After 9 1/2 years of working in the same place, a 20 min drive from home, the company I work for are closing down the office and asking everyone to move to the London office. I'm gutted because I've spent so much time and money restoring this car and now I am faced with having to leave it in a station carpark in a less than nice area. I'll also be left wondering if my beloved car is safe and sound for about 10 hours a day .

I'm wondering whether or not to let her go to a new home and replace it with a heap to leave at the station each day as I can't afford to fund a growing family, and a third car! I haven't made up my mind yet.

So, what is she worth? I've spent a fortune on her in the last 6 months.

99" Black Limited Edition
58K miles (every single MOT to verify milage)
12 Months MOT
12 Months Tax
New PowerItalia Hybrid turbo (fitting Sept\Oct 2010)
New clutch (fitting Sept\Oct 2010)
New OEM shocks all round (fitting Sept\Oct 2010)
Remapped to 303bhp by Flea (Sept\Oct 2010)
New Thatham 1 alarm\immobiliser (Sept\Oct 2010)
New upper and lower foam bolsters\black leather on both front seats. (Sept\Oct 2010)
New radiator (2010)
New handbrake cables (fitting Jan 2011)
Full respray (Dec 2010)
Wheels refurb'd (Oct 2010)
refurb'd rocker cover (Nov 2010)
New Highflow CAT (Dec 2010)
PACE SMIC
H&R lowered springs all round (July 2010)
Cybox catback (May 2010)
New lower arms\droplinks\anti rollbar bushes\track rod ends (Apr 2010)
OMP brake discs (Apr 2010)
Cambelt and full service (Mar 2010)

I have receipts\invoices for all this stuff and more.

£5k all day long imo - beautiful car there matey

I'm gutted, I don't really want to sell it. I still might not but I just can't bear the thought of having chav's damage it and car doors opened into it!

Jintell, Too much work to just let her go - and you've no guarantee to either get what you want or sell her quickly either.

If you can, keep her and buy a station hack - something as cheap and chips with as much MOT as possible that you can bin if it doesn't pass next time round, and then restart the cycle if necessary.

if you buy a heap to leave at the station all day and keep the Coupe for other occasions, will it really cost that much more? Can you get to the station any other way?

That's a gorgeous looking car.

Most station car parks have excellent CCTV and if car is damaged you can report it to BTP as criminal damage, so they will trace owner of other car after viewing CCTV.

We used to get lots of thefts from cars and damage but since CCTV and scroats being nicked it's fallen dramatically.

Make sure you park close to cameras and in perfect view of them.


Some stations have "premier" parking spaces you can hire for a year. At wickford in Essex you will often see a few 911s and a 458, must have traded in his 360.

Lovely car jints with desireable low mileage, the sort that would tempt me back to the fray if I was looking to come back.

Tricky dilemma for you but it's looking like time to sell as if you buy a heap for the station run chances of getting many runs out in the LE will become less and you'll start struggling to justify the expense and thinking about flogging every time it needs tax, insurance, tyres etc. There always seems to be a bill when you run two cars, even if the hack is cheap as chips. Can't begin to think of what running three would cost (missus has a company car so doesn't really count, fortunately)...

As for price, I'm not sure of values but 5k sounds about right. when I flogged my Plus four years ago I asked top dollar (nearly 7k) cos I wasn't in a rush to sell but knew what it was worth and fancied my chances of getting it before beginning my search for the next beast. Waited patiently for about five months then got the result at just the right time as a good Cerb came up.

Good luck whatever you do...

The Only coupe I'd swap my plus for would be a mint black LE

DONT do it you should buy a runabout far to much work done to let it go.

Give me a pm if and when you want to sell it

I would pay £5k for this in a heartbeat.

Thanks for all your comments guys. I need to spend the week thinking about it. I'm leaning towards just keeping it and taking the risk of parking it at a station on the chin.

I'll PM everyone back Friday once I've decided.

FYI, if you do decide to sell I would like a chance to make an offer after any else who has already asked the same thing

Sure.

Are you happy with £5k for it? It owes you so much more. I think a buyer would have the deal of a lifetime, the amount of work gone into this car.

You WILL NOT find another like this, black LE's are rare as it is, not to mention 58k truly perfect examples.

I think a long wait on piston heads at £6995 is worth a shot. It's quite simply the most perfect coupe i know of in existence.

have you thought about this option -
http://www.yourparkingspace.co.uk

for instance there are several spaces around Wickford
station for £10 a week. Prob cheaper than car park
and have security of someones drive.

You'd have to work out the most cost effective
station to park near, train fair vs good coupe run.

Not used this service myself but looks ok in theory.

Thanks for the comment Rog. I'm not sure yet, and you're right I'd lose a bit of cash even if I did sell it for £6+.

Good to know Andy, but I've just spent £814 for a parking space at the station for the year .

Nim..your inbox is full.

How far is the station from you? Cant you bike it or get a cheap ped?

Wow..303bhp on that spec! Thats help me decide on my tuning level. Can i ask which hybrid you have fitted?

By the way,lovely car. Good luck with your sale

Do not sell it.

I had a stage 1 hybrid fitted at PowerItalia.

This is the only car i`d have over my 66k yellow plus,it`s a stunner,hope you can keep it.

Dave

Hi yes it was full ! it only has space for two messages !! I have deleted them now so there is space. please let me know what you have decided ?

Cheers Neil

I agree.

You can't let this example of an LE go for so little money.

Do all that you can to keep it - I had/have a similar dilemma with my LE.

If Solo Italia were selling it, you wouldn't get much change from 8k.

I would ask 6k for mine - so you have priced it well, problem is if you dont need the money you will find it very hard to part with Good luck get a runabout (i use a 156JTD) and keep it

What a lovely car, this standard don't come up very often.

Can we see more pic`s of this stunner please? please please please please

Entire forum.

I would never park it at the station. I never park my coupe anywhere where it can have other car doors slammed into it, or people walking past and scratching the paint work.

Do your cbt and buy a cheap scooter to commute to work.

I'll post some more pics the weekend

I've already got a full bike license mate, in fact that's why I sold my second coup! It's not an all year round solution. I'm having to get to the station early at the moment to get an end bay to reduce my chances of damage.

Not being funny here, but you can surely name your price on this car Jintel? One of a kind in many ways...

£6k is way too cheap for what it is IMO.

If you are going to wrench your heart selling it, name your price - you'll get it

£15k minimum

Looks nice,
Black is definitely best colour for coupe

Yep agreed johnny i think this car shall sell at 7k whack it up for 8k atleast if you must let it go.

It is indeed a stunning example, and that was before the respray!

^^^^ I'd do this at the very least - maybe even try for £9k

ETA- If it were me, I'd go for £10k. There are collectors out there that would oblige I'm sure as they know what else is available on the market i.e. nothing like yours

Glowing tribute from Rog and no shortage of interest.

Decided what you're going to do Jintel?

After all the obsessive TLC given to this car ... if you let her go you will NEVER sleep at night because of wondering how she is even when she isn't yours .

Find a way around the problem, but keep your name on the V5 !!!!!

^^^ listen to this man, he speaks sense

First time for everything... by the way I was talking about the car

Wow, so many great comments! Thanks guys. I've decided to keep her and weather the storm of the parking fiasco at the station!

A happy ending

Just make sure you get an agreed value on your insurance now you are keeping it if you haven't already.
Peter Best are AMAZINGLY CHEAP on coupes, limited milage 5k and an agreed value is very cheap for anyone who is not under 25 must be a cherished 2nd car though like Jintels.

This was my old car and I spent a fortune making it almost perfect. Jintel has refined it further.

I was tempted to buy it back to be honest.

Keep the car. There will be no other like it. It must have cost me £4K in receipts from Rog when I had it.

A little more than refined reza!

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1178256#Post1178256

Jintel
Its all down to how much you need the 5k... but seriously 5k!
Keep it and store her.

If it does go for that price I will be reporting it as stolen . . . somene is getting a bargain at that price, daylight robbery

I can't believe that reduction. It's worth so much more than 5k.

I'd buy it...but the import taxes to Norway for those numbers are 19k GBP...so...yeah...

Jintel, that price is complete madness. Cant you store it?

I can store it, and I will if need be. I won't drop it anymore and £5000.00 is the rock bottom price. I don't need the cash but I'd rather not have it use up space in the garage.

I've had quite a few PMs so I hope it will go to a coup fan this weekend.

If you dont need the cash I'd be happy to drive it for you and store it in the barn. You can pick it up and drive it whenever you want. Seriously

It should do at that money Jintel - just a shame for you it's not a great time to be selling performance cars.

I don't normally post "I'd buy this car" on these sort of threads but safe to say if I was looking to come back into the Coupe fold - I'd buy this .

Mate i would be happy to let it take up space in my Living Room never mind the garage!!!

If you don't need the cash then someone is going to get a ridiculous bargain here.

Please do all you can not to sell it - and help keep the value of all other LE's high!

That has to be one of the very best examples of an LE I have ever seen.

not seen a coop in that sort of condition for a while!! why do these things always come up when i cant afford it!!!

Someone from this forum is coming tomorrow......

You`ll be sorry

I couldnt let my one go

I know there are market forces in-play here, but an icon ..at that money and in that condition is a ridiculous bargain.
Very soon, us poorer, more-humble coupe-owners will be competing against johny-boy-racer to have a tarts boudoir.

The car is still here. The chap had clutch problems today so couldn't come down to see it.

I have been thinking about doing this for about a week, and I may tomorrow go and rob my local post office.

Hope you can find a buyer soon who will look after her.

Doesn't really need a bump - but have one anyway.

Still for sale? Madness!

Still for sale! I've had a few PMs\phone calls in the last few days so maybe not for much longer!

Thanks