Could I?

Just got a fresh 12 months MOT, 6 months tax, inc a new cat as it failed on emissions first time, new tires, backbox, and lots of other minor bits.
£700 is the bill for the coupe this month and i have only just been paid
Spent well over 2.5k on it in the last year of owning it too.
When the car is in such good working order with fresh MOT it makes it so tempting to sell it, but as i know from experience, i'll never get that money back and i will just be back for another one.
The coupe is a bit of an addiction, having them for 3 years, first one when i was 18 iv not found anything that could ever replace it. It's so tempting to just settle for something cheaper so i have no financial worries, but i can't kick the addiction
Especially now my insurance has halved from £1500 to £760 when i turned 21, i think the positives just about outweigh the benefits.
I know you will all advise me to keep the car, its a Coupe forum after all, its just nice knowing i'm not on my own with all these big expenses just to keep an "old fiat" on the road.

good times!

ive got this to come lol
i fear the MOT time is coming soon!!
tax is at the end on next month!

i haven't MOT'd a car in over 3 years....I just change them when its due

This coupe however will be the exception to the rule, at the moment i cant see as it would fail on anything...eta 9 months and counting!

I think you just have to take the lows with the highs in a coupe, its a 220bhp sports car at the end of the day, and if you take that in to account, there not that expensive to fix OR run

Jeez forgot how much insurance can be, I have the coop 20vt, a VX220 and an MGF for £470 fc and I thought that was steep!

thats more like it Submariner. I'd be more than happy with that

I agree Sam, I've just gotten into the car too soon at a young and expensive age, it becomes so normal when you have had them for 3 years, you forget its a 220bhp sports car, and thats got to come with a steep cost.
If I wasn't commuting 60 miles a day using it everyday it wouldn't be as obviously expensive to keep.

i got rid of mine earlier this year and have regretted it ever since!
i tried to buy it back but it had gone, so ended up after spending shed loads on my old coupe, getting rid for next to nothing only to end up getting another one that isn't even on the road!!

keep it and enjoy it, at least you know what bits you have replaced and probably have an idea of what needs fixing, rather than getting a bag of new trouble

Makes no sense to spend money getting it right then sell it so someone else can benefit.

If you think you've got a lemon that will never be right I could understand it but chances are you've done the big jobs and you'll get a few years of fairly steady motoring from it now (until the modification bug bites of course :p).

The only reason I'd sell in your position would be if I was bored of the car and wanted something different.

I have these weird moments where i'm having second thoughts. Thanks for the reply's!
Im going to clean and polish her tonight and then hopefully my head will be clear

can you come and wash mine as well then please

DanDan remember what happened the last time you sold the coop..... You've been there done that and erm regretted it alot.


DONT BE SO SILLY A good cosy meet (next week) and a drive round Lincolnshire will soon clear your head...

Don't park it so close to that horse or you'll appear on one of those tastless shows with "what happens next?"

Last time a horse got that close to my car it licked it... true story

Sell it! I had 3 20VT's over 6 years and don't regret getting rid of my last one. The final straw for me was blown Turbo seals followed less than a month later by a failed Crank sensor It just felt like I was throwing money at it and then waiting for the next huge bill to come along

I think the only time I would sell it, is if someone on here wanted to look after it for mabye a year or 2 and then I can get it back off them after that time, when I'm in a better position to run one

I don't regreat selling mine.

I had some good times with my Coupe, but it was time to move on.

I know exactly where you're coming from dan, sometimes i think should i just sell it as once you've fixed one thing, something else crops up lol (bit of a headache) and theyre cheap to buy but flamin expensive to run! If it wasnt for the looks, noise, spec as standard, thumbs up from other drivers, this club, the feeling it gives you when driv.....oh so thats why ive still got one???? lol


What would you rather have:

Empty Bank Balance and waking up to this each morning: http://liveimages.carsales.com.au/duc/car/private/3845585.jpg

Or

Healthy Bank balance and wake up to this:


http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/107-toyota-corolla.jpg

only you can decide that one?

To end this thread. It is now forsale on here, and i have bought a Volvo v40 diesel, but i WILL be back, when things are better for me.

Can someone save me a nice coupe for a few years time please?
Thanks in advance

my coupe stands me at about £8,000 including the price and thats in about a 18months and i still need a turbo and the rad looks like it may need doing soon.

i pay around £750 for my insurance and thats for my coupe and my croma and i'm 34 in a couple of months, so i'm with you on the cost of running the car mate.

i've only done 3000 miles in the coupe in the whole time i've had it.

mine needs a clutch and turbo, so am thinking of tweeking it a little bit. Am also renewing suspension components as the country roads here are full of bendy bits. basically though most jobs are servicable items but why must they all come at once, oh well I suppose at least I can do the jobs myself. I did think about selling the car even as parts but what would I buy for the money. I am lucky in that its a second car and I can take my time in putting it back on the road.