I was applying for my TAX online yesterday and the site asked for my mileage. Took a look in the car and entered it on the form and decided to look back over my old mileage records.

I bought the car in April 2004 and in that first year covered 12,000+ miles
2005 - 2006 was down to just over 8,000 and
2006 - 2007 saw the car complete just over 5000

I am not bored of the car HONEST but it would appear that the novelty has worn off. This of course is no bad thing as it would appear the time to find a perfect Plus and cosset the beast has arrived

If any pristine Energy Green or mythical Pearl White cars become available I might just have to raid the piggy bank

I do 3-4k a year max, oftern it does less than 5 miles a week.

Just makes you appreciate it more!

or less as the cost per mile is huge then.

Ive got both of your choices on my driveway today.

Im sure some real cash money may interest me in parting with one.

Ooooh that must be tempting, go for it barmy you only live once

I'd kill to be able to keep the miles down on mine, but have put on nearly 60k (mostly motorway miles) in just over four years.

Still think they go better when used everyday though.

At least you're still staying in the fold Bob. Good to see.

Well my car did .1 miles last year

There are times when you could really start to hate someone

Where did the white one come from?

I am planning that my next Coupé will be a "Long Term" love affair, something to use rarely and cherish. I am therefore drawn to one of the more unusual colours, so much so that I have even considered getting one of the euro boys to find me a really clean LHD version.

Bob

Oh FCCUK Carl do you realy have an energy green one for sale

If I remember correctly the Energy Green Coupé belongs to Carls Mum, unless he has found another.

What does the energy green one look like?

just for you

Thanks Jim0 but is that not just a scotts green one?

Deffo energy green but not the best photo to appreciate it. It is a less olive colour than the Scotts green and closer to British Racing Green.

Its quality, not quantity!,

I only do 5 - 6000 a year max, yes my pence-per-mile must be
horrendous - but I don't care!

One plus point is re-sale - If I brought a coupe with 80K on, I could keep it for 2 years & it would still be under 100K when I sold it! - & I would still maintain it the same as someone doing 12K a year

I would like to think in a few years time I can buy a Coupe and keep it nice and tidy and use it for years and years

I did that eleven years ago...

Neil

You picked the wrong model though. You bought the slow one

A point of view... but as it happens, I'd rather drive the 16v NA than my 20vt...

Neil

I dont think I'd have the heart to stick 12K a year on my coupe if it was an LE with 25K or so on it. I'd leave it in the garage and buy a 16v na to run around in. I wish i could afford to run the coops everyday but our lasses corsa is just too tempting with its 45mpg

That's an interesting opinion Neil - why?

Probably because his 20VT isn't a coupe.

Correct - my 20vt is a Seat Leon Cupra and quite frankly, it has no soul. It's boring. There isn't the feel of special that you get in a coupe, any coupe.

Although I ordered my coupe *very* quickly after they came available, I did extensively test drive both it and the 16vt; and having just come from a Nissan Silvia turbo, rapidly came to the conclusion that I preferred the NA. I *don't* like the kick in the back of a turbo; I prefer a controlled throttle response through the range and I definitely like bottom end torque - the 16v na will never have buckets full (multivalve engines have too slow a gas flow at low revs for good charge mixing, as a rule) - but it's superior to that of the others in the range (except possibly the 20v na) particularly with the lower final drive ratio.

I've driven all the cars in the range, with the exception of 1800s, and including some pretty heavily tuned versions like DrFrag's turbo nutter bastard... and though I have enjoyed them there have been *none* for which I would have swapped the 16v na.

Tastes vary

Neil

Tastes do vary but the 2.0 16v is such a sweet engine, which is why I love my Tipo so so much. So we understand your not completely mad Neil