Psycho Warren

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the judge sounds like he needs a fucking slap!!!!

I do find it absurd you got locked up for that. So you bent the DVLA rules slightly!! So what!!!! Think of the numbers of people with out of date address on V5's, licenses etc or incorrectly registered kit cars etc. dont see them being hounded and locked up!!!

Jim Galbally

erm, did you read the same post i did?

charlie boy

cant belive you went down for that mate..... respect for being so honest though

Rick Astley

"Don't let the bastards grind you down!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSo-_TavE1U

Psycho Warren

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yeah

The DVLA reciept issue was the only "crime" martin committed, the rest of the charges was hyped bullshit from the police.

philc

Had no idea about any rumours, or indeed any interest in them if I am honest! Sounds like you got the shitty end of the stick, ref: the sentence. But, I can only say in my opinion you seemed to have grasped an oppotunity many of us would have, given the same circumstances and, well simply been caught for some cheeky trading, rather than being Ronnie Biggs!!
Alot of us have pasts we would simply prefer to be kept out of the public eye, me for one! However congratulations for being brave enough to post it on here, as I guess like me most users simply had no idea, but it appears a case of chinese whispers had been doing the rounds..


Anyway its all over and done with and if anyone of your current or indeed future customers changes there mind about trading with you then its there loss.

dave cos4x4

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i can see this thread being a really long one.

Martin,

you did not have to post your past,but if you feel better for it,then good on you.

hope it will do no harm to your thriving business.

dave cos4x4

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by the way...

if your co-accused was getting done for the cosworths...you would have been done too would you not as you pleaded guilty.

polly_x

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Yep, and I think if you were in the cossie scene in the early to mid nineties, wether you knew it or not, lots of you had dodgy parts on your cars.

dojj

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all i am going to say to this post by martin is that he was perfectly fine about it and even told me about the rover story when i was up there a while ago, just as a bit of friendly chit chat

and, having been on the reciving end of a few dicis0oins that have left me baffled, i can honestly say it would have been easy for the wrong martin to have been clobbered

Munch

Doh!

i was suspecting you to be a Crack Dealer & a 'Pimp'

but FULL Respect to you for saying that, must of taken alot to have written it on a very busy Public Forum like this!

Martin-Hadland

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The DVLA were properly pissed about it at the time and because of this changes were made to the process of registration of built up vehicles. That coupled with the conspiracy charge made it serious.

Chip

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Fucking right, where the hell did all the people who rodded their blocks and then bought a rebuilt one think the bits for the rebuilt engine came from, brand new parts from ford? Of course not it would be too expensive. Bought secondhand? Not exactly loads of people breaking cossies back then when they were still worth good money whole, its fucking obvious where it all came from

bortaf

Not a bad past at all, i recon 90% of peeps on here have done worse but won't admit it

BIGMATT1

fair play for been honest about what you did, it cant be nice having it dragged up again and again especically after you did your time for it, to be honest its not anything i wouldnt of done if the same opportunitys had of come up. The sentence seemed a bit harsh though

Martin-Hadland

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No, my conspiracy was to do with registering Metro's with the guy.

Munch

its just as bad now tbh, you read all about these RS's that go missing, they dont get nicked for joy riding, they get nicked to break for cash!

RS500

Very good written
Where is the part that you are a body double for phill collins lol.
Anyway i still think that you can be trusted you still have a very good rep.

Chip

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Martin, if you start answering questions, this post is going to end up making the trial look brief

marco polo

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put it this way , i have know martin for yrs and would trust him with anything

Iain Mac

Never heard any stories, and none of my business.

Want to help me register my Sierra?

Paulo P

Well I knew nothing about that and had heard nothing about your past but 2 things, this is extremely honest of you & I don't care about what did or didn't happen in the past. I am not a Reyland customer (at the mo) I know but this doesn't make me think any less of you, if anything I respect you even more because of the honesty and time it took you to compile that. I hope it puts any shit you have had to deal with to bed.

Paul

Martin-Hadland

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I will plead the 5th then.

Chip

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Well this is an american hosted server now apparently, so the 5th amendment applies, lol

polly_x

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Mate, its nothing today compared to the early/mid nineties. The odd car gets taken these days which simply does not compare to what was being taken back then.

Chip, actually how funny is that reading your Sig!!!! I bet back in the day you could have had a whole 500 on your drive for about a grand with next day delivery.

Steven_RW

Im just about to read his post but u gotta love the youth of today. OMG its more than three sentences, I can't handle it!

Have u ever read a book? Its EVEN longer can u imagine!

lol

RW

RS500

I don't kown him in person.
And really don't care about someones past everybody makes mistakes.

ESCYSCOTT

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Thats a bit harsh Dave, He's said that is all behind him now and he's legit now

dave cos4x4

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now now Scott.

ESCYSCOTT

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couldn't resist the little edit

marco polo

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exactly ...lol.....why do you think cossies were changed from group 9 to the new group 20+d

not only that you couldnot sell your cossy at that time wasn't worth alot because the insurance it was stupid money to insure them

rs500 and 3drs were changing hand for 7k/8k/9k because of the insurance then

marco

mk3matt

everyone has a past! you can have my car anytime!

Steven_RW

Interesting read - I suppose the only issue is when the people who bought the cars from you "knowing the score" passed them on to people who didn't and that meant innocents bought cars that weren't what they were "exactly" supposed to be.

Lots of people have done 'exciting' things in their pasts. I'm sure this will clear up any rumours on the net.

Not that I need to say it, but I would be happy having u working on my cars. Always thought that.

Cheers

RW

The Youth.

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where do I come into it lol

steve

cozzfather

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thats if your car wasn't a ringer, a write off, stolen recovered etc already.
the cosworth was the number 1 fucked about with car in the 90's.
there always was loads of rumours about of who broke bent cars and who used stolen cosworths and parts for rallying/racing etc

my first cosworth had been stolen and recovered and used in a ram raid and had gone through a jjb backwards.
you don't hear much about ram raiding anymore

markk

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Martin dont ever ring me about anything again, you dodgy geezer .....................................

i knew nothing about this, nor had i ever heard anything - but fook me what a load of bollox !

Having met you only a coulple of times, and can say that being in the trade we have both helped each other with various issues, things that happened in the past will never affect good business people, which you and your company are - and would gladly and will still gladly recommend your services to anyone who asks


p.s i think that judge should be tried for being such a dumb cunt - fookin rapist get less than that pal

Kris_23

fair play to be honest u have got to be clean now as you wouldn't get in the US next year

Paul_RS

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Jeese i'm going to have to watch my wallet on Monday

Fuck it most people have things in their past that are a bit dodgy! To be honest what you did was fuck all lol

Or is it all a cunning cover up and you are actually Dr Evil?

Si B

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New it would make interesting reading and certainly cleared up the rumours that sadly circled around.

Always people out there trying to knock people who are successful on their own merits. Jealousy in most parts.

Fair play Martin

R5FORD

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iirc figures came out saying that cossies had a average of lasting 3 days before they were nicked.