Cassius Clarke said:and secondly becuase I was driving a lightly modified 911, so they guessed they could take me for more cash since it was apparent i had a few bob, although the truth is im skint!
Sorry, but you are either talking out of your backside (either about going to court or about being skint!) or forgetting something.
Everyone gets a form to fill in - fines are means tested. You tell them how much you earn etc and they fine you based on that. So if you were really there, your fine was "appropriate".