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Teutonic True Tales

The disdain in Ed the tow truck driver’s voice was as loud and clear as his wrecker’s diesel-exhaust rumble: “Well, it is a German car.” The “it” up for discussion? The Chief’s Audi, a nice little automobile with a taste for roadside assistance. This time, it turned out to be the primary fuel pump.

The time before that it was the high-pressure injector pump. The time before that it was a crankcase vent

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