The Best April Fools Day Trick

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Tianna Marsh was many people looking at her and others sounding their car horns from other people on Auckland's motorway for good reasons.

Ms Marsh was driving her new BMW home after reading an ad she thought was an April Fools' Day prank and taking a chance.

The ad said the first person to arrive at the BMW dealership with the ad in hand and ask for Tom would trade in their current car for a brand new BMW.

She arrived at the BMW car sales dealership in her 15-year old Nissan shortly after 5am, after having seen the ad on the front page on the New Zealand newspaper when she had woken up.

The ad had tricked both her and friend Amy, but the fear of being made a fool wasn't enough to deter them.

They thought why not be spontaneous and try.

"We completely thought it wasn't real. We thought we could go and have a look anyway, we'd be kicking ourselves if we didn't."

When they arrived at the dealership a security guard was outside and just two staff members, but nobody else.

"The security guard had no clue what was going on either... they gave nothing away whatsoever, it made it all the more nerve-wracking for me and my friend Amy.

"We were standing there and thinking 'are we going to get a little toy car?'"

Ms Marsh said she still didn't have many words to describe the feeling when she realized it was no joke, and the brand new BMW 1 Series, worth about $38,000, was hers to keep.

"I'm overwhelmed and very very happy," she said.

Ms Marsh said motorists were sounding their car horns and waving at her in her new car with the personalized car plate NOF00L as she drove to her home yesterday.

"News travels very fast," she said.

She said she went home and showed her family, who were usually talkative, but didn’t know what to say.

She thought her new car was "amazing".

"I've been told by a few people that it looks like a car that matches me, which is nice to hear."

BMW spokesman Ed Finn said the prank was the biggest April Fool's Day joke they had ever done.

The ad was intentionally vague and definitely appeared too good to be true. But this time we wanted to turn the tables and reward the first person who was willing to take the chance.

Mr Finn said Ms Marsh's old car was now on display at the BMW dealership head office and would be put up for sale.

Money from selling the old Nissan would be donated to GoBabyGo, a charity that provided modified, ride-on cars to young disabled kids. The modified small electric vehicles help disabled children move around independently.

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