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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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30/08/2012 18:52
30/08/2012 18:52
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Big_Muzzie
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Did you fit the washing machine as an extra? Do they come with the Jizzbag plus seats?
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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30/08/2012 19:14
30/08/2012 19:14
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Big_Muzzie
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Yaris t-sport exhaust and a spare tank for those long journeys up north, sounds like someone was sensible whilst ticking the options boxes!
Back O.T, I once viewed a coupe at James Twist, seemed a decent bloke and also used to advertise belt changes on Autotrader for £450.
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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31/08/2012 10:09
31/08/2012 10:09
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TimR
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Didn't all scotts green coops come with washing machines as standard? Got a lovely silver Hotpoint Aqualtis in the current one. Mine's sporting a white Hotpoint WD640 but I reckon it's plumbed in better I reckon I'll print that picture off and give it to Lindsay (sp?) next time I'm there
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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06/09/2012 01:06
06/09/2012 01:06
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GrahamL
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It's a looooong time ago, probably about 10 years now, but I had the cambelt and other work done on my old coupe @ James Twist garage by "Wigan" Paul himself and couldn't have been any happier with the work or service.
Dealing with those guys was a real breath of fresh air after the repeatedly awful service from my local fiat dealer. They even let me borrow their loan car for the day despite forgetting to take my driving licence down with me.
Anyways, not really relevant to the OP's problem but thought it was worth mentioning.
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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06/09/2012 08:53
06/09/2012 08:53
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tim42
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I've never left anything in the biscuit tin - they're all fat enough without any outside help
Actually you're right, the helpful guy was blessed with a generous girth of gut I normally leave biscuits.........
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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06/09/2012 11:42
06/09/2012 11:42
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TimR
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I've never left anything in the biscuit tin - they're all fat enough without any outside help
Actually you're right, the helpful guy was blessed with a generous girth of gut I normally leave biscuits......... I've normally left a decent pile of money All for genuine, high quality work I should add
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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06/09/2012 22:37
06/09/2012 22:37
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roly
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Same as Came2dance and GrahamL. No complaints from me when Paul worked on mine for a year or two before I decided to give Powerfiat a go - but it was nine years ago and things can change.
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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08/09/2012 00:25
08/09/2012 00:25
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I agree with Jame5 that it's not always possible to fully check out a car with a fine toothbrush for the reasons he stated (element of trust lets your guard down and you need to drive a car for a week or so to better judge your purchase and discover faults). Unfortunately, unless you are handy with spanners, coupe's are actually quite expensive (you'll spend thousands if you keep it a few years or more) to run, if you do not want to drive around in a crapper. Hope it gets sorted.
Alan
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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18/10/2012 22:32
18/10/2012 22:32
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Hi all! I have not been on the forum for quite some time due to life changing commitments! I am very upset that Katie is using the forum to publicly voice 'her' opinion about a 20VT she recently purchased from myself, in particular making allegations that the car had an illegal MOT test. Just for the record, she has since had the car inspected by VOSA which showed up no issues other than some items could not be tested as the car was not running. I think this is a very rude and highly exaggerated post, and if anyone wishes to ask any questions I would be more than happy to comment. I see her comments as slanderous and without fact, constantly contradicting her statements. That's all for now, thanks, Paul
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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19/10/2012 14:51
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Rudidudi you are a legend. I thought I'd had a good old look at the DVLA site for this and here it is. Just checked out the car I've just bought and all looks good
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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26/03/2013 23:35
26/03/2013 23:35
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shantimar1
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update re coupe and james twist case: re Pauls post above , court case calls on Friday 5th April 2013 in my local court and shall let everyone know how it goes . , thanks guys xx
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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27/03/2013 11:06
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Steamer
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Steamer
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Hope justice is done
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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27/03/2013 11:22
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Good luck Katie, hope all pans out well.... ...well done too for sticking with it
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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27/03/2013 19:21
27/03/2013 19:21
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pebbles
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pebbles
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Just sent you a pm katie good luck.
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Re: James Twist Garage / Paul Balfour, AVOID!!
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27/03/2013 19:27
27/03/2013 19:27
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This matter is now with the courts, this thread can be re opend once a conclusion has been made.
Proud Owner of Rosso Speed LE041
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