A car owner was left fuming at dash cam footage secretly filmed during a test drive by mechanics which appears to show them aiming at potholes in a country lane.

Father Ben Newbery, from Romford, Essex, took his Subaru Impreza to the Scooby Clinic near Chesterfield after experiencing a problem with the brakes.

But after leaving his dashboard camera filming during the time the car was with mechanics, he was angry to see them apparently aiming at potholes in a lane leading to the garage.

Car owner Ben Newbury was furious at dash cam footage that appears to show mechanics driving

Footage shows the car being driven back to the garage and appearing to swerve towards huge potholes which litter the road.

One of the men inside is overheard saying 'got that one' and 'with a bit of luck we'll burst the tyre, then maybe he'll f***ing mend the lane'.

The car's owner Mr Newbery, 28, told MailOnline: 'I couldn't believe it when I saw the video. I got the impression they were trying to damage my vehicle. When I got home, I heard the audio and I was even more frustrated.

'I use the car to drive my one-year-old daughter around and if I had an accident because of how the car had been treated, it doesn't bear thinking about what could have happened.'

Mr Newbery was worried that, if the car was damaged, he could have crashed while driving his daughter, Mila

Mr Newbery had taken this Subaru Impreza into the garage when the secret recording was made

He added: 'I showed the video to my wife and father and they were furious. My father wanted to ring the company up himself.'

HGV technician Mr Newbery claims the test drive had damaged his bumper, but the garage insist that the bumper issue was caused by a problem with previous work and they repaired it free of charge anyway.

Kevin Knight, who owns the Derbyshire garage, said he has not seen the video, but is prepared to take action against staff if they are found to have done wrong.

He said: 'The lane is full of potholes. You cannot miss them. I've got members of staff down there today filling them in.

'I've been doing this job for more than 20 years. We take a lot of pride in what we do. There's no way we would deliberately damage a customer's car.'