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Audi A5: Let the Bumper Repair Saga Begin
Meeting the GEICO Insurance Adjustor and Another Story I drove to Elmwood Park, NJ to meet with my assigned GEICO insurance adjustor. He needed to look at my 16-days-old 2011 Audi A5 that was the...
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Audi A5 Repair: Can You Spell F R U S T R A T I O N ?
How about C O M M U N I C A T I O N ? "Surface" damage according to the auto body repair facility affiliated with Meadowlands Audi. My Audi A5, which I dropped off Monday morning, December 6 is now...
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Pothole = Flat Tire; It’s That Simple
We have dozens of these babies around Northern New Jersey right now. The weather in Northern New Jersey has been challenging, to say the least. With “weather” comes freezing, thawing, snow, ice,...
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More Vehicular Excitement: New Subaru in the Family!
Cash on the barrel and signing over the title. This weekend my son Max came home from Big Ten College with one specific purpose: to pick up a car he purchased on eBay. He’s been looking for a vehicle...
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Okay, It’s Early Days But Could It Be “The Curse of the Subaru Forester?”
Is Sunny the VW Bug going to have company in the doghouse around here? It was about 48 hours after my son Max and I picked up his new (used) Subaru Forester from a fellow in New Hope, PA. Max drove the...
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2000 Subaru Forester: K-Ching! Getting It Fixed
Max will learn that you pay big once and sometimes you keep paying. Our son Max bought a 2000 Subaru Forester off eBay and he and I picked it up in New Hope, PA on Sunday, 6 days ago. Max immediately...
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Audi A5 Cabriolet Low-Profile Tires: A Guaranteed Flat in New Jersey
Low-profile tires + NJ potholes = frequent flat tires Well, my Audi has another damaged tire; the right front tire “bubbled” instead of flattening this time. Variety. Ain’t it grand? And I swear I did...
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My Audi A5 Winter Tires Have Arrived . . . Just in Time
Do you remember me telling you about the 3 “failed” Pirelli P6 all-season tires that came standard on my new Audi A5 convertible? Two tires had less than 5,000 miles on them and one less than 500...
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Audi A5 Cab: A Diva Disguised as a Car
Dream car in the driveway. In November 2010 I purchased my dream car, a highly engineered 2011 Audi A5 cabriolet. Dazzled by her Arum beige exterior and super-comfortable adjustable leather seats I...
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Mother’s Day: A Perfect Blend of Food, Family and Used Car Stories
On Mother’s Day our two twenty-something children descended on the family home with fistfuls of lovely yellow roses and grocery bags filled with the makings of some really good eats. And the New Jersey...
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