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OVER AND OUT

RELATIONSHIP GRAPH

KIA STINGER GT

3342cc V6TT, RWD, 274kW/510Nm, 8-speed auto, 1793kg, $63,760

MONTH 05

THIS MONTH 12.4L/100KM

AVERAGE 10.86L/100KM

THIS MONTH 794KM

TOTAL 4518KM

ASK AND YE shall receive. A big tip of the ol’ hat to reader Rob Wills, who wrote in to inform me that the phenomenon of seeing Kia Stingers everywhere after I’d taken possession of this long-termer does indeed have a name.

It’s called the Baader-Meinhoff phenomenon, or frequency illusion, a form of cognitive bias that makes

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