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Bit of a long shot but saw a nice white 280zx this afternnon along upper shoreham road. I was in the yellow 350z and you pulled up beside at holmbush roundabout. The 280 looked beautiful, never seen it around before.

I am definitely up for this, haven't been to Beaulieu for a few years. Name added to the list: From 300zx.co.uk; 1.Stephen/Z32bolt 2.TheRealNips 3.Ben M 4.AndrewG 5.(adl)Phoenix 6.bigh 7.raph1982 8.sdriver73 From 350uk; 1. Bodyboarder81 2. Buster 3. firemansim 4. Justthejedi 5. RafsZed 6. Hiumpy? 7. bababongles 8.Andy James 9. Andyhut 10. Jimboy2 11. Terry06 From Zclub; 1.Huw

As far as I am aware the bailiff is acting on behalf of the Magistrates who are in turn acting for the DVLA. I will try and find out exactly what is going on if I can ever get through to the Magistrate. The DVLA were crap. I still don't know how the original debt collector agency fits into it though. They are employed by the DVLA but the guy I talked to swore blind that they didn't go through court/bailiff.

I wouldn't trust half of the boats in a swimming pool let alone the sea Could try a Dukes of Hazard style stunt and jump the zed onto one of the big cargo ships as I leave the harbour I suppose

That is always the preferred option

Thanks for the input guys, I am swaying towards just paying the whole lot and being done with it. Who would I pay? Obviously the bailiff and I guess that will settle the Court side of things too. But then I have this original debt collector stating I still need to pay their company the original fine, that can't be right surely?

Yep bank statement shows the £126 to DVLA for renewed 6 months tax and £100 to the clamping company. The £80 was never taken... So this is why they are chasing me which is fair enough. I am more than happy to pay the original fine. But what is not fair is all the additional costs associated with them sending all of the letters to the wrong address and me being completely unaware that I owed the money. Now I'm debating whether to accept it and just pay the lot or whether to fight to get the amount reduced to the original fine, which will involve court. I am also a bit weary of paying the whole amount to the bailiff since the original debt collectors say I will still owe them the £80. If I go to court will I need a solicitor? In which case the cost may outweigh the gain. It is not a criminal case (as far as I am aware, I bloody hope it's not!)

A bit of an update: I rang the DVLA and they were utter useless. The only repeated response I got was to send a letter to one of their departments and it will take 4 to 6 weeks to get a reply! I have spoken to the general Magistrate Court enforcement enquires. They have advised I should complete a Stat. Dec. from since I received no correspondence and was unaware of the court case. This will set a new court date which I can attend to defend my case. Is it worth it? Will end up paying more in costs than the sum they say I owe? If I lose the case (even though I shouldn't) will I end up owing even more? They also said to do this I need to speak to my local Magistrate Court (Brighton) I have attempted to call them over 20 times, either getting a message saying no one available to take the call or left ringing with no answer (for a number of minutes!!!!). They also close at 4:30pm so I can't call them/go talk to them after work. Useless! I also (maybe stupidly?) rang up the original debt collector for the DVLA. The guy from the company was trying to get me to pay the original £80 fine. He was stating that the company do not go through the court/bailiff route (despite threatening removal of goods in the final letter). I didn't pay. Is he just trying to get money out of me or will I have to end up paying that company too? He goes on to say that the DVLA also do not go down the court/bailiff route as they use his company to collect all debts. And if I pay the bailiff I will still owe his company/DVLA money. So why does the letter from the Magistrates say the fine is for Late Vehicle Licence Penalty? I am in a bit of mess at the moment with this on top of some personal and work related stuff and unsure what to do. I really do not need the additional stress of a court appearance on top of it all. I know the next step is to speak to my local Magistrate and find out exactly what is going on and I will keep trying to contact them. But what would you guys do?

I agree but it is their fault for sending the letters to wrong address surely? I updated my address at the same time as re-taxing the car and what I thought was paying the fine. I fear that's the way it will go too but I'm not going to just roll over and take it. Yes it was my original mistake but like I said it is theirs for sending the letters to the wrong address. If they had just sent them to the right place I would of paid straight away.

I have tried but I need to speak to the enforcement department which is open 9-5 Monday-Friday. I have sent an email so I have a written record of correspondence.

Thanks for the advice and comment all. I have just gone through my account and found that the DVLA never took the £80 fine!!! I know I am an idiot for not checking at the time but is there anything I can do to get the extra charges written off? Especially since I was unaware of any letters due to them being sent to wrong address even though the DVLA had my updated details back in December. I will happily pay the £80 (which I thought I already had anyway after authorising them to take it over the phone) but the extra charges are due to their mistake. Thanks again

Exactly that's what I'm most worried about as I am saving up for house deposit This is going to be a great weekend...

