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dietcokeplease · Sep 22nd, 2002, 03:50 PM

OK, I admit, too much reading this week even for a philistine like Mr DC!

This article was taken from Steve Cropleys column in Autocar, 18th September 2002.

FRIDAY

"Our man Gavin Conway tells a rueful tale of testing Audi's A8 luxury car in Barcelona. Driving through the city with a colleague, he suddenley noticed the tyre pressure warning system - one of the car's numerous refinements - flashing its head off. He stopped to investigate, discovering a deflating tyre and set about changing it, removing his luggage from the boot to get to the underfloor spare. Suddenly he was surrounded by local citizens, all talking and pointing and creating a disturbance.

By the time the hubbub had died away Conway realised they'd helped themselves to the best-looking pieces of luggage, both of which were his - containing passport, address book, and lots of other personal stuff. His colleagues less imposing travelware wasn't touched.

At the destination, Audi's people were issuing warnings: don't stop if you get a flat tyre. Seems local thieves target tourists in ritzmobiles. No better case was ever made for the run-flat tyre."

Moral of the story, drive a MINI with runflats and put your belongings in a binbag.

Sep 22nd, 2002, 03:50 PM	#1
dietcokeplease Official MINI2 Fluffer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Spearmint Rhino Local Time: 03:36 AM Posts: 5,261 Offline	The case for run-flats OK, I admit, too much reading this week even for a philistine like Mr DC! This article was taken from Steve Cropleys column in Autocar, 18th September 2002. FRIDAY "Our man Gavin Conway tells a rueful tale of testing Audi's A8 luxury car in Barcelona. Driving through the city with a colleague, he suddenley noticed the tyre pressure warning system - one of the car's numerous refinements - flashing its head off. He stopped to investigate, discovering a deflating tyre and set about changing it, removing his luggage from the boot to get to the underfloor spare. Suddenly he was surrounded by local citizens, all talking and pointing and creating a disturbance. By the time the hubbub had died away Conway realised they'd helped themselves to the best-looking pieces of luggage, both of which were his - containing passport, address book, and lots of other personal stuff. His colleagues less imposing travelware wasn't touched. At the destination, Audi's people were issuing warnings: don't stop if you get a flat tyre. Seems local thieves target tourists in ritzmobiles. No better case was ever made for the run-flat tyre." Moral of the story, drive a MINI with runflats and put your belongings in a binbag. There is just one moon and one golden sun; And a smile mean friendship to ev'ryone; Through the mountains divide, and the oceans are wide; It's a small world after all.