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Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #693494
17/10/2008 22:28
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I recently joined the Coupe fold, buying my uncle's 16V NA for £1100. 56k miles, mint, fsh, new tyres, new battery, SS exhaust. Even got the original press articles and the Fiat publicity 'film reel' in a can. My uncle is a real enthusiast for the cars, but needed an auto. Bummer.

Needs brakes sorting (just not been used enough IMO) - have new discs and pads to go on all round. Really pleased with it so far. Recommended based on 2 weeks motoring!

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #694027
19/10/2008 08:54
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Thats a very good price really. When you think about it you can get some seriously rubbish 2.0 l. cars for that money, but hey, you can have a beautiful coupe with low miles for nothing. Yeah there might be no turbo kick but the cars are just such a pleasure to drive and have sat on your drive i'm sure for 1100 quid it wouldn't bother you at all \:\)

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #694089
19/10/2008 11:21
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In my opinion, if you spend £1k on a coupe in a private sale you are unlikely to get a car that has been scrupulously maintained by its recent previous owners. It is more likely to be someone's "throwaway pocket rocket" as described by biggbn, which is now being disposed of. Ask yourself why they are doing this. The answer is that you are likely to be buying someone else’s problems. This could sting you quite badly.

It's been said many times before, but the best way to get a decent example is to find a car sold by a well known forum member. They are likely to have looked after the car properly and will understand how to manage its day-to-day care in a way so as to minimise component wear.

This should cost you (at today's credit crunch prices - you'd have been looking at an additional £1k a year ago) in the region of £2.5k-£3.5k for a 20VT and maybe £750 less for an N/A. For an LE or plus you would need £4-£4.5k.

For what its worth, my experience with my coupe has been good. I bought a high mileage example (well average for its age but high by coupe's standards - make of that what you will). It had buckets of service history from a specialist (poweritalia). The previous owner was someone in their mid-late thirties who had driven the car everyday and who had comfortably enough money to maintain it properly. I've spent a reasonable amount on it in the time I've owned it, (added it up yesterday evening and its more than I thought!) but this has been my choice.

Last edited by MrCooper; 19/10/2008 16:22. Reason: price


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Now Aston Martin Vantage

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: MrCooper] #694095
19/10/2008 11:33
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A cosmetically and mechanically good, properly well maintained NA (without big mileage) will also cost you 2k+ IMO (especially if you want AC & cow). The difference in price is not that great as there are fewer NAs and not everyone wants / can afford to run or insure a turbo

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #694246
19/10/2008 17:48
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i just dont see people paying this kind of cash..id say my car is above average inside and out..it has 125k miles and LOADS of history..it hasnt been an abused pocket rocket, iv spen £1500 or so on it, new clutch, belts, waterpump, radiator etc..etc....

it is then, miles excepted, the kind of coop you are describing..forum member, much loved, well maintained regardless of cost.....

i will be selling it in the next few months as soon as my job changes, and i doubt il get £2k for it...

thats reality...id value my car near £3k but the market doesnt....

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #694330
19/10/2008 20:16
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 Originally Posted By: biggbn
i just dont see people paying this kind of cash..id say my car is above average inside and out..it has 125k miles and LOADS of history..it hasnt been an abused pocket rocket, iv spen £1500 or so on it, new clutch, belts, waterpump, radiator etc..etc....

it is then, miles excepted, the kind of coop you are describing..forum member, much loved, well maintained regardless of cost.....

i will be selling it in the next few months as soon as my job changes, and i doubt il get £2k for it...

thats reality...id value my car near £3k but the market doesnt....


That is what I found when trying to sell my car. Only when I dropped the price to just above banger money people became interested.

Thats why I decided its best to keep it for now.

I consider under £1500 to be banger money BTW

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #697309
25/10/2008 09:49
25/10/2008 09:49
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I don't think it's about cost/value, it's an emotion thing really. Mine cost £3.5k a few years ago, it had all the right stuff one lady (doctor) owner fsh 40ish K.
!st year ok no real problems, 2nd about £1.5k, so far this year £2.5k and I'm picking it up today from mot about another £600.
Given that it's a 95 16vt with 90k it's probably worth £500, but that's not what coupe's are about, if you want value buy a skoda.

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: respace] #697485
25/10/2008 17:10
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I got one up for sale now 1000 ono.... nothing wrong with that little high on the mileage but still runs as good as any other one...

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #697531
25/10/2008 19:09
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what you selling ?

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #697536
25/10/2008 19:38
25/10/2008 19:38
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Why not look in Coupés for Sale section ;\)


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Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: stan] #697543
25/10/2008 20:08
25/10/2008 20:08

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be gentle with me or ill buy an alfa instead lol

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #697559
25/10/2008 21:52
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Bye ;\)

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #697561
25/10/2008 21:57
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ok bye °\(

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #697562
25/10/2008 22:05
25/10/2008 22:05

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Shorty has an ad in cars for sale ;\)

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #697615
26/10/2008 01:11
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the only time am going to sell mine, is to a scrap yard.

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #697993
27/10/2008 00:11
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One 20vt my friend, open to offers 12 months MOT, just had cam belt and clutch done, quite abit of service history... LOL 20vt PUNTO as well )if the moneys right LOL

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #698131
27/10/2008 12:18
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Buy something with high mileage thats been regularly serviced and used.

The problem is waiting for the right car to come along.


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Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #698380
27/10/2008 18:43
27/10/2008 18:43

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 Originally Posted By: symonh2000
 Originally Posted By: biggbn
i just dont see people paying this kind of cash..id say my car is above average inside and out..it has 125k miles and LOADS of history..it hasnt been an abused pocket rocket, iv spen £1500 or so on it, new clutch, belts, waterpump, radiator etc..etc....

it is then, miles excepted, the kind of coop you are describing..forum member, much loved, well maintained regardless of cost.....

i will be selling it in the next few months as soon as my job changes, and i doubt il get £2k for it...

thats reality...id value my car near £3k but the market doesnt....


