Birmingham Lamborghini owner left red faced for a shocking reason

A Lamborghini owner was left red faced after asking if he could use a police officer’s phone to tax his supercar before embarrassingly revealing he couldn’t afford to.

Officers from West Midlands Police stopped an orange Lamborghini Huracan Spyder on Barrett Street in Edgbaston, Birmingham, yesterday for having no tax.

The driver of the £168k Italian supercar claimed his friend had taxed the vehicle when quizzed by officer’s but police found this was untrue.

The brazen driver then shockingly asked if he could use one of the officer’s phone to tax his luxury car in a bid to save his prized possession.

After cops declined, the driver eventually embarrassingly revealed that he couldn’t actually afford the hefty tax on his Lamborghini.

He had to watch as his car was seized by West Midlands Police and loaded onto a lorry - with the cost of the tax and a fine now needing to be paid.

Posting on twitter, Soho Road Police said: "#Untaxed #Lamborghini #Huracan seized! "Driver asked to use my phone to tax the vehicle. Then claimed his friend had taxed it, then said he couldn’t afford to tax it. Will have to tax it and pay a fine to get it back now."