The reason not to drive a coop (sh*t my wife says)

Last night the wife and I were discussing having a weekend away at the end of the month for her birthday. Glencoe was mentioned as a possible destination, which means miles of Scottish A-roads...

Me: Can we take my car?

Her: No.

Me: It will make the journey more interesting.

Her: No, it will make the journey more dangerous.

Me: It will be fun.

Her: No, I want a car where I can just get in and drive it and arrive somewhere. Your car always feels so ... fragile. It feels like it's doing you a favour by running and that at any moment it might just go, "Ah-ha! You thought you were going away, but you're not!"

Me: You said that about my last Coupé as well.

Her: Well it's just not nice to drive a car that's got more personality than you have.

A woman of refreshing insight

pmsl

That last line is harsh!

Good to know its not just the impression you give off on here, that sparks that reaction!!

Tbh though, with my car giving me grief on Mon/Tue of this week, the missus made the sly comment last night..

"Coupes weren't supposed to be used over a Scottish Winter no?"

Ross

That coversation sounds familiar though usually the Coupe paranoia voice in my head that is telling me...

Hats off to your missus, she is bloody funny

Lol

The Coupe would be great for driving to Scotland. If worried, join the AA and take the phone numbers of all Scottish members on here, as well as all the numbers of members between your house and Scotland

What's the other choice of car to travel in? (I can't remember what your wife's car is).

Sabotage her car, take that, then when you break down two streets after leaving take the Coupe.

Other cars are prone to breaking down as well, you might as well have fun right before doing it. My sister just broke the engine on her 35k miles Chevy Kalos.

I've been to Scotland a few times in mine. Once following a snowplough through Glencoe and once having to turn back, aborting a day trip to dunoon and retiring to the log fire and single malt instead but the coop was always good. Just put your foot down with a firm hand and tell her it's the coop or the motorbike!

What it probably needs is a good run to clear it out and make it less fragile - a trip to Glencoe sounds perfect for that.

Took mine to Brittany at the end of last month and it is running more smoothly now than before.

Her car is a Mazda 6. As a Mondeo-a-like it's fine; comfortable, spacious, reasonably economical, but hardly a thrilling driving experience and the coop does seem much better suited to a weekend-away-from-the-kids sort of event.

Anyway, the point may be moot. Neither of the hotels in Glencoe that we normally stay in (The Isles of Glencoe and The Ballachulish) have got any rooms for the weekend that we want to go away.

This is an option I'm sure for a few of the guys up here, for anyone travelling up on holiday.

Ross

You have to ask to drive your own car??

It's clear who wears the pants in your relationship.

I can drive my car whenever I wish. No problems there.

Getting her to travel in it as well is a different matter.

I thought you were 'coopless'?

My Mrs never lets me take the Coupe's on weekends away, always her Megane CC!

She uses the old 'Its old and embarassing' line, She used to let me take the Cupra R & The Type R though!

Chrissy

My missus loves coops ... ummmmmm ... she especially likes it when I put my foot down in 3rd around 50mph, long motorway sliproads (joining), whenever I decide to pass someone, so on so forth NOT!

No, picked up an R-reg 20VT (in maroon, but sadly with black leather, rather than the proper colour) at the end of July.

My wife completely agrees that it's a much better car than the 1.6 Ford Focus that it replaced ... if you replace "completely" with "absolutely does not".

Damn, remind me to never swap wives with any of you guys, especially for weekends away.

No danger of that Kayjey

Fixed for you, Kayjey.

good to see that you have a challenge andrew with your partner, after all we know what you can be like on here so its probably about time you got some abuse back albeit a bit harsh lol.


for the last couple of weeks whilst my misses car has been in garage the coop has been the family wagon, thats two car seats in the back and a buggy filled boot. Yet we still managed to go shopping and do all the bits she can't live without.

The coupe in our house is now well respected to say the least

Fixed for you, Kayjey.


Soooo true!

Try Ard-na-Coille nr Newtonmore, a 5 star guest house, and see if you can get the 4 poster room to start off a romantic theme....

or just cross the bridge from The Ballachulish and try the loch Leven Hotel. They are half a mile yet worlds apart

A bit further to Ft William and theres plenty places to stay, Ben Nevis hotel & leisure club for a start. Take the coupe and tell her mine regularly survives the journey so yours will be fine.

Mine has done it every winter, at least once from Hemel to Struan on Skye... never failed bar the once when the engine blew up half-way up Glen Coe on Christmas Eve.

You should have knocked on Jimmy Saville's door, he had a little cottage up there. Say what you like about him but his mother made a decent brew and fruit cake......

Did JS fix it for you Stan? Would this be a significant factor perhaps in persuading Mrs AR that taking the coop is the main man?

Nah, he never touched me!



We used to land the helicopter close to the cottage if we were out on exercise as there was an emergency fuel dump close by. We used to look to see if his Rolls Royce was sitting outside and if he was in he'd often come across for a chat. Seemed nice enough to us.

Not sure it would entice Mrs AR to take the coupé...

Well the trip may be back on - it turns out it's the first weekend in December we're thinking of going away, not the last weekend in November.

Love that last line from your wife. Invoked the biggest laugh from me this week

Before Truffle or Marco ask, pics of the good lady?

Cracking sense of humour she has

Yes, I'll sell you some, PM me

You lot are so lucky your women will not get in your cars. Mine goes missing every time my wife goes out and I am in

She brought my first Coupe back that I had years ago with dents to the front, sides and back all at the same time. She was in tears when she came home, worried about how I would take the news. Her then boss didn't see it in the staff carpark. He was in a 4x4. He reversed into it and carried on, pushing the front through two concrete bollards, one on each side. He is a solicitor. He tried to get me to pay half Told him where to go. Wife was still in probation period and got finished a month later Was a family firm, and the rest of his family wanted him to keep her on, but he had made his mind up. Luckily that was the last time she has taken a car of mine out and brought it back damaged. Next time would be the last though.