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Hovering 50 feet above the ground is amongst the more terrifying ways to end up finishing off a test drive.
Yet that's exactly what happened to one hapless driver in China who attempted to take a new Volkswagen car for a spin.
Lin Hu, from Liuzhou city in southern China, had been attempting to stop the car but put his foot on the accelerator instead of the brake.
And as a result the would-be buyer smashed through a glass wall to leave the car dangling precariously from the fourth floor showroom.
A car salesman, who witnessed the incident, said: 'The customer sat in the car and wanted to have a go in the driver's seat.
'A colleague of mine was sitting with him in the car showing him its different functions.
'Then suddenly the customer put his foot on the accelerator and the car shot across the showroom and smashed through the wall.
'They were very lucky. We thought the car would lose its balance (at) any moment and would take a nose dive to the ground.'
Fortunately for both the terrified motorist and the salesman who was accompanying him, Mr Hu. managed to halt the vehicle just in time and the pair scrambled to safety through the car's rear doors.
Staff managed to secure the car from the back and rescue workers were subsequently able to salvage the car.
Police are now investigating why the driver - who looks set to face a large bill for the damage - was allowed to turn on the car engine indoors.
Lin Hu isn't the first person by that name to meet with an unlikely fate whilst behind the wheel.
Last August, it was reported that a taxi driver with the same name in Xian, central China, was lucky to survive after his car was crushed by a delivery of instant noodles
The huge quantity of two-minute noodles had rolled off an out-of-control delivery truck as it turned a corner towards him.
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