A car has been seized after police found as many as 10 people crammed into it in Newbury town centre.

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I managed to cram 8 people (including myself) in a Mk1 Astra once, not including the boot space, I hasten to add.

I'm sure someone can better that score though. Any takers?

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hi ive lost my main key to my audi, ive a spare but it only lets car run for matter of mins how come?wil it be an expensive job to get replacement key or is there anyway i can get spare key to work? Read more

I had a slow puncture and decided to get 2 new tyres on the front.
A nationwide tyre/exhaust company did 2 Avon tyres for the price of one costing a total of £77.00.
Steel wheels 185/65/14.
I did not have the tracking checked when the new tyres were fitted.

Since the tyres have been fitted the car has been veering to the left and shaking at around 70mph.

I have been back to the tyre co. twice.
The first time they rebalanced one wheel and adjusted the tracking. It was adjusted from 3.0 to 0.5.
The second time they said that one wheel was slightly buckled and put the new tyre on the spare rim and the spare tyre on the buckled rim and told me everything should be fine now.

The shake is much better but still apparant.
The car is still veering to the left.

To keep the car straight it is necessary to hold the steering wheel off-centre.
If I let go of the steering wheel it centres gradually (5-10 secs) and the car veers left.

Should the tracking have been done so that the steering wheel is dead centre when going in a straight line or would that require the steering wheel to be removed?

The car was previously fine on it's firestones.
Is it possible that the new tyre(s) could be causing this?

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A friend of mine bought a 12 month old Laguna from a franchised dealer that was advertised with just 3k on the clock and a bargain at £7,995. Turned out the car was a lemon with a catalogue of repairs required under what was left of the original 3 year warranty - very inconvenient as the car was off the road for weeks on end but at least no hard earned changing hands for my friend.

The shocker came when the dashboard electronics failed and, having lost faith in the first dealer, he brought it to another who quickly diagnosed that, according to the part records, the original dashboard had previously been replaced and could he verify the true mileage of the car. Back he went to the first dealer for an explanation and after a time of purchase). But they offered their profuse apologies for the 'oversight' in not divulging this minor detail at the time of purchase but it was still a bargain!. No-one could remember what mileage was on the car before the original dashboard was trashed except that the previous owner was a company car driver which didn't suggest low mileage.

What I find especially interesting in this tale is that the service history of the car does not show what work has been done or parts that have been replaced under warranty. Is this common practice? Surely the customer has a right to this information before purchase so that the quality of the product can be fully assessed? I for one would steer well clear of a 'real bargain' if it has a history of woes, warranty or no warranty!
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Hi guys,
Got a VW Bora 2002 1.6 16v with 47k on the clock.

seem to have a intermittent fault on the temperature gauge. Sometimes the needle rises to the middle of the temperature gauge on the interior panel as you'd expect then the engine is at operating temperature. on the other hand, when the engine is at ambient temperature, the needle stays at 50 degrees.

the antifreeze is at max, and i have a feeling it might be the temperature sensor located at the bottom of the expansion tank where the antifreeze is topped up. Am i right in thinking this?

Thanks for your responses in advance!

Skiddy
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