I should have proof of payment providing i can get a bank statement that far back, online i can only see back 6 months. I have the V5 under this address and the tax renewal reminder for the same car as it runs out again on Sunday. Hopefully that's enough proof. I wish I knew about that back then!

I paid the DVLA an £80 fine so unless there was another related fine I did not know about I can't understand what is going on

Sorry that is because they say the £80 fine was not paid so it has gone to Magistrates Court (which I was unaware of) so that added costs and then the bailiff costs on top of that

Right where to start... I finished uni in june last year and moved out of my uni house in the September. Like an idiot I forgot to change the address on my V5 for my car at the time straight away. As a result I didn't receive a VED reminder ) and the tax expired (I know its my own fault for not remembering). The car got clamped. I paid the fine to remove the clamp, the £80 fine to the DVLA for expired tax and renewed my VED and changed the address on the V5 to the correct address. This all happened in December 2014. I thought that was the end of it. Today after work I get a message from the new tenants of my old house informing me a bailiff had been around and I owed £638.34. They were out when the bailiff called round but they opened a letter addressed to me. I got the as soon as I could after work and it turns out there were a few more letters dating back to March. I rang the bailiff immediately and explained the situation. He was a really nice guy and informed me there was nothing he could do and i needed to talk to the Magistrates Court. He also said that this all originates from an £80 fine for the expired VED. The Court closes at 5pm so I can'tget through to them until Monday. So I am asking for advice. Do I have any chance of fighting this? I received none of the letters requesting payment of the fine from the Courts but as far as I am aware I paid all fines owed. I paid the £80 fine to the DVLA for the VED expiring and I paid the fine to the clamping company to get the clamp removed. I was unaware of any other fines. What can I do next? I know it's my own fault for the initial fine and clamping but I don't understand how it has escalated to this level. All advice is welcome, sorry for the long post

Unfortunately not going this year I have been going to FOS since I was a kid and have only missed a few. Such a great event but I have become a bit bored of it over the last few years, it's getting a bit too predictable. Having said that I will definitely be going next year as I still love it. I'm regularly down the circuit for various events but for one reason or another I have never done the revival. Must change that soon!

No comments on Monaco yet? I was expecting to see a few conspiracy theories on Mercedes bringing in Hamilton and gifting Rosberg the win Another boring race as to be expected though but at least Verstappen spiced it up slightly

Is this a JDM ? Looks like it to me, JDM bumper, cloth seats and no cruise... So not a GT4 by the looks of it?

Is this a JDM ? Looks like it to me, JDM bumper, cloth seats and no cruise... So not a GT4 by the looks of it?

Saw a silver zed with dark rays and a Nismo? front lip in Dunelm Mill car park this afternoon. Looked nice and clean and the colour of the wheels really suited the car. First time I've seen it. Anyone on here?

Hmm wasn't aware of the group buy will have a look. And I agree about not really being worth a whole bumper respray but I don't want a touch up that's noticeable. I will go around a few body shops when I get a chance to get their opinion and ask some of the local guys for recommendations.

Thanks for the advice. The thing is there aren't really any stone chips on the rest of the bumper as it has protective film on it. Would you avoid blending it in?

After leaving my car on the road outside my parents house for all of 30 mins I come out to find this... I know its nothing major compared to what has happened to some peoples cars but I am fuming. The mark was definately not there when I arrived and whatever has caused it has scraped the paint right back to the plastic and left quite deep scrapes. This was the side of the car facing the road so I know I have not touched a curb etc. I take pride in my cars and always park carefully anyway. Now I am just weighing up my options and would like some advice... Option 1) - Touch it in If this was another colour I would take this option without thinking about it but I have been told Ultra Yellow is a very hard colour to match. So I'm not sure whether it is possible to achieve a satisfactory finish. Any thoughts or anyone with experience of matching this colour? Option 2) Full bumper respray If it's not possible to touch in roughly how much would a bumper respray cost? Any recommendations on where to take it? (closer to brighton area the better) And again if it is such a hard colour to match would I still be able to notice it's been sprayed? Option 3) Cover it up with a front lip I'm still not sure whether I want to start modifying the body as I know it's a slippery slope. I'm pretty sure a front lip would cover the mark but then would it look a bit crap without other body mods? Basically what I am asking is what would you guys do in this situation? All thoughts/opinions welcome

Unfortunately for you guys I have managed to wash off the orange and the red is now turning brown, no photo evidence exists