When car dealership boss Iain Harris got the call from David Cameron\u2019s security team that the Prime Minister was about to call in to buy a used blue Nissan Micra, he thought it was his mates winding him up.<\/p>\n
Harris, owner of Witney Used Car Centre, said he was asked if he would mind staying open for an extra half an hour on Friday night so the prime minister could look over the secondhand car, which cost \u00a31,495.<\/p>\n
He was in two minds, he told the Guardian, in case his friends turned up instead and thought he was gullible.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought, well I\u2019ll stay here just in case, because the security guard said they\u2019d arrive at 17.32 and I thought, well, that\u2019s a bit precise,\u201d he said. \u201cNext thing I know, Mr Cameron and his security guards turned up, and I thought, this is actually happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
The car dealership, based in Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, specialises in \u201cquality pre-owned cars at affordable prices\u201d.<\/p>\n
Harris said he believed Cameron was buying the blue Nissan Micra, which had 92,000 on the clock, for his wife Samantha. \u201cHe looked it over just like any bloke off the street, but not someone with mechanical knowledge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he must have seen it on the internet, a British-made car, five-door hatchback, not too expensive, within 10 miles of his constituency. And he found this one.\u201d<\/p>\n