I think I will. Fingers crossed I can't see myself needing £2K so desperately that I will have to sell my coupe to get it. I know that if I came to sell that resprayed, mechanically perfect, etc. etc. would barely make any difference to what it was worth. So, all things being equal, I will hang onto my coupe forever, even if eventually she just sits in a garage and comes out on sunny days in 2035. Anyone else willing to take the pledge???

Me

<cough> Fourteen years so far... <cough>

well this is my fourth and final coupe!! not letting this one go and will get it just the way i want it too!

I plan on keeping mine. im about to start training for a new career. my coupe owes me nothing and I shall keep her in the garage during my training. my aim is to keep her.

I plan on keeping mine forever, if one day I can buy it back!

A forever car for me

me too now i have the revered plus, sprayed and mechanically pretty good. can't imagine owning a car i love so much (unless i come into a few million quid somehow)

Even if I won the lottery I think I would keep it - then you definitely don't need the money or garage space. OK, so that's 8 coupes safe. Remember, they may soon appear on the automotive endangered species list.

Never bought mine with the intention of selling it on cos i always wanted one long term.

Dont ask me how, but there's 3 in the family now!
20v daily runner, Angelo's 20v VIS and the 2.4 for weekend big laughs

A Coupe is for life, not just for Christmas.

I'm keeping this one and probably buying another, maybe next year. No harm having two, is there?

Yep!
Keeping mine forever
Not worth selling her, shes alot of car for the money a classic in my mind. I don't care how much money I spend on her, she always gives me a big smile on my face every time I drive her.

Cannot see mine going anywhere either...

Well I'm planning on keeping mine. Even if I were to move on it's harly worth selling or part exing is it, and anyway I love her

Ive had VR6 Corrado and 300 BHP GTI-R , but these were just toys not to keep, So ive settled down with my 1st AUG 1995 ORIGINAL (unmoded) 16v Coupe,it will be with me by my side till either one of us dies

I'm a keeper for life . I drive all sorts of cars with my work but at the end of the day my Coop is the one that wins my heart,all the others are either mundane or too expensive.

Baz

Probably not! Will be gone once i have abit more money!

Ooh, two months older than mine, must be a showroom demo car. Might I ask what the last five digits of the number etched in the rear side window are?

And Sophia will want one too! lol


I`m on number 3 and she will be passed down to my son and ayre Ben,he`s 15 week old and loves anything yellow

Not only is she 1 crazy little girl, she's a crazy coop fanatic too

Because you have a Yellow Plus you ***

Probably one of only three Coupes I would buy in addition to my baby.

Note addition I wouldn't get rid of her

why thank you i`d like a black LE too,be a nice contrast to retina burning yellow

Dave, your lil boy will probably auction the yellow mystical beast off when he's all grown up

over my dead body.......

lol think you have to make him sign a waiver

Forever is a long time......however I'll do my best to keep my 16V going as long as possible. It's first registration was 10/8/95, so quite an old one. Basically in standard unmodified trim.

I was a long time Lancia Beta Coupe owner before moving to the Coupe ( same engine heritage ). The Lancia simply wasn't practical for daily use as reliability is not great and they're more fragile. The Beta is much worse than the Coupe for electrical gremlins - definitely the world champions! By comparison to the Beta the Coupe is a much more solid everyday car, way more reliable, more enjoyable to drive (IMHO), and spares are much, much easier to get!

And of course - there is so little rust in the Coupe compared to Betas. Interestingly I think that most Betas died due to corrosion, but had rugged Lampredi engines still going, whilst most Coupes probably die due to blown engines, but with good bodywork

cheers

Tony

How strange,
Today I made a mention to my son (24) of leaving my car to him and he said "I'll sell it and get something decent !".
Oh the shame..I'm sure I brought him up right.
I had dragged him from bed, to do some joinery at my coffee house, so he may have been winding me up again.
Still, he just talked himself out of a coupe.
So now it's between the three girls.
The latest is just 12 weeks old and when she is 21 the car will be 32 years old.
Should be a classic by then.
But I'm not planning on kicking the bucket just yet...There's a few more miles on me and the coupe yet.
And I have owned it for all it's 11 years.So it would be rude not to see it through.

I've owned a 16V,16VT,20V and a 20VT over the years. I keep coming back to them. I currently have a pretty much mint 1 previous owner 20VT-6 and am wondering if she will be a keeper.

I would seriously consider this but as each new kid arrives I get all sensible and sell a coop, and there is another kid on the way.

Storage is my biggest problem but I am certain that in 20 years I will be scouring the country looking for one of my ex coops which will then have another 10 owners on it and will cost more than it is worth now.

I can't see me getting rid of mine. I've gone green and ben cycling to work, so it's been SORN since April. But as much as it guzzles gas, it's just an amazing car, sorted how I want it. I love it!

Red, with recent new over spray, spotless tan leather interior, Zender Kit by Mariusz (fitting could be improved I guess), late model grill.

I only need to refurb the wheels, and keep it maintained.

I went to the Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset this week (go if you get the chance!) and there wasn't much in there I would swap it for. I really think its that good.

Money, will always be the decider.