Hi Hanny - good to hear from you again. I fondly remember those early dyno-day meets - I remember being chuffed that my near standard 20vt gave 240bhp. I remember thinking that FrogtheDog's Coupe must be a complete animal with over 280bhp. I remember thinking that the L&M LE was an amazing feat of engineering (and expenditure)

The Prancing Donkey is long gone, but my current Coupe is far quicker

Go on - you know you want to get back in a Coupe and of course I have the perfect car for you....

I remember one of your friends turning up with a certain 'worded' number plate that made us all laugh but imagine that the police would not think it so funny!

You forgot me

and me

Perhaps we should start adopting pre-Hanny and post-Hanny monikers

Karl! How the devil are you? And what about the family these days, I was a bit worried when you said "we have just got two bulldog puppies" and thinking that was all you had in the family?

You forgot me too, I was on here when it was coupe-sport forum!!

I tried to blot out the memories of Hanny after the collective shame of his being battered by a Micra off the lights

And now it all comes flooding back!

Good to see you around Karl

"I was out [today/yesterday/recently/on parole] and saw a [Saxo VTS/Evo/Impreza/Audi/Porsche/Ferrari/Lambo/Saturn V rocket] [in front of me/come up behind me/parked].

I dropped [it to 2nd/it to 3rd/it to 4th/my sandwich] and gave it some welly and saw him [vanish behind me/vanish miles behind me/drop a car length behind me/scratch his arse and change CD].

I know he was trying because [he looked like the sort that would/he said so later, in court/he'd seen his wife in my car/if he wasn't then this story would be pathetic] but [he couldn't keep up/could keep up, but couldn't get past/overtook me easily but looked slightly surprised that I was going so fast ... or maybe was burping or something].

When I turned off he [gave me a friendly wave/made a note of my reg to find me later/pulled me over and gave me a summons/had already been home for 45 minutes/wondered what the **** that had all been about].

Anyway it was a great race and it turns out that my penis isn't tiny after all".

Job's a good 'un.

...my dream to own a Datsun Cherry...

Hi John

Finished the beetle yet?

Hello people of old! I do still exist too! Even though my coupe is long gone I still have a garage full of parts for memories

Maybe we should have an ex-coupe meet up and see who has the most embarrassing car now! I never lived out my dream to own a Datsun Cherry but maybe I'd make an effort to source one

I wonder what the turning point was for those of us who are no longer in coupe ownership and where the experience wasn't enough to keep the car any longer? Perhaps we could all learn from those long sufferers on Hanny's list who still have one or those who've 'returned to the fold' like Graham.
In fact Graham might not know, but it was some of his posts around tinkering with his coupe that in part led me to buy mine in the first place (and the rest was I had about a week to find a car before I had to return my company car!)


Anyway, good to see you're all still around.

Cheers
John

Hello Hanny,
Would I be much too young to be a part of this thread??
Paul

I am an old hand from 2005 vintage but I had a break from the forum for a while.

On my second 20v n/a and having my second mid life crisis.


Is vickster still on here ?