Ritchie
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 765
Club RR Member Number: 12
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I have many but here are a couple of the more interesting ones,
I used to race around the village on various bikes, under age and no license etc. I had recently persuaded my Mum to buy me a local Honda CB100 to use in the "fields", it would be my Birthday, Christmas + pocket money and all that wibblepoo you spout when your young and will do anything to get what you want. Anyway, this thing was really clean and had been legal up until about a month previous, it still had the numberplate on it, indicators etc and it looked decent. Anyway, I was ramping about on it and decided to take a run up this single track road I knew well and used alot, with a carpark at the end. As I was going up it, the cops came the other way, with no room for both of us, I pulled into the verge to let them passed.
As soon they did, I could see the reversing lights come on (still had mirrors on the bike!) cue me shitting myself. I think I was 13 or 14 at the time. So I got to the car park and just waited for them to arrive in reverse (kept my helmet on ), they got out of the car and I was expecting the worst when the first cop came to me and asked "Have you seen a guy with jeans and a black jumper, about 5'6" anywhere?" I replied as politley as I could and advised them of a few other places they might look, they got back in the car and drove away. My heart was going like hell!
Another one was in Aberdeen one dark, damp Saturday night.
The town was hoaching with birds, I was out in my pov spec 3dr Sierra (with a 205 block, 38DGAS and a type 9 in it I wish I still had that car) So, sititng at the lights at the top of Union Street (the main street through the middle of the city) I could see a group of lasses across the road, its a gentle right hander through the lights onto the main street. Lights are at red, check the mirror, only a bike behind me, lights go green, floored, a gazzilion revs, dump the clutch and do a tidy drift through the lights with the back end taking up the inside lane and onto the main street. Instant blue lights, It was a bloody cop bike!!
Pulled right away and given a royal c**nting right in front of the group of lasses. Got away with it though!
Soon after I got banned for DD after putting that poor Sierra through a concrete fence post into a field, with a speed cop in a Senator in hot persuit.
Those were the days.
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2019 5:28:12 GMT by Ritchie
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Racing an e46 M3 in my RS turbo on the M25 many years ago, I undertook the M3 doing 110mph then I looked in my rear view mirror to see an unmarked Volvo V70 T5!
Pulled me over to the hard shoulder where I received an almighty rollocking (he had seen the whole race and had video evidence!) Whilst the traffic officer gave me a stern talking to I noticed he had a black rat sticker on the back of his clipboard. I thought to myself “say the correct things and I think we might get away with this”.
Once the officer calmed down he proceeded with the usual protocols and was happy with that. Then he told me about his RS turbo! Really nice chap to be fair and after all that he didn’t even give me a producer!
I drove away with my driving licence and wallet intact.
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Paul Y
Posted a lot
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For my 1000 post I was going to give an update on Woody but as there is no update to give why don't you all bring your chair closer to the fire whilst I pull on my finest knitted jumper and tell you tales of dare and do from a simpler time whilst I rock gently back and forth in my best Val Donnigan style... The late 90's on my way home from head office in Leeds near Junction 19 on the M1 heading south. Now somebody had told me that this particular stretch of motorway fell between two constabularies and as such was not patrolled so was my favorite bit of the trip home as I would 'allegedly' see how close to the manufacturers top speed I could get. The M1 is a bit different now but it used to be a clear section with a very gentle curve to the left. Anyway, It was a clear road with very light HGV traffic on the inside lane and nothing else in front or behind so I rolled into the throttle to see what was what. As the speedo continued to rise and was showing an indicated 17 or 18mph I noticed a pair of lights in the rear view mirror as I rounded the gentle curve before they disappeared from view... mmmm.... I wonder.... came off the throttle, didn't touch the brakes and moved over to the inside lane. Now I would like to say that what happened next was completely planned but it was pure coincidence. By this time I realised it was her Majesty's finest so though that I would come off at the A14 and take the more scenic route home, speed had dropped to around 45 as the junction came up and I was between two lorries and filtered off left just as a) teh lorry behind me pulled out to overtake and b) the Volvo 850 came by with everything going. I felt like I was Burt Reynolds for about 10 seconds as they went past and I pulled off but it was not to be a clean get away as I was spotted and had to brake very hard to avoid the Jam Sandwich as it cut across the lorries and dived down the slip road in front of me at the very last second. What then proceeded was 30 minutes of good cop bad cop with me sitting