Is this a good FTO

h4zey · Post by **h4zey** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:11 pm

Hi all,

I need your advice on this car
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/deta ... =9&sdmvc=1
I have no experience whatsoever in fto and this is going to my 1st fto if i buy it.
is that a good value for the price?

Thanks

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:14 pm

$7,500 for a pre-facelift non mivec is a very high pricetag. Although it does look in good condition..

Not worth it. For that price can get a real good facelift mivec with some goodies.

Too expensive.. for $5,000 maybe

destinationtoby · Post by **destinationtoby** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:16 pm

h4zey wrote: is that a good value for the price?

Noo

Post by **dstocks** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:32 pm

Waaaaay too pricey. There are better ones for less.

shadowarrior · Post by **shadowarrior** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:01 pm

Welcome to the club.

If I were you, I would have bought this one:
http://ftoaustralia.com/v3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=28414

That orange is a complete Vinyl wrap over a Maroon

h4zey · Post by **h4zey** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:05 am

dstocks wrote:Waaaaay too pricey. There are better ones for less.

destinationtoby wrote:
h4zey wrote: is that a good value for the price?
Noo

Daniel2019 wrote:$7,500 for a pre-facelift non mivec is a very high pricetag. Although it does look in good condition..

Not worth it. For that price can get a real good facelift mivec with some goodies.

Too expensive.. for $5,000 maybe

Thanks for the reply guys.

shadowarrior wrote:Welcome to the club.

If I were you, I would have bought this one:
http://ftoaustralia.com/v3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=28414

That orange is a complete Vinyl wrap over a Maroon

Yeah I had a look at that one, but my partner worries about the km, thanks though

I guess I will keep looking.

Post by **bjk** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:10 am

Is a little pricey, but looks mint too. Would be fun to buy and boost if you could haggle it down.

Post by **dstocks** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:05 am

Yeah I had a look at that one, but my partner worries about the km, thanks though

I guess I will keep looking.

This may not make a difference, but have a spare engine with 105K on it in the shed as a backup. This cost me $700 and was sold to me with 105K on it. This would add $700 to the priceof the car, but If the worst happens, just change the engine. Shouldnt cost you more than 2K to change it. That puts total at 7K,comparable to the maroon one.

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:15 am

Have a look at my thread ... I sold my facelift, with a loooooooot of goodies for that price. So although it has a nice interior, you can get that from Pro Seat on ebay for $600 ...

So way over priced

1) for a pre-facelift
2) for non Mivec

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:21 pm

Nothing wrong with high KMs if they're highway or if everything has been