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Seriously... #1529278
11/03/2015 21:40
11/03/2015 21:40

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fiatphil
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....I haven't seen another Coupe since I've owned mine (about 3 weeks now). Are they really that rare now? Had my waving hand ready and finger on the flash stalk but they've lost all circulation.

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1529280
11/03/2015 21:44
11/03/2015 21:44
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S. Wales. Way beyond my means
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Oh yeah. They really are.

When I owned my previous one in around 2006 I still only saw about one a month. Now, I see maybe 4 or 5 a year where I live.

Unless I organise or attend a meet that is.... in Turin 2014 I saw 150 in one day !!

It is great to own such a rare beast.


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Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1529303
11/03/2015 23:37
11/03/2015 23:37

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Ive seen about 7 on the road in the last 3 years, driving around the Midlands, so yeah they are pretty rare to spot .

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1529305
12/03/2015 00:23
12/03/2015 00:23
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Brisbane, Australia
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I have not seen another Coupe in Australia since January 2014 when I attended the Australian Fiat Nationals in Sydney. There were 3 the there. Although, I did sight 5 during my 5 weeks in Italy October/November 2014.

Hopefully, I will a few at the Australian Fiat Nationals on 21st - 22nd March (next week) at Benalla in Victoria.

Yes, Coupes are very rare in Australia.


Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1529357
12/03/2015 10:39
12/03/2015 10:39

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I've had mine for 1 year and a half now and haven't seen any coupe on the road yet. Belgium coupe nr's are pretty low

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1529505
13/03/2015 02:12
13/03/2015 02:12
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There are around 1000 20v turbos, 90 plus and I think around 60 odd LE 's registered on the road so very rare seeing as there are 35 million cars on the roads

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1529507
13/03/2015 04:41
13/03/2015 04:41
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Berkshire
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I have only ever seen 4 other Coupes on the road in the past two years. We drove from Berkshire to Scotland last year, and back, and did not see one on the whole trip.


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Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1529510
13/03/2015 07:36
13/03/2015 07:36
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I occasionally see one on my way home from work; he crosses a road I use. I've never seen him when I've been in the coupe...


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Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530244
17/03/2015 18:27
17/03/2015 18:27

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I've only seen one other Coupe since I bought mine in September, and that wasn't even in Northern Ireland. I saw it in Wales. I've had a few people come up and comment on how rare they are and ask me about mine.

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530273
17/03/2015 21:32
17/03/2015 21:32
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scotland
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I may not have a coupe but saw Edinburgh a couple of times last year,(exchanged waves as he recognised me in my Alfa Gt) and these last two weekends have seen a couple of na 20v's in red, or the same one twice in different places.
Hopefully at Tartan Tarmac on last Sunday of March will see some of the Scottish boys as I'll be with the Alfa chaps.

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530285
17/03/2015 22:43
17/03/2015 22:43

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Isn't there a whole section devoted to spotted?

On a separate note, random ones seem to pop up locally. Usually for sale in garages then vanish without trace...

There's a red 20v local at the minute. Never saw it before it was put up. It's only a few hundred quid....

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530315
18/03/2015 08:19
18/03/2015 08:19

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Got into conversation with our local street sweeper after he spotted the coupe and turns out he's a bit of a car fan. He told me the location and colour of all the coupes in my town!

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530336
18/03/2015 10:15
18/03/2015 10:15
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Banbury
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I think there is at least 4 or 5 in Banbury. Certainly 4 or 5 club Members in Banbury and I see a standard silver 20VT quite a lot which i'm pretty sure isn't a member of this forum


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Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530346
18/03/2015 11:08
18/03/2015 11:08
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Rugby, Warwickshire
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I'm currently doing a course in Leicester and I've seen a green one every morning but it's only the 3rd I've seen on the road in a year and a half.

I've waved of course but no reply


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Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530358
18/03/2015 12:45
18/03/2015 12:45

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Having said that for some reason the Welsh seem to love em.

I know of about 10 within a 5 mile radius of where I live which is remarkable considering how few are still left on the roads!

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530366
18/03/2015 13:21
18/03/2015 13:21
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Berkshire
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There are at least six (excluding mine) in and around Newbury - there is a black one with a tow bar fitted!

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530370
18/03/2015 14:36
18/03/2015 14:36
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Leicester
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There used to be loads around Leicester. Now the only one I see regularly is a black Plus parked near where I live.

Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530394
18/03/2015 18:34
18/03/2015 18:34

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Unbelievably broke my duck less than 100 yards from my house!!!! Spotted a red Coupe with and Italian stripe down the passenger side in Cheslyn Hay!!! Did wave but I may have been traveling rather briskly. Off to the spotted thread now!!!

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Re: Seriously... [Re: ] #1530397
18/03/2015 18:51
18/03/2015 18:51

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Originally Posted By: fiatphil
Unbelievably broke my duck less than 100 yards from my house!!!! Spotted a red Coupe with and Italian stripe down the passenger side in Cheslyn Hay!!! Did wave but I may have been traveling rather briskly. Off to the spotted thread now!!!


sure it wasn't a fiat 500 laugh [ Italian stripes don't do it for me] .


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