That is what I found when trying to sell my car. Only when I dropped the price to just above banger money people became interested.

Thats why I decided its best to keep it for now.

I consider under £1500 to be banger money BTW


iv advertised mine for £1995 and not had a bite...i AM up in the frozen north right enough, but even though..i think when you look at the plethora of cheap coupes available from this forum alone, and the fact that these cars arent exactly flying out to new owners, i think that perhaps we, as coop fans, value our cars much higher than the casual buyer who is just looking for a cheap, fast car.....

im in the same boat as you were ie if i asell the car for as near to £2k as i can, im still loseing a small fortune....and i will not sell it for banger money..because its my dream car and, as anotehr poster sugested, the emotional wrench of letting it go at all, never mind for peanuts is a big issue!!!


in all reality il probably end up buying a cinq sporting or the like for a few hudred quid and use that fro my work commute and save the coop for high days and holidays....yet, if i do that i just KNOW that i will end up spending even more on it to make ot the car i really want..ie suspension mods, strut brace, new tyres etc.....but hell, its only money...

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: sugerbear] #698454
27/10/2008 21:01
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 Originally Posted By: sugerbear
Buy something with high mileage thats been regularly serviced and used.

The problem is waiting for the right car to come along.


LOL mines ideal then

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #700320
31/10/2008 12:04
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Well. I had a Coupe for £1000...

Should have changed the discs sooner, forgot to leave it in gear when I parked on a hill, and it was wrapped around my garage come the morning!

Considering it's already booked into the garage to get the cam belt done, needs the bonnet respraying, and now needs a new boot and bumper respraying, my Coupe has cost upwards of £2000!

Boo hiss. Still, it's been fun to own for the past month, and at least it's an excuse to get the paint in tip-top condition. Shame though..

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #702346
04/11/2008 11:47
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I Paid just over 3 grand for my (then) 80k mile 20vt nearly a year ago, from a forum member (jeez, sounds like a lot by today's standards).
It did have the subtle stage 1 mods I was after thankfully (gtec1+prv, boost gauge in place of the clock, SS catback exhaust, Sparco Strutbrace) so I saved £500 not having to buy these and the previous owner replaced the manifold, wishbones and AC radiator so that was £800 saved as well.
I've since replaced all 4 tyres (falken 452s) and all 4 alloys (with refurbed 20vt alloys) and got the tracking and balancing sorted and the steering wheel straightened up and a windscreen chip repaired and the transmission oil replaced.
It's quite a way from being perfect but very few are (ICV probably needs cleaning, the clutch bites high and bangs a little under quick changes but is otherwise faultless, the alarm works intermittently so I leave it turned off due to the hassle it can give! and I can get excess steering vibration, although powerfiat said this is quite common on coupes and is a "trait").
As I only use it at weekends, it fits my needs perfectly at the moment and drives and goes well enough and I look after it religiously, it has not missed a beat yet.
I was originally hoping to sell mine 12-18 months after buying it for £2-2.5k but in the current climate I have decided it's best to keep it for 2 years, as I'm sure I'd get no interest at all, at that price?

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #702491
04/11/2008 17:38
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payed 1k for mine, best money i ever spent. im after another one soon!

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #722813
07/12/2008 15:43
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really entertaining (and useful in highling the problems)thread guys,keep it up.
I too am looking for my first coup (20v n/a) and have set the budget at £1250 for a circa '97/98 one.The way the prices are coming down my expectations are going up although obviously I aint going to get a well sorted car for that money.
But,it will be a sunday afternoon car for me so the starting on the button every morning and being ready for the chariot race of commuter traffic is not an issue.
Current Sunday afternoon car is an MGF(yes I know they are a heap of junk so no point in writing to tell me) so am looking forward to seeing how Fiat screw their cars together and where they penny pinch.
As an aside,any obvious signs when the wishbones are shot?

Jeff

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #722927
07/12/2008 18:51
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 Originally Posted By: jeffreyt
,any obvious signs when the wishbones are shot?


it fails the MOT \:D


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Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: whatmoretyres] #722932
07/12/2008 18:57
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Seriously - lots of nice clunking when going over bumps.

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #723083
07/12/2008 22:59
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thanks Suba

I know these are dumb questions,please bear with me,here's another:what's the'VIS' engine?

Seen this referenced a couple of times but haven't a clue what it could be.

Thanks

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #723107
07/12/2008 23:54
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Not 100% sure, but I think that this was the later version of the 20v NA engine which has been refined a bit. Essentailly the intake is varied to allow more top end power whilst keeping the low end torque. Not sure on the figures etc. for the two engines, but the proof would be in test driving a healthy exmaple of each anyway. \:\)

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #723118
08/12/2008 00:48
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Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #723143
08/12/2008 07:51
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 Originally Posted By: suba
Not 100% sure, but I think that this was the later version of the 20v NA engine which has been refined a bit. Essentially the intake is varied to allow more top end power whilst keeping the low end torque. Not sure on the figures etc. for the two engines, but the proof would be in test driving a healthy example of each anyway. \:\)


Yes. 155 vs 147bhp. Having had both, I don't think the VIS feels much quicker, but it makes a fab sound at 4800+ revs \:D

Re: fiat coupe for £1000?? [Re: ] #723202
08/12/2008 10:07
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Variable Intake System I believe. No stretchy throttle cable on a VIS car - will be a 1999 or after.

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