in the back of the car being told that they knew it was me, they had video evidence and if I just admitted to speeding they would put down I was doing 99mph or else they would arrest me and I would experiance the full force of the law. I pleaded my innocence told them it wasn't me but I did get passed by another black car before I pulled off. They knew I was lying. I knew that they knew I was lying. They knew that I knew that they knew I was lying. So lets go to the tape..... Or rather lets not as there was nothing, yes there was a tape, yes they had the info up about the lights being on and he speed they were traveling but what was not shown was any other car.... Did the usual producer, car was only 6 months old so nothing to see there, and was set free into the night. They followed me the rest of the way down the A14 flashed the lights and pulled up to me at the final roundabout - told me I was a very lucky boy and next time I would be spending the night in a cell.... Drove the rest of the way home at 65mph.... There are others but the nicest pull I got was whilst driving my 56. There is a bit of dual carriage way that goes through the middle of the City with traffic lights and controlled crossings, perfect for a little late night re enactment of American Graffiti. Was sitting at the lights when an Evo8/9 pulls up along side me with 2 coppers in it. The driver toots his horn to draw my attention (I knew they were there...) and starts to tell me about how they keep hearing about this car but it is the first time they have seen it out and about. Then proceeds to give me a lecture about responsibility, setting an example, blah blah blah. All very good natured. we have been sitting for a few minutes so lights are about to start changing when he says. " Go on then' and starts to rev the Evo. Game on! Bring the old girl up on the two step and ended up drag racing the local pursuit car. Yes he had me away from the lights but did him in second gear. Being an old git I have other tales but that will do for now Children, I have to go to work..... P.
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2019 7:17:27 GMT by Paul Y
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I have been pulled over many, many times for many reasons. Here are a few of the more interesting ones. Manta 400 rep, got stopped because the occupant of a car fitting that description had just robbed a petrol station. I just laughed at him and asked why someone would do that in a car that stuck out just a tad? He had no answer so his oppo gave it the once over, found nothing wrong and let me go. 71 tin top bay window bus, stopped because my exhaust was blowing and was excessively loud. Upon inspection it wasn't, in fact it was a brand new Empi quiet pack. Again, close scrutiny of the bus and I was allowed to leave. Another time, when me and all my mates were parked up, hanging out in the local town carpark the 5-0 turned up and moved everybody on but me. I was told they hoped I wasn't planning on sleeping there over night, as they didn't want " my type" messing the town up. I first pointed out that I live ,in a house, about a quarter of a mile away, I secondly pointed out that he had a light out and that his car was in worse condition than my bus, and thirdly I asked for his name, rank and number as I was going to write a strongly worded letter to my mother's friend the Chief constable of Durham Constabulary. At that point his ar$e fell out and he became very apologetic, and left. That was a complete blag, as the only plod my mother knew was the local traffic warden. Hehe. And I've saved the best till last. Long time members of the forum, who took notice, will remember I ran a proper low, hard slammed W123, with a replica Glock 17 as a shifter. Well one night, on the way to the petrol station, a county car randomly pulled out of a junction behind me. I'd done nothing wrong so I wasn't worried about it. They followed me to the petrol station and pulled up behind me. The 2 of them got out and came over to tell me they didn't like how low the car was. At this point one of them spotted the Glock and all hell broke loose. I was wrestled over the bonnet and cuffed, while the other Fed called it in asked for back up and the fire arms squad! I eventually managed to get them to call it off as it was a replica that was mounted on the shifter shaft. They asked me to take it off and I explained it and couldn't be removed without dismantling the centre console and a spanner. They followed me home and waited while I took it out and fitted the proper shifter, then left. I got a producer for that, and got stopped at least once a week for a couple of months to make sure I hadn't put it back on.
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A few times for just being a young lad late out at night.
Two times sick in mind though
first year of driving and first time ever getting pulled over in a 1992 VW bread-van, a copper in a T5 pulled me over came up to my window and said "this car is un-taxed un-insured and i am guessing it will have no MOT so I'm going to have to take it away you need to get in my car for a chat". I barely said a word until he had me in the T5, but once I looked at the screen in the car that had the auto number plate recognition thingy and realised that it had the wrong number plate on it by one digit i perked up , " that is not my number plate and its a VW polo not a golf. he actually apologised and admitted he should have double checked and let me on my way.
