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REGULAR HERO

Who is Clark Kent? A mild mannered, soft spoken, easy going kinda guy, whose alter ego is a local favourite. Those who know Danny Santos, call him that alter ego, Superman! And this is his story…

The car you see here entered the picture in 1993, when his family bought it from a local bodyshop. The 1991 Jetta GLI was one of two parked on the lot, and it was found kind of by accident. At the time, the Jetta was completely stock, but it was an automatic and would serve the family perfectly for what they needed. Danny already had a certain affliction for a local VW Beetle, so falling in love with the family Jetta was pretty much immediate!

Fast forward four years, Danny is now 17 and has just acquired his driver’s license. What does he get as his first

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