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Tim Dowling: Help! I’m being held hostage by a car salesman

The Guardian UK Saturday 20 June 2026, 05:00 UTC By Tim Dowling 1 min read
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We’re trying to buy an electric car. But my bank and the showroom ‘manager’ have other ideasIt is a rainy Monday morning and my wife and I are in a car dealership about a mile from home, walking around a shiny new vehicle and peering into its windows. “It looks bigger than our car,” she says.

We’re trying to buy an electric car. But my bank and the showroom ‘manager’ have other ideas

It is a rainy Monday morning and my wife and I are in a car dealership about a mile from home, walking around a shiny new vehicle and peering into its windows.

“It looks bigger than our car,” she says.

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