flash forward a few years and out in late in the night in a Golf VR6 pulled into a car-park that was filled with police vehicles and promptly pulled back out One of them quickly followed I knew i was getting pulled but he sat be hind me for what seem and an hour until a police van coming the other way pulled right across the road and blocked my path and the police car behind me turned into two blocking my path from the rear, then i realised the van in front of me was a armed response van. Many bricks were dropped as i was rushed getting screamed at to not move but also get out of the car. they dropped me to the floor cuffed me and asked if there was anything in the car they need to know about before it is searched i responded " there is a bread and butter knife in my black work bag" As they were getting my work bag out of the car i heard some chatter on the radio and some expletives and i was promptly released and the coppers sharply dispersed. Think i sat for about ten minuets before i turned the key and drove home. Still have no idea what they hell happened as it was all a blur and panic
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2019 9:19:25 GMT by Barrass
VW nut 1984 MK2 golf type 19e
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The ones I can remember, seems quite a list now it's all written down!! The only real attitude i experienced was the MINTY number plate one in 2006 2001 - Owned a smart & pulse city coupe - pulled over because the copper owned one too and wanted to ask where I got my wheels etc from. 2001 or 2002 - Stopped for doing 34 in a 30 - i blame oasis on the radio - some songs make me drive faster - just a regular stop and verbal caution. 2003 - Just before going on holiday I'd lost a number plate due to sticky pads melting in the heat so put a piece of paper in the window as a replacement. Once I got on holiday I removed the paper and just decided that if I got stopped I'd say i lost the plate on holiday but couldn't get a replacement made up as V5 was at home. Journey home - got stopped - tried above excuse - the same copper had seen me the week before with the paper number plate in!! Let me go without charge. 2003 - Copper jumped out of a bush with a speed gun and got me doing 37 in a 30 (formerly 40mph road) - lucky i didn't run them over how they appeared from nowhere into the actual road! 2004 or 2005 - Stopped because of my "dodgy" number plate - demonplates had developed a plate that took the letter of 11mm border to nearest character edge literally and the plate background followed each outer character edge with a 11mm border rather than being rectangle shaped. I said it was legal as the law states the 11mm border and they said they'd check the rules back at the station and get back to me. I should have been stopped earlier by the fashion police as although it was legal in hindsight it looked a bit curse word. 2006 - Stopped and fined for a mis-represented number plate N11NTT with a couple of screws to say MINTY - the actual slip they gave me wasn't my registration either but I didn't complain as it would probably enforced their case even more. 2007 - 2 coppers helped push my smart roadster out of the way when breaking down at junction of a major roundabout 2009 - Stopped by an unmarked police car whilst driving my cube - they asked if i knew why they'd stopped me and i said "is it my missing number plate?" - turns out it was because I'd used my phone just before - they fined me for the phone but let me off the number plate! 2018 - Highways agency closed a lane / helped change wheel on the Elgrand after shredding a tyre on the A30 entering Cornwall
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2019 10:17:57 GMT by fr€$h&m1nt¥: missed one!
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Got "pulled" while pushing my MK1 MR2 down the road.
I had just finished a load of work on it and took it for a test drive, i live in the countryside so was having a bit of a hoon. It was getting late and about a mile from home the HG blew, since most of the way home was downhill i started pushing to the top of the hill when the buys in blue pulled up along side and started questioning us.
After establishing we were pushing my car and not a stolen one down a dark country lane they helped get us get it to the top of the hill then towed us the rest of the way home while running the plates to make sure they were towing it back to the correct address.
The only other time i was out with a friend in his RX7 after doing a few bits with that, he was overdoing it quite alot on town roads so wasnt surprised when the van started following us. He followed us through an orange light and then stopped us about 5 minutes later for it.
Proceded to go over the car and claimed the number plate was to small, exhaust to load ect. even questioned if i had a licence(i was in the passenger seat)
The number plate had been on the car since it was imported back in 1998 without any issues but turns out the lettering was 2mm under the limit (the officer must have damn good eyes) Let us off with a warning about the orange light and said the plates have to be changed before it can go back on the road. I was just glad they didnt notice the knife and leatherman on my belt as both have locking blades.
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Jun 21, 2019 11:34:09 GMT
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Speeding. Driving like an idiot. Running a red light. dark rear lights. And once to have a look at my mk2 escort rs2000.
