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The Audi A3 Cabriolet is a car that's easy to like, and given that its price has fallen since  the beginning of the month, it's one that we may be seeing more of on Irish roads, writes Paddy Comyn.

For a brief couple of days, it did in fact seem as if we were about to have a summer. I knew this because, apart from the obvious symptoms of squinting and feeling warm, everywhere I went there were people complaining about how hot it was. "Oh it's roasting," they said, rubbing sweat of their increasingly reddening brows.