My first & only Coop so far, lets just say a certain age. So many young guys & girls young & owning a Coop Back in the day you were lucky if you could afford any car.... never mind a sports car in the Coop stable.

First and only coupe @ 22, still have her and she won't be going anywhere!

Can't belive how many some of you have!! You must have too much money!!

Don't see why - got three grandparents that made it past a hundred, and one that only made 85 when he died of Silicosis from working in the mines... I reckon I've another fifty or sixty years in me!

54 when I bought my first one, and 54 when I bought my second one.... last year . Late life crisis in my case !

Drove a friend's 20VT when I was 19. Could finally afford a 20VT+ 10 years later. That was four years ago. Still going strong.

38, had the car 11 years......

My mate had one, the one I ended up buying first time round. He blew it up when he changed into 2nd at 80mph and threw the conrod outta the side of the block. I got a shot of his and managed 150mph on my first go. Lol.

Ross

No, it's when you're older and things like an own house, wife, kids, job hunting every so often... come into play that you no longer can afford one!

First one, new 20vt+, at 21
Second one, 20vt+, 1/4th of the price of the new one, at 32, bought as a present to myself for building my own house and getting the first baby

It took me 10 years to save up (including some money to spend on it). It wasn't the Coupe that ruined me when I was young though, it was the lousy Punto HGT that they probably started building on the evening of 1 June in 2000 and finished it when coming back monday the 5th after drinking loads of Italian liquor punch (Amaretto + Limoncello + Sambuca + Muscato d'Asti + Centerba + Frangelico + Grappa + Martini + Marsala + Mellone) for their Festa della Repubblica.

1 - 20VT sprinty - 2006
2 - 20VT sprinty - 2010
3 - 20VT PLUS red - 2010 Current

Ages - classified

46!

Had my first Alfa at 20 however (a Sud then a GTV6 shortly thereafter!)

Rubbish! You and Proccy should hang your heads in shame, it knocks a good 15 years off you = midlife for those that insist on that label

Ok 12 then tim42.

QED.

PS I understand though Proccy you haven't exactly been having a purple patch recently.

bought my coupe at the age of 19 20vt, insurance at £1358, loveing the ownership, nothing like it around

First and only one so far.... 31 years old. Trade insurance for my garage so insurance no different

9 x 20vts from age 22-26

Beat that!

I've had a few...

18 years old: 1800

22 years old: 20vt still going...

On my 32nd birthday day, I picked up my Porto, first 20vt.
43 when I bought my Ink for £19,200.00 less than the first one.
Both P reg.

Yes, seems strange knowing they used to be around £23,000 from new and now only 10 - 15 years later, you can pick one up for less than a grand

Same with most things I suppose though.

I remember finding an advert in the eighties - when ferraris were rusty italian sports cars - for a Dino 246 for 700 quid...

My first green 16vt back in 2008 when i was 21
My second red 16vt a week ago now have 2 at 24

And will never look back apart from my bank balance

Just one for me, 20VT when i was 29, now i´m 34.

1st one when i was 18, a broomy 16vt
2nd one when i was 19, a wine red 20vt
3rd one when i was 20, a steel grey 20vt
had a little break,
4th one when i was 22, a scotts green 20vt
5th one now, im 23 on Tuesday , my Sprinty 20vt

Think i'm going to keep this one though...

Started late ..

53 when I bought the first one - lovely Sprinty 20VT
58 when I changed it for a v. low mileage Red 20VT

No late life crisis or anything else - Had a Clio Sport 172 before the Coupe and the Coupe was the only thing that stood out as a perfect replacement.

As much fun to drive and a much better tourer when driving in France!

No idea what I would replace it with now, if I needed to.

First one at 46, now 48 and looking for a change when the big 50) comes....

Golden Jubilee celebration - respray it gold

Most folks on here have had more Coops than I've had toy cars.

Number one at 33 to replace my Punto daily driver, as a reward for fatherhood and actually having to make an effort from this point on to keep the family fed and watered. The nipper fits in the back just great and has a far better view of the sky than before.

Well i drove and bought my coupe when I was 26 and 13 years later I still have him. Although I have replaced most if not all of the original.
I did also buy a half share of 4 other coupe's at the same time, but I never owned any of them longer than it took to bring them over from Germany, register them and sell them on, a process which enabled me to pay for half of the coupe that I kept .

It was 2003 and I was 23 years old when I got my 1st & only Coupe and it's still with me

First one at 42.....20VT in Energy Green.. got it last Weds 11/5/11.....Not had it a week yet... but love it to bits already