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2019 11:35:07 GMT by stefan1971
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Jun 21, 2019 12:11:38 GMT
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Small number plate, small number plate, small number plate, small number plate, small number plate, small number plate, small number plate all on bikes. Been nicked for it (I think) 8 times. Then in Delorean, miss spaced number plate. You really would think they’d have better things to do, which of course they have, it’s just that that might be hard work. Wan7ers the lot of em’
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Jun 21, 2019 17:07:26 GMT
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When I was 18 I would walk into our local nick after 10pm with a producer and the night Bobby would just ask, "Still the same car John?, turn back a page and copy the details....
I was once parked outside the chippy when the local Bobby appeared on foot, pie in hand "A word" and I was beckoned into an alley..... Apparently I had made history, it was the first time he had ever seen the same car, (see Bedford Beagle in first drives thread), on the regular internal flyer of Lancaster, Preston, and Blackpool Traffic divisions. His sage village Booby advice was "Sell the car ". Not being daft, I did.
I later joined the Old Bill, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em etc. plus you got to drive cars fast.
I got tugged in a hand painted Triumph 2000 Estate, (I had just bought my first house and drove some right sheds for a few years). It was on a 60 limit 2 lane in a different force area and I had been following a wagon. I knew there was a legal, but short overtake just before a long hill coming up, mirror check, tight up my chuff was Escort Police van from the local force, he knew the overtake as well. Into 3rd overdrive and as the overtake came on I flicked out the O/D, indicated and went. Escort van got stuck rolling up the double whites on his overtake.
He followed me a while, probably to check the car out, and the hit the B's and T's. I decided it was dangerous to stop and carried on to a safe place about half a mile up the road. I stopped and got out to meet an irate cop of all of 5'8", shouting at my chest, I'm 6'6". I think I was going to be locked away forever if he had his way. He was the Schools Road Safety Officer and I was going to be reported for speeding and failing to stop. I had had my eye on the speedo and never exceeded 60.
"Crack on" says I, and asked when his speedo was last calibrated as he only had a standard clock fitted and I had checked mine against Vascar. He then threw another hissy about his job and I didn't know what I was talking about. He asked my employment, I then told him I was a Police accident investigator and advanced vehicle examiner and produced my warrant card. He then had the cheek to say I should have told him I was a cop straight away, I put him straight how he was a wibble driver, I showed him up, and he took the hump, and it was his attitude that got the rest of us a bad name, plus a free character assessment he wouldn't tell his Nan!
I'm retired now after my body got a bit broken on duty, most of the guys were great, but like everywhere, some were complete ham shankers.
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74 Mk1 Escort 1360, 1971 Vauxhall Victor SL2000 Estate.
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Jun 21, 2019 17:37:31 GMT
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Back in 1985 I was reversing my mk1 escort Mexico replica on and off our private parking bay in our close ......cue a know all bobby to appear and issue me with a producer ..I wasn’t insured but my car had touched the queens highway so I was nicked Four points and I think it was a £60 fine I went to court and I didn’t get off ...put it down to experience But it doesn’t end there!, a few weeks later I bought a mk1 escort van off a bloke that came into the tyreservices depot I worked at for £200 I planned to use all the mex bits and the engine it had in it Decided to drive it home Saturday afternoon less than 2 miles Yep you’ve guessed it got pulled over, given a producer I kept to myself I had no insurance..... Now look I’m older and very wiser now , but I didn’t want no more points or fines at that time I got away with it ...don’t want to say how on a worldwide forum, but let’s just say I never broke the law regarding insurance or mot and tax stuff again!!
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2019 17:40:58 GMT by Mercdan68
Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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Jun 21, 2019 17:55:19 GMT
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That just reminded me of another occasion back in around '98/99. A mate of mine was thinking of buying a mini so I took him out in mine to show him what they were like. I floored it as i left town and as i reached the crest of the hill the police were conducting a bit of a sting. I got pulled and got a stern talking to. Apparenly he'd seen, or more importantly heard the car numerous times, but this time he had to pull me over. As he checked my details he informed me that my MOT had run out. Not good, but he said that he could see that it was clean and well looked after and gave me a producer, to get the car MOT'd within a week but if hed done me for speeding as well things would have got more complicated, so I got away with that one.
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Jun 21, 2019 19:29:21 GMT
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*had a close one in '85.. approached a corner in a local town in a loaner from the local renault main stealer , a gold 9ts if my memory serves me well , at maybe a just touch over the required 30. literally as i hit the corner pc donut jumps out of nowhere from behind the hedge right to the edge of the kerb , radar gun in one hand and waving frantically at me with the other. naturally i smiled , waved back frantically and carried on my merry way. in fairness i did take a minor detour down some back lanes...just to be safe... but hey...had to be done!
always wondered , which is the faster , a loaner or a hire car?
