Beijing, Sept. 7 (PTI): Outraged by a problematic BMW luxury car, the owner tied three donkeys to the vehicle and attempted to drag it thousands of kilometres from Beijing to Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang province.

State media reported today that Lin, owner of the sedan, decided to arrange the donkey drive as it seemed the cheapest way to get the car to Hangzhou. He also wanted to draw public attention to “how BMW treats customers”.

The donkey train started its trek trailed by the BMW 760i sedan as well as several people with banners that read: “Who can solve quality flaws with BMWs?” Traffic police halted the donkey team, which drew a large crowd of onlookers, after only 40 minutes.

Lin said he bought the car last November at the Harbin auto show. Problems started appearing soon after. He said the BMW authorised service centre repaired the car several times but it was still so problem-ridden that it could not be driven.

Lin said he had tried to get the company to agree to repair the car once and for all and to promise to refund his money if problems continued, but BMW refused.