Pranksters keen to test if We Buy Any Car live up to their name claim they were left stunned when they pretended to be criminals trying to ditch a blood-splattered hatchback - yet the motor firm still bought it. Josh Pieters and Archie Manners, both 29, smeared fake blood over a Kia Picanto and filled the boot with rope, cable ties and even real hair to appear like they were gangsters making a quick getaway.
A viral video shows the visibly nervous pair parking their vehicle at We Buy Any Car's branch and telling the worker they 'need to get rid of it quickly'. After being quoted £196, Archie takes a hammer from the driver's seat, passes it to Josh and asks him to 'give it a wipe' despite the worker being stood next to them.
Despite fake blood being smeared on the number plate and the open boot supposedly filled with crime scene props, the sale goes ahead. However the staff member says 'I don't know what's going on, but you guys shouldn't have sold it. You should have scrapped it'.
He even asks 'have I got anything to worry about?' but after being reassured by Archie he simply says 'cool, the money will come in three hours'. In a bizarre final exchange he says 'don't take the motorway if you're smart. Use the dual carriageway'.
The pair have since explained they're shocked We Buy Any Car actually bought the car despite their efforts to appear like they were some sort of criminals making a getaway. However, in another experiment at another branch branch earlier that day the car-buying firm rejected a Vauxhall they'd stuck adult toys onto.
The video showing the bizarre experiment has been viewed more than 20,000 times and liked more than 1,000 times since being posted.
Josh said: "We thought they had a fascinating name because they're one of the only companies who state exactly what they do in it and we wanted to see if it's true or not. It turns out We Buy Any Car don't buy any car, but not the cars you'd expect them not to buy. The ones they do buy, they should be checking a little bit more before turning a profit.
"We were trying to make it out like we were the most clumsy and lazy criminals in the world because we'd left every piece of evidence sticking out in the back of the car. When I put the hammer back in and the boot was open [the worker] saw what was inside.
"He just did his job. He was supposed to buy any car and it wasn't his business why it was there or what it was there for. We expected that they wouldn't accept it and I wasn't sure if we'd done a good enough job of faking it. I thought we'd get laughed at. Clearly the work we did was quite good."
The YouTubers, who have more than 1.2 million subscribers, bought three road-legal cars for £1,800 to use as part of the experiment - with the third being left as a back-up. In the first test they cut holes in their Vauxhall's seats and stuffed sex toys in them and they also glued some to the roof.
We Buy Any Car staff were quick to assess the 'modifications' and rejected the chance to buy it despite the pair believing it to be worth the most of the three at £700. Archie said: "They weren't willing to buy the sex car and the woman didn't find it funny at all but her colleague was intrigued by it all. We're really surprised they didn't buy it.
"I kept cracking up and had to make a bad joke to cover why I was laughing. There was glue on it and there were rips in the seats but both the cars were road legal.
"We'd like to call on them to rename themselves to We Buy Some Cars or We Maybe Buy Any Car."
Their YouTube video titled 'do We Buy Any Car really buy any car?' has more than 100 comments from baffled users. One commented: "Holy moly, can't believe the second one bought the car."
A second said: "I can't believe he said you should have scrapped it."
A third simply added: "Epic video!"
We Buy Any Car declined to comment after being shown the clips by reporters.
