Imagine getting pranked during April Fools just to drive away with a brand-new car.
We have all been victims of an April Fools prank, some funny and others not so much. Now imagine getting pranked by a car dealership on getting a free car and the twist is, that it’s actually not a prank.
This was the case for Tianna Marsh when she drove home in her brand-new BMW 1 Series. It began with a car dealership’s front-page advert in the New Zealand Herald Newspaper. Titled “April Fool’s Day special”, it promised a brand new BMW to the first person who turned up to the showroom with their own car and the advert in hand. While many people likely suspected the advert was just another 1 April prank, one woman took the company at its word. Tianna Marsh drove her 15-year-old station wagon along to the dealership in the Auckland suburb of Newmarket.
The car’s number plate reads “NOF00L” and it’s worth nearly NZ$50,000 (US$37,000; £25,000). After driving off of the lot in her new set of wheels, “I guess we can all agree that Tianna Marsh is no fool”.