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China driver covers new luxury car with tarp to stop water leak, triggers copycat trend

Owner of newly-bought, high-end Maybach uses cheap tarpaulin to ‘bandage’ leaky car, gets 300,000 followers online as result

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A car owner in China has covered his leaky new luxury car in tarpaulin while he fights a dispute with the dealership, sparking a copycat trend. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Fran Luin Beijing

The owner of a luxury Maybach car has sparked an unlikely new “fashion” trend after he covered his water-leakage-hit vehicle in cheap, three-coloured tarpaulin.

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The 31-year-old from eastern China’s Jiangsu province, surnamed Zhou, bought a new Mercedes-Maybach GLS 480 for 2.15 million yuan (US$304,000) at the brand’s dealership store in Suzhou city on July 1.

Two days later Zhou discovered abnormal sound coming from the car’s dashboard and water leakage when it rained.

Zhou took the car back for examination, but technicians there could not find the source of the problem.

Staff at the dealership suggested taking the car apart to pin down the problem, but Zhou refused believing the company should not experiment with his new car.

Rain pain: soon after Zhou bought the luxury Maybach things started to go wrong. Photo: Douyin
Rain pain: soon after Zhou bought the luxury Maybach things started to go wrong. Photo: Douyin

Nevertheless, after Zhou had left the vehicle with the shop, staff went ahead and disassembled the car without his permission.

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