I'm fully aware we all love our coupes but at the minute I hate mine with a passion

"paranoid ownership at its best"

One thing after the other something is going wrong, it's killing me financially but yet one look at my coupe and all is forgiven...

I knew full well my car was going to cost me and hit me hard but I must admit I never expected it to cost so much

I don't want to sell, I want to see it through, I want my 17/18 year old car to keep on going turning heads!

My question is when do you/we decide that it's never going to be the reliable car we all hope and pray it will be, when do you cut your loses and move on and from that point, how do you value your coupe?

If I'm honest I'm at breaking point with mine, bought in January for £1500 and I've
Spent over double that since my ownership

Bad week? Rough month? Either way disheartened is a massive understatement
I'm pulling my hair out! And selling as said is not an option, what's your motivation to carry on?

Opinions, thoughts very much appreciated! And needed!

What have you done so far? You must be at the point now where most of the expensive things are fixed by now. I think most coupe owners spend more money fixing them than they paid, but once the big stuff is done then there's no reason why it won't be a reliable car. I used mine for a daily for 18 months and never let me down once. A few things went wrong along the way, clutch, injector, turbo ect, but always with fair warning and I was able to get to my destination. I just look at failure as an opportunity to improve the car, and a new hybrid turbo from F.C performance made me love it even more. To me there's not much logical in coupe ownership, or many of the cars that I own or have owned , but I love them when they work and try not to worry too much when they don't!

I bought mine knowing full well it was going cost.
Any car this age is going to be well past its "use by" date.
The car as a package was just not designed to last this long. Do everything is going to need replacing.
Owning an old car is a pain and a passion.
I've been driving mine pretty much since I got it, also in December.
I'd describe it as average condition at the moment but there's so so much to do before its any where near the level I want it.

mine cost me £1800 in febuary time... a birthday present to me from me.

so far have spent about 3.5K on her.... and got another 2.8K to pay on some tuning that will be carried out soon.... the car has used all my savings and disposable income since i had it... yes its a frustration from this aspect, but i won't let her go willingly. she is now looking much more tidy, rust free, dent free and runs reliably at present... after the 2.8K cash injection at her she should be running from around 260HP to about 350HP then.
this will be all my expense i can afford for this year, but next year i will be looking to inject another 3K or so on the suspension and brakes for the car, yes i am aware i could just have replacement standard suspension / brakes for far less, but you pay for what you get.
after that for me then it will be enjoying the car as a good day / high day pleasure toy for me and the wife and should be reliable with the amount of new parts fitted for about 5 years.

I bought my coupe for £930 but it has had £2,500 spent on it so far. The lacquer peel is getting me down and I'd really like to have it vinyl wrapped all over, but the cosmetics are having to wait in case I need a new clutch soon. My old Scottie cost £600 but I spent almost £3,000 on it! With all that cash I could have bought a very reliable, newish, cheese wedge with a tiny engine and therefore only £25 a year road tax and insurance for pennies. But there's just something about these coupes! I have not been able to part with the Scottie and it's still on my lawn. Every day I am looking online for another one, it's become an obsession, and I've never been a petrolhead before. I drove a battered old Skoda for years. It didn't even have power steering. I'd still be driving it if the cambelt hadn't snapped.

I just keep spending, spending, spending on mine but I love them all ! yes it's a lifestyle

I've had a lot done, next job is the oil coolant pipes, which I'm hoping is the majority of the expensive things done for now, from then I really need my air intake looking at, it's been done wrong so it looks messy and I think the engine is suffering because of it, plus now I'm experiencing wild over boost from the manual boost controller, which is the 2nd time it's happened to me.. Il be removing that sooner rather than later!