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I was just wondering if anyone on this site has had their coupe from new or nearly new (2 years max) I believe Barnacle has owned his since new but I'm not aware of anyone else? I'd have been 13 when they were first available so I'm ruled out of this one!

Ben

I know I wanted one, but even at 22, I certainly couldn't have afforded one.

So, err, NO here.

I've not had my coupé since new, as i could not drive when I was new. I could not walk or talk either

I suppose i could now be described as slightly used. or pre-owned even and I've had my coupé getting on for four years now

I think I was 10 when they first came out

I've had mine for 6 months

Almost, bought it as an ex-demo in 99.

It's only done 30k since then. A genuine low miler that has spent most of its time tucked up in a garage as I work offshore.

Carl would hate it.

Short-timers

DaveG also bought his nearly new so must have had it around eleven years.

I desperately wanted one when they came out but my company lease deal was way too much of an outlay at the time.

Just had me first nipper when they came out, and £23k or so wasnt in my budget at 21

shame, cos Id have loved to have owned one from new . Its been an 11 year wait for family / car circumstances to come to the point where I can justify one

i wanted one when i saw its at the nec at a motorshow in 1994/5 i managed to get pens, key rings, posters, brouchers the lot of it. i was 11 at the time and as soon as i could insure one when i was 21 i had my rosso red coop. now im on my second and i cant see me giving up that one for a while.

How shockingly young are some of you lot? I was 22 when the Coupe came out saw it at the NEC collected all the brochures/posters etc. Couldn't afford one until 2000 though when I bought a 3 year old 20VT. New ones were still available to order April 2000 (just). But I couldn't justify £20k for an NA let alone £22k for a 20VT.

John

i can't remember the release to be honest as i would have been about 12, just remember seeing a yellow one near me and i loved it! also liked them on Gran Turismo 2 on one of the licenses.

I can remember a couple of 0 miles Plus's going for about £15K from one or two car supermarkets at around 2000 time.

But they first appeared in 1995. So does that make you 12 or 13 now?

Only in my head

Regarding collecting brochures... I bet I'm the only one here with the brochure from the Delhi Motor Show 1996

(They were being really mean about giving them away, but I must have looked a little more prosperous than the locals, who were bidding like mad to get the brochure off me (I hadn't the heart to tell the girl on the stand I already had one!))

Barnacle, would that brochure be scannable?
I have an August 1994 Autocar with the first drive of the Coupe and have done a bit of a rough scan of it if anyone wants it.
I got my '97 20VT with 24k on the clock in 2000.

Sadly, though I was hoping for a brochure in some exotic script, it turned out just to be the same as the English brochure

Neil

I might have to get one for Christmas. I guess eBay is the place to look?

I got mine when it was a year old, with only 6000 miles on the clock. And I was a young man in my forties. Now done 108,000 miles but still going strong. Same for the car .

Unfortunately not they were released when I was 9

You had to wait another two years until the Model T Ford was launched!





Only had mine 18 months, and only four months since it resembled a car!

Stan!!