SD Minis A warning
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Don't touch this guy with a barge pole, trust me.

Long story short, my Mk2 was with him from the end of March till last Saturday and this is what I got after all that time



Exactly the same it was all them months ago, untouched and not even looked at. We only found out the truth once we got there as he couldn't even tell me.

This guy has cost me a lot of money and annoyance. He arranged two days of "delivery" meaning I would go out my way to make sure I was free canceling, rearranging things and selling things cheaper so I would have the money. My brother taking a day off to to help out only for Steve to cancel/excuses at the last moment saying his friend couldn't deliver, has a once in a lifetime chance to go racing etc, when he knew all the time it wasn't ready.





Eventually enough was enough and I arranged collection myself and was completely shocked being faced with the exact shell in the same state of disrepair it was many months ago.

I'm sure he could have put his hands up like any man would and say at the beginning he couldn't do it, but no he led me on for months, time where I could have got someone who knew what they were doing to sort it out, all that time went to waste while phoning in every other week to check on progress I was told things were moving ahead where as in reality my car was sitting around, rusting away. We chatted like mates me believing everything was fine and I would have the Mk2 I dreamed of soon.

He still did not admit freely that it wasn't even started and only admitted to it not being painted but ready for paint over the phone.

He even sent me a picture of someone elses Mk2 saying it was mine, I would love to know who really owns it and whether they know he has been using the pic



My mini has sat about doing nothing all this time, apart from gaining more rust and surface rust on brand new panels which weren't exactly cheap.

Absolute time waster with no remorse for what he has done, I'm still owed money and panels of mine are missing. He knew I had arranged to come and collect a week before but did not even bother to get the cash ready, instead handed me a cheque for £800 when I am owed £950, so I'm still waiting to see if the cheque will clear and will be down £150 plus the expenses for me collecting my shell which was untouched and the money lost on selling things cheaper to make sure I had the money to pay on "delivery"

All he had to say for himself was "Yeah I know" "I should have"

Compulsive liar right down to the fact that his own Mk2 isn't even the Cooper "S" he claims it to be. Really utterly dissapointed as I trusted this guy having bought a Megajolt kit off him and recommended him to many people

As far as I know, I'm not the only person to be messed about by this joker.

Now I'm faced with having to maybe sell the Mk2 and move on which is a really difficult decision, given my situation out of Minis I don't have the time for a project anymore and have lost the heart for things like this.

Still haven't received a proper apology for what happened, I'm sure he saw me on numerous occasions at Castle Combe.

Rahul.

(If any mods have a problem with the thread, please contact me, thanks)

As we are venting I bought a so called professionaly made megajolt loom off him and it was a load of shite!

I have also been made aware that a member of this forum who lives in Aus is having trouble with SD Mini's

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

What a disgrace! Can't believe some people can lie like that.

if ou need bodywork done theres a place near me called blakehill body centre he specialises in minis and has a very good reputation, ive seen his work its very very good

http://www.blakehillbodycentre.co.uk/

Edited by wolfie on 27th Sep, 2010.

That's well out of line, i'm gutted for you mate.

Seem to be so many dodgy companies about atm, first Smart and now SD

I have in a way yes.

We went to Stoneleigh Mini show at Christmas and I went and spoke to Chris about having my engine honed and decked. I mentioned I had spoken to Simon at Morspeed about what it might need and Chris went off on one throwing a torrent of abuse Simon's way, saying his work was crap and 'good luck on getting your engine back if you go to him'. I personally think, for a new buisness starting up, that is incredibly unprofessional, slagging off other companies based of some personal differences between yourself and them. Needless to say I went to Simon, who didn't have a point to prove or speak to me like I'd mugged his mum.

I am also good friends with Martin (Roofless) so have seen and heard everything that happened. I have chosen not to comment on that or the various complaints he has been receiving because I don't like jumping on bandwagons, plus I couldn't post even if I wanted to

Rahul - you know what i think on this, and im gutted for ya mate - just hope you get all the cash back and can finish the project or move on to something else.

minx, i think Chris worked for morspeed.. could be wrong tho. I used his rollers and he was sound.

He did work for Simon, your right there Mark.

there is nothing wrong with a A-series that a turbo can't fix.

www.turbomini.nl

I appreciate the support, I'm currently in talks with a bodyshop who know what they're doing to see what can be done with the Mk2 and have placed it on Ebay for now just to see the interest, really deep down I want the car finished off. The poor thing is sitting outside with a tarpaulin over it and is seeing the worst of the weather

Steve has removed his signature on TMF and the website is down. Still not heard a peep from him.

Mate.

You told me it was bad but I had no idea you've had to suffer all that lot.

Hope you can get it into someone reliable - there are loads of good ones for every bad one.

My mate Chris took 2 years to restore his 998 Mk2 Cooper in dark blue & white roof and it's a stunning creation, looks almost as good as when it came out of the showroom. Soething to be really proud of.

Don't lose heart mate. Stick with it. It'll look just as fab as Chris's.

Richard.

Minivanless, but reluctantly happy living with the decision. There'll be another one day.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=minimadmotorman#p/u

On 27th Sep, 2010 paneermeel said:


Bought a megajolt kit from him, i should get it early next week.
I hope it is any good

there is nothing wrong with a A-series that a turbo can't fix.

www.turbomini.nl

Hey dischub, an easier way to get a screenshot on your iphone,

press the power button and home button at the same time

it saves it to your "photos" on your iphone

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Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

Learn something new everyday :)

Haha thanks for that James

Edited by dischub on 14th Jan, 2011.