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I knew it – I heard it, I could see it if I looked in my rear-view mirror, and if I looked at the fuel consumption statistics – something was wrong.

My other half would have said – “what, something wrong again, surely not!” – sarcasm is her first language.

Let’s be clear here, my Audi A3 is a 2003 plate, 1.9TDi quattro sport – the PD130 lump, it’s got 227,500+ miles (yeah, proper miles, not those weird kilometer things!) on the clock – so safe to say, worn in a little bit, and with all things that age – and I’m going to use the Indiana Jones quote here “It’s not the years, it’s the milage honey” – this is ever the case with my A3. Continue reading →