Literary Audi Dealer's Used-Car Ads Read Like Short Stories

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Z. Szymanski, Internet manager at an Audi dealership in Mohegan Lake, N.Y., isn't your everyday used-car salesman. He's a literary sensation waiting to be discovered. Well, maybe not quite—but he and his colleagues have been making a habit of sneaking quirky short stories (always with a soft sales pitch) into the "Seller's Comments" section of their classified ads on AutoTrader.com. Check out this except from a recent ad (all misspellings sic):
     >> "What really frosts me is that when this S-6 landed… with adaptive cruise, lane assist, nav, tech, heated rear seats, carbon fiber everything, I begged Mr.

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