*technically a close shave not a tug!!
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2019 19:30:32 GMT by strikey
'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating '80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip '97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jun 21, 2019 22:23:42 GMT
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Another "back in the nineties" tale:
Left night club in Wood Green (norf London) about 2.30 on a Sunday morning (sober) got 200 yards down the road into a residential area and some random fault caused short circuit setting air horns off.
Tried to disconnect horn wiring, but it was in conduit for safety! Felt like hours trying to yank wires off somewhere, but probably only minute or two. Police station just round the corner so cue arrival of 3 cars and two fully loaded vans, all ready for typical Saturday night out. Just as they arrived I managed to break a wire to stop air horns.
Bit of a talking to and full radio check as it was Ford crossflow powered, caged Chevette with harnesses and no back seats. Lots of browsing coppers on a (rare) quiet night.
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Sittin' here in a hired tuxedo. Wanna see my bacon torpedo?
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Jun 21, 2019 22:52:37 GMT
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Driving my ex-bosses XR4x4i to my aunts funeral full of mourners. Conversation went "Is this your car?" , "Nope,its my bosses and I'm borrowing it for my aunts funeral today." " Ok sir hold on for a minute." he promptly checks tyres and bids me farewell and sorry to have held me up.
Second time i was picking my drunk step mum up from a pub, Usual " this your car? had a drink?" questions, then drunk step mum leans out of the car, she gets out, exclaiming, "leave my son alone, or i wont make you a cuppa!" (sigh....) It transpires that the officer collects the car documents from the scrapyard that the step mum works at (phew!)
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'88 Cadillac Brougham hearse (white) '91 Carlton GSi 24v '72 Dodge dual cab pick up '99 Mercedes S55 AMG
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I used to get pulled over very regularly in this Skoda. I never blamed them, really. I was chased down on the M12 once by an occifer that had a VW bus and wanted to know who had done the graffiti (me). I also got pulled once at 11.45pm on the way home from church, and got a producer. I only found out when I checked the documents before taking them in, that my MOT had ran out that day, 15 minutes later and I would have been in bother! That was the last of the "4in4", four pulls in four days, and in three different counties for good measure. N.I. counties are much smaller than mainland though, it's not that impressive.
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rickygolf83
Scotland
Mk2 Golf 8v & 16v, VR6, Nova Antibes, Mk4 1.8t & mk4 Gt Tdi 130
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Was out late at night in my Nova GSI scouting for like minded folks for a tussle in 2002, came tanking off a 60mph road and didnt let off, then could see the panda car coming, lights on as he got closer. I pulled over, they explained they had been trying to catch me since the last town. What speed was I doing? 60 in the 60 and 30 in the 30 One cop was giving the shady looking Nova a good look over while I was getting the 3rd degree, then I heard over the radio "and they've kicked the door in now..." At that point cop at my window says we need go wee man, beat it! Then tanked it away in their 306 ! Lots more "incidents" but will leave it at the family friendly one above lol
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ZXRob
Europe
Posts: 1,193
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Between 2004 and 2009 I had a lot of VWs that I just couldn't leave alone. All of them got a set of wheels, lowered springs/coilovers and made to go faster than ever intended. I used to get pulled in Leyland on a weekly basis by a copper who was a VW fan and wanted to have a chat about my cars and check them out. He used to always have some ridiculous reason to stop me like "I thought you had a light out" but the highlight was "I saw that you were in a different car and wanted to check that it was yours"! Nice chap but I had a long period of having to avoid going to Leyland because it would always be half an hour of a job getting stopped!
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fraudownersclub
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 1,005
Club RR Member Number: 23
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Look sarge a1uz 😂😂
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#fraudownersclub #richartsltd
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I managed to get tugged 13 times in twelve weeks! reason- i didnt look old enough, which to be fair i did'nt, just passed my test at 17, youthful complexion and school issue nhs specs didnt help,BUT i always had my docs and the car although a bit ropey was legit.so after a while all the local stations got to know me and left me alone, except for the last time when an over enthusiastic newbie thought it would be good to pull me over for a word. Cue newbie getting and ear battering from sarge who was riding shotgun. He should have guessed really when sarge and i were on first name terms but hey ho
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