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Re: How do you view yours?
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11/09/2020 15:59
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I know mine is old but I don’t think of it as being old. I don’t think it looks old either but I could be biased a little.
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Re: How do you view yours?
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11/09/2020 16:01
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It’s I think that's the point Jim, it doesn't feel like an old car ought to feel! I will say, and I’ve heard others saying, it’s probably the only car when parked and you head off, l still look back and smile some more, but it’s still an old car though. You could say it’s testimony to it’s owners who like the car so much to keep them road worthy, which we all know, is not easy or cheap.
I'm an old git & happy with it,most of the time
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Re: How do you view yours?
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12/09/2020 19:14
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The totally standard, original design of the Coop is 26 years old. The Limited Edition lips and sideskirts look (which serves as the basis of the Plus edition look) is 22 years old. So what exactly are 26 car years and 22 car years in human years? If I were to have a guess, I'd say the Coop was a physically fit, attractive, middle-aged person who gives younger people a run for their money.
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Re: How do you view yours?
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12/09/2020 21:19
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Edinburgh
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Although I haven't had the pleasure, or lived the dream even, of my own coupé for a while now during its extensive renovation I do still have memories of how proud I was to get hold of her not long after its initial restoration. The long-standing forum member who had her then first introduced me to the concept of "coupé-paranoia" which I soon realised was a very real concept... I'm sitting here half-watching the Last Night of the Proms (Mrs Ed's request) which is a surreal experience, semi-Zoom, players sani-distanced, audience outside - the parallel being that from time-to-time the concept of actually having owned a coupé has been equally distant and unreal. In more lucid moments though I recall wonderful tours over the north of Scotland and beyond with good friends, a long week in Normandy a couple of years ago at the wheel in which she didn't put a wheel wrong, and happy and exciting visits to Spa and Assen. In my doubting head I view her as very distant still, being meticulously proofed as far as possible against the ravages of the Scottish climate, while in my positive head I view it as the best car I could ever hope to have owned - and to re-own - before too very long
Last edited by Edinburgh; 13/09/2020 10:21. Reason: spleling
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