Thinking of selling the coupe

[grinder]

it all sounds well and good apart from

1 - dont have the space
2 - dont have the time
3 - dont have the skills
4 - dont have the funds
5 - she wont let me

i think that about sums it up to be honest

youve got snow - thats pretty cool - i think its due this way during the week

the coupe is still sat on the axle stands which is surprising as its a force 10 gale here today !! LOL

[FLAT4MATT]

Know what you mean about the wind, I\'ve spent the whole weekend under my dads jag on axle stands, bit hairy to say the least!

You have any way of getting that video off your phone so you could email it me or shove it on photobucket? On the way back on monday night there was some bird filming me on the motorway from an MX5, I had to do the old third year fly-by :burnout :flamed pop bang etc \'inter mazda motorway flirtation\' :Ladys-man :Nono! :spank Great fun!

Dont sell it dude!

[grinder]

i can get it off - just not sure what format it comes off in

leave it with me

[grinder]

hummm its a 3g format and i cant upload it to MRC

[travellinbob]

So how are plans today stu???
 Was thrying to put myself into your shoes today but as i have no ruggies and no mortgage obviously it is nearly impossible!!!  But hows about this one..........sell everything. Buy a half decent wrx wagon as the family car, loads of space and plenty of room for sensible mods but nothing too wack.
 Then part two. Look around for an interesting rotor as a fun car. I have been hearing of loads of very cool cars (like old skool and 1st gen\'s) recently and I think you would enjoy the chase and hunting down the right car for you. They are out there it just takes someone to ask the right questions, and lots of them.
 think that brett was advertising a wagon too.

[grinder]

yeah brett was selling a wagon  

to be honest - im trying not to think about what to do !! - its easier that way

i KNOW for a fact that i need to get the coupe thru the MOT before any choice is made - so i have about a month before that has to happen

i really really fancy the cab at the mo - so i will still have a rex and still be on here ( so that keeps me very happy )

i seem to be at a point in life where i just want a car to drive and not worry about adding stuff to it and worrying about it every 10 mins and thats what i do with the coupe

i know there is nothing wrong with it - but i want to be playing with it and making it better ( i blame the other FC owners like Dave , T2Rew , Sadgoth etc... for this ) - so the cab seems the ideal car - leave it as it ( stock ) and drive and enjoy it

to be honest i have 2 cars in mind that i would like

1 - catherham ( or a copy ) these just look cool and parts are easy to come by
2 - sell everything and buy a volvo - this is the complex one - as its a lot of money for me ( over £4K ) and the insurance and fuel costs would be just silly - yup you guessed it - i want the S80 T6 - 272 BHP of twin turbo fun - and a 5 door - nice and practical

i have also been looking a BMW\'s and the such like

i think the coupe has to go - its been great for the last 3.xx yrs - i just need a change

the cab seems the best option - and its worth more ( as people have pointed out ) and i would just drive it and enjoy it - simple as that - it still good for well over 140 ( i think ) so its not a slow car by any means

so the plan as of NOW is

1 - get the coupe MOT\'d
2 - work out if to turn it back to a stock car and see for £xxx or leave it with all the stuff in it ( gauages etc... ) and sell it for more
3 - go thru ALL my parts and work out what i need and what i dont then sell on - the only thing i wish i never bought was the FMIC - im not sure if i can make back anywhere near what i paid for it

so thats the plan !!

i dont know if to sell the coupe CHEAP just to get shut or hold out for a few hundred more - its also need taxing and insuring - so if i can avoid that then the better

if push comes to shove then i will sell it as a pretty stock TII ( apart from the decatted exhaust and FCD ) with a 12 month MOT and no tax and try and get about £600 - £700 now im not sure if thats possible or not ( i have no idea of the FC market to be honest - its all over the place )

so who wants a cheap FC then !! LOL

Stu

[FLAT4MATT]

Stu

If I was going to get a sensible car I\'d get something with a deisel in it, something tunable... Been in a few VW/Audis with chipped oil burners and they absolutely fly! You\'d be suprised... 200hp and a SHED LOAD of torque - 40+mpg - Turbo (ok it\'s diesel) - take your pick from the VAG range as far as practicality (small hatch/medium hatch/saloon/estate) only downside is price...

Just an idea....

:3gears-rh - Brings a new meaning to the smoking smiley too! :burnout

[FLAT4MATT]

Oh and is there any chance you could mail me that 3g file?

[sadgoth]

Stu, so you are having a crisi of Rex ownership eh?

Hmm, tough one - I actually have put a lot of my life on hold in favour of the TII, so I\'m coming at it from the other side so to speak. I know what you mean about costs etc, it is expensive and the risk of something going wrong...etc etc.

I think keeping the Cab (worth more, better condition and all the other logical reasons) is a good idea. Like we said at the Old Skool meet, the reason for keeping the Coupe is purely that you have put so much into it and it becomes emotional. If you have lost that emotional connection with the car and you can look at it with cold logic, you have 2 FCs one which has a bit of welding, hasn\'t been rebuilt and is the less desireable hardtop the other is almost mint with a new engine and a convertable to boot! the Cab is the obvious choice.

re: the FMIC, you should get back what you paid, trust me, you got a really good price on that and all the piping etc is new and unused. You may want to keep it for the cab further down the road ?

Get the MOT done, and take it from there.

[grinder]

cheers mark

we all seem to have the same idea - so the cab has to be a go\'er

and yeah i supposed i could stick the FMIC on the cab - that would be interesting - but then im getting back into the tweaking and im trying to get away from that !! LOL

Stu

[sadgoth]

cheers mark

we all seem to have the same idea - so the cab has to be a go\'er

and yeah i supposed i could stick the FMIC on the cab - that would be interesting - but then im getting back into the tweaking and im trying to get away from that !! LOL

Stu

Never say Never, that\'s my motto :spank

[shaunwil]

If it comes to breaking the car remember i wanted 1st dibs on the engine

Shaun

[grinder]

yeah cheers shaun - that will be a last resort to be honest

[travellinbob]

I will go secind dibs on that engine!! remeber, if you break it it is like spreading a little bit of stu love around alot of cars!!!!

[Brett]

Thats a particularly horrific image you\'ve conjoured there Bob