Author Topic: What should I be looking at for my GTI?  (Read 12526 times)

Offline The Doc

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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #10 on: 15 September 2011, 15:43 »
I feel for you mate  :sad:

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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #11 on: 15 September 2011, 15:46 »
That seems very harsh, saw some Police stop thing the other day and some lad was clocked doing over 120mph and he got a 2 month ban and £300 fine!!!



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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #12 on: 15 September 2011, 15:50 »
I agree... very harsh!! appeal?? :huh:

through my own experience I find that getting a solicitor involved makes the fine/ban worse (unless you can get one of the celeb guys solicitors)

its known that a polite letter from employer sometimes helps the judge make the ban a little less harsh  :lipsrsealed: :wink:




p.s. look on the bright side... at least you didnt undertake an unmarker police car at 3 digit speed which is what i nearly did  :grin:

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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #13 on: 15 September 2011, 15:56 »
I thought I was having a bad day til I read this tale, sorry to hear that man.  Appeal sounds like a good deal, maybe explain your selling the offending motor and the kind of hit your taking, might make them a bit more lenient.

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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #14 on: 15 September 2011, 16:08 »
That's really bad news Glen, you must be gutted and I can but guess how you feel. There's few things more precious to a petrolhead than his/her driving licence.  :cry:
It does sound very harsh how they've penalised you, so as Gilly has mentioned, would a fancy solicitor be an option? The solicitor may be very expensive but at least you might stay mobile.

It's funny but the trade in prices I've been offered on my 12k 09 plate GTI are only around £16-17k which is significantly less than others have been offered going from some of those posts. No wonder I haven't bitten any dealers arms off yet!

Your car has the perfect spec to my eyes so I'll have a ring round over the next couple of days and see if any dealers want my car as a cash sale and what they offer. If I get any proper interest I'll be in contact!!
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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #15 on: 15 September 2011, 17:03 »
I agree... very harsh!! appeal?? :huh:

through my own experience I find that getting a solicitor involved makes the fine/ban worse (unless you can get one of the celeb guys solicitors)

I did!
I had the top lot in Scotland on the case.

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p.s. look on the bright side... at least you didnt undertake an unmarker police car at 3 digit speed which is what i nearly did  :grin:

No, I overtook it....at a 3 digit speed.
In the wet.
In a 60.

At least the LED lightrs looked good on the DVD :-(

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Offline R32UK

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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #16 on: 15 September 2011, 17:15 »
I agree... very harsh!! appeal?? :huh:

through my own experience I find that getting a solicitor involved makes the fine/ban worse (unless you can get one of the celeb guys solicitors)

I did!
I had the top lot in Scotland on the case.

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p.s. look on the bright side... at least you didnt undertake an unmarker police car at 3 digit speed which is what i nearly did  :grin:

No, I overtook it....at a 3 digit speed.
In the wet.
In a 60.

At least the LED lightrs looked good on the DVD :-(

ahhh i see... however after watching possibly every episode of police camera action, roadwars etc etc I can still tell you that the sentence passed is very steep. Not only will you take a hit now but in the future when it comes to insure again. :undecided:

I do still think its worth an appeal... however this time I would go again and try to represent yourself and take as much evidence as you can... this will not only help to show you care but that you have taken lots of time and effort to represent yourself. A breakdown of financial implications to yourself should also help lessen the blow.

3 digit speeds are always going to bring about a ban... I am corrrect in assuming that your previous record is not so great?? :huh:


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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #17 on: 15 September 2011, 17:27 »
Totally clean licence previously - sadly, section 2 Dangerous Driving carries a minimum of a 12 month ban, mandatory retest, sizable fine and/or jail time.

I'm fully aware of the future insurance implications - hence the GTI going.
I simply cannot insure it now, or for the next 5 years.

It's a good job I got the fast cars and bikes out of the way before this Golf came along...because that's game over now.
Time for a diesel shunter.

Just my luck, I get caught in the slowest, most ordinary vecicle I've owned in years!

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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #18 on: 15 September 2011, 17:33 »
Did they pull you over straight after??

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Re: What should I be looking at for my GTI?
« Reply #19 on: 15 September 2011, 17:42 »
Did they pull you over straight after??

Yup. It is apparently OK for an unmarked car to pull out in front of me, overtake a lorry at 77 MPH in a 60, and pass the lorry despite there being farm junctions along the road...but when I follow them and overtake them, it's dangerous driving.

Also nice hearing two Police officers swear under oath that they saw me "gaining on them at speed" despite the fact that I'd been sat behind them for 4.5 miles until the only safe place to overtake.


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