I had a few interested people wanting to buy my car when I had it advertised but can't seem to let her go.

The hours of sourcing parts and time spent working on her along with the expense have made me think what is it about these cars that are so hard to let go.

After reading proccys thread its made me realise that there's quite a few of us!

For me it's a bit of a hobby, even the cleaning/detailing side of it.

So many cool products and gadgets to buy

attached to it? more like it's attached to me, i can't let it go!!

Its part of the family.
I have been close to getting rid a few times but just cant do it.
To this date nothing puts a smile on my face like it.
But to say its high maintenance is a joke.
Definitely like dating Katie Perry.

I try not to get to attached to them now

I've toyed with the idea of saying goodbye, then I go through a world full of emotions and realise I'd rather chop off my right arm and beat myself over the head with it before I could say goodbye to the Moose Coupe.

With the amount of cars i have had,i got to the stage where i didnt.
But that said this coupe is something else.
And i have also grown attatched to my Volvo.Just love it and cant get rid of it.

You Volvo is pretty epic though

There's mounting family pressure to sell mine but I keep coming up with reasons to keep it. I've had half a dozen new cars inthe last ten years and nome them come close to how my coupe drives ( when it's working...)

I don't think I need to comment...

I've never had the urge to sell mine or even look around for an alternative.

I love mine to bits and use it every day, it's just a gorgeous car and get an uplifting feeling when driving it, even if it is only to work and back

It's something different and something special and I wouldn't want to ever be without it.

Honestly, when thinking of stuff to buy if I won the lottery (as you do) I still see a place for my Coupe, if not more of them

I love mine, I'll keep it going for as long as I can.

Can't see myself driving anything else, everytime I push the start button its an event!

Its emotional!

Whatever sort of day it has been, the Coupe has the (almost) unfailing ability to bring a huge smile to the face . Loud pedal = Cheshire Cat, especially when being tail-gated by some sprout in a BMW (or like last night some in a hottish Megane).


(I am beginning to think JBT is stalking Katie Perry - every post mentions her)

Sometimes the Coop makes me feel like this, but most of the time it makes me feel like this.

@ the warewolf

It's the fact that you spend your whole life savings on keeping the bloody thing going.

I do get emotional when I think how much I will lose when selling it!

I know my Coupe won't ever be sold again as a complete vehicle not for the pittence that people will pay for them now.

It's on the Coupe Donor register so when the end comes, it will be broken, & many other coupes will benifit from the bits & I will say goodbye with some guttedness

The coupe is like one of the family. I reckon at some point I will buy a new engine and keep it just in case. I can already feel a full bare metal spray and a strip down under seal / wax oil coming on....

Long live the coupe!!!!!

For me a lottery win would see mine sent for a full restoration and it would be the first of a car collection. That said, if the lottery win doesn't come before she's sold then ownership will be a one of life’s pleasant memory’s as I can’t afford a 4th car

Mine's 16yrs old this year and doing far more miles than it's ever done before,I 'know; it can't go on forever and every time it goes wrong it costs more than it's worth but I keep on with it, it's a kinda duty thing, I can't let it die on my watch.
On rhe last major breakdown (belt/cylinder head) the garage gave up on it and offered me another coupe with less miles for less than the price of the parts, but I couldn't let it go like that.
I know it doesn't make sense, but that's coupe ownership it's a spiritual. addictive experience, like most addictions they don't come cheap and you can't give them up!

I sat in a Coupe when I went to buy my first car - A new Cinq Sporting which I wont ever let go - and promised myself one, one day. I bought mine in 2009, drove it for 6 months, then spent several months trying to get it sorted before getting sooo p'd off with it I sent it down to JBT's after my garage told me that the water pump was leaking.

My friends and Family say I am mad, and in fairness, after not driving it for almost a year I could have given up on her. BUT when I took it the 8 mile drive to my garage for its MOT I knew by the end of the road that it is s*** or bust with this one, theres just something/everything about her that words cannot describe!

The LE is my 5th coupe and the 1 I've always wanted and I've never spent so much money on any of my others as I have this. So I can't see me getting rid in a hurry.

amen to that Paul

Well, this is my second coupe and I still love driving it as much as when I first sat in one 7 years ago.

This one should last for some time - 35k on the clock and no real problems. As I only do around 5k a year it should last a while!

Right now, not very.

One more problem and i'm going to set fire to the bast*rd.

Lol, thought yours was another post from proccy then shiny

Just love looking at and driving mine and when my son bought "Gran Turismo 5" a few weeks ago, the first car in the game I bought was a Fiat Coupe Plus. I've now upgraded it as much as possible so it has 354bhp!!! I'd get into plenty of trouble with that much power in a real one.

attached? Like custard in a plastic bag

I prefer the old "like sh!t to a blanket" simile

I've had a bit of coupe rust under my thumb nail for about a month so it literally is part of me now.

A bit like the film "The Fly", my craving for Mobil 1 has got worse, I'm drinking a bottle a day now and for some reason in cold weather, my back legs get frozen.






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Non of those events actually happened in the film the fly!