asked his security detail to stand behind the car to make sure the back brake lights worked.
Mr Harris said he could not resist quipping that it was lucky the car was not red - the colour of the Labour Party.
"Fortunately, it was just the right colour," he said.
Mr Harris added: "It was a bit surreal, but likewise he was just a normal chap buying a car for his wife, a normal conversation, normal sort of deal and that was it."
Cheapskate!
Cheapskate!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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So, is a Nissan Micra a "wind up" car? Never heard of the car, or the term.
A friend of Doc's, one of only two B-29 bombers still flying.
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Have heard of a "Micra ",perhaps "windup " is slang for cheap economy car .
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A "wind up" is a polite way of saying "taking the piss."
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Makes sense ,given the context .
Cheapskate!
The Micra. There's not much to it -- a real bare-bones (Juke?) autocar. Judging by the rear view mirror the hooptie that the PM is standing in front of is probably 10 years old. A true wife pleaser for sure.
I'm thinking Cameron owed car dealer Harris a campaign favour and this pic was a good way to pay him back.
I'm thinking Cameron owed car dealer Harris a campaign favour and this pic was a good way to pay him back.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
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Publicity stunt I reckon.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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For the rare days when she isn't in the chauffeur-driven limo.
Your ruling class aren't scruffs are they? They have some dignity.
yrs,
rubato
Your ruling class aren't scruffs are they? They have some dignity.
yrs,
rubato
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I think hes attempting to commit humour again folks.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”