Okay so you've spent thousands on your coupé in the past two years. It wants for nothing. It's quick. You've spent to the point where you have a decent, working coop. So what do you do? You phone the bank, get an extension on the loan that was due to end next month for another couple of years, and buy another Coupé Well you do if you're TOTALLY INSANE. The missus has no idea I've done this, I've just picked her up and stashed her in the one place I know she'll never go.... the garage!
And so at an ungodly hour this morning I picked up Taffy20VT and made the long jaunt to Kendal to buy MrCooper's Moon Grey Plus. It's in totally immaculate condition, and a real credit to it's former owners. I can't believe the car is nearly 13 years old! If you stuck a private plate on there and asked somebody to guess the age, I don't think they'd know. Plan is to use my current coop to see the winter through, then get the Moon grey out of hibernation for summer fun. It's such a fantastic colour - Pearlescent with silvers, blues and other little colours coming through when the (little) sunlight hits it. I'm smitten! I'm also pretty much castrated when the missus finds out. How am I going to break it to her? Tips appreciated



(Top of Prestatyn Hill next to my ol' faithful)





(How she scrubs up when not covered in grime)



...and her secret bunker for the winter. Sssh!

Nice one!
That did look a minter, was surprised it was for sale for so long.
Once people see Moon Grey in the flesh they love it, converts, pics don't do that colour justice.

Excellent news Matt, well done!

Is Taffy on standby to hold your Mrs back from launching you into the sea when she finds out?

You lucky boy, naughty but nice

She probably wont even notice

It's silver-ish, thats all that matters to her, just say you fitted a few bits onto the current one!

(But of course she'll blow a gasket when YOU dont notice that she's changed her hair from chestnut brunette to hazelnut brunette )

Been there, done that! Does that Moon not look LOVELY ? How are you going to resist taking her out for a spin on a nice bright morning ?

Well done; I'm sure you can make it up to the missus (in time ).

Just enjoy........

Do like me when suspiciously large packages arrive at my home. "Oh yeah, someone gave it to me, I just had to pay shipping."

Just thinking.... the EVO triangle in February and the Lakes run in March . Which of these two do you want for a Moon convoy ? If I can get up there from Kent you REALLY need to remove her from her cocoon....

I don't think I can afford to disturb her slumber 'til at least April, and that's when the babies due come to think of it She may remain a garage queen forever! At least I get to sneak into the garage and stroke her wait..did I really just post that?

Nice choice, but you should have held out for another Sprint Blue

Just tell her, the pain won't last long

...and you should have changed your Avatar from yellow I'd love a Sprint Blue plus, but the only one I know is Ed's.

The pain won't last long, hey Taffy? Have you seen my Missus? God I hope she never sees this...!

Well done Matt. That coupe looks fantastic mate.
Get that bloody bicycle away from it though !!

I have a yellow one too

The trouble will start properly when you have paid for your plus and get a third 20VT!!!!

(Nice to see a long term forumer keeping the faith )

Before i had my coupe porkypaul would just give me this puppy dog look and say "hunni pleassee" and then promise to make it up to me, trips out, etc..

maybe you could give her a set of keys of her own then she would know the true pleasure and some times pain of owning a coupe
if not just endure the pain the coupe is soo worth it

Tell her you're storing it for a friend who's gone abroad

Stunning car, good luck with her

The missus? Ah well she'll get over it

Can you tell i'm twice divorced?

keep the plus for yourself and give her the 20vt

What a fantastic looking coupe.

As for the mrs take her out for a nice meal then break it too her

Paul, how very crude!

Good work pinin ......wait until you stretch to 3!

Very nice Matt, can't you just do what i did and buy the missus a new car too?

That coupe looks fantastic mate.nice one

Yep, good buy for sure. That car is lovely Well done Matt

Can I be the first one to put a downer on proceedings and say I have never read anything so daft, you are 3 months away from having a baby, and you extend a loan to buy a car that you don't need, and with the loan maybe can't afford..

Sorry Matt but thats just bloody daft.

I don't care what people say, but the coupe is not a car for a baby, its small, cramped, difficult to get the seat in and out of, not overly smooth, low down and dare I say it, a money pit and not totally reliable!

You then have the baby that will need nappies, pram, clothes, food, more nappies, more clothes, toys, more clothes, food, etc - at the grand age of 3 weeks old my baby is costing ALOT!

Sorry Matt, but just wanted to say it, but its your car / life / baby / etc - good luck mate

Sorry Matt, I TOTALLY agree,

Chrissy

Jim, Congratulations on the new baby, but you're showing classic symptoms of new dad madness. I suffered a dose... - swapped the Coupe for a Mondeo, and a friend has just traded in his MiTo for some miserable Skoda Diesel behemoth.
Buying a people mover is the worst form of New Dad Madness and in many cases the owner never recovers.

But we dont know what car his mrs has at the moment. For all we know her car is allready child friendly.
And for what its worth i think Matt is confident in paying his loans anyway.

Its only my opinion Magoo, hence I finished with good luck it's your choice!