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whats the go there went to take my car there and it is closed????? mark WAS always the best but i guess now my thoughts about the place are confirmed....... he was too busy with the CTS car, and wasnt prepared to pay his best workers, that michael guy and i think andrew???? are both no hopers, they are clueless as all hell...... he should have kept brady, and what was the other good guy there recently? brad or ben???? something like that???? know where they are now???? still in cars?

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Both Brady and Ben x Tilbrooks are working at JMS with me now

top guys who both know there stuff and not burnt out like some of us lol

its looking like gtr central down here at the moment so

we might have to focus on gtr's alittle more in the future

were buying up a storm in Japan right now

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