Proud Owner Of Two Of The Biggest Auto Maintenance Nightmares Of The Modern Era Suffers Predictable Tragedy
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“Meet The Hero Who Owns Two Of The Biggest Auto Maintenance Nightmares Of The Modern Era,” read our 2019 headline about proud VW Touareg and Passat W8 owner, Gareth Watkins. A year after that story published, Watkins sent me an update on his fleet, and, well — it’s as predictable as it is tragic.