Got my Coupe 2 months ago and brought a gtec1 chip so was told to check the health of car first.
then the exhaust fell of the next day so managed to find one for £130 cat back and got it fitted
3 days later sent it to my local garage for oil and filter change who told me after not to take it back their again as it was a b---h of a job to do
so decided to change the spark plugs and broke a coil pack
Then a few days later drip drip oil cooler leaking
so had some pipes made and universal 19 row mocol cooler so far no probs
today gone in for cam belt kit , water pump aux belts and rocker gasket £350
hope this is it now for the rest of the year should i fit the chip now ha ha

Your fun has just begun.....

Good luck!

Once they are sorted they are quite good, I bought mine with a worn clutch and a few months after took it off the road, did the clutch gave her a full service and anything I could get to in the engine bay whilst I had the engine half out. Then went to do the wishbones, drop links, brakes and engine bay brake pipes oh and the coolant hose of death.

I hardly have any coupe Paranoia, well a little but once you get them sorted then you have a few thousand trouble free miles, touch wood, is all about preventative maintenance.

You're about 10% of the way there

If they thought that was *that* difficult, then its a bit worrying! Does he have really short fat arms?!

Easiest one I ever did was when I put a long filter on. Normal ones aren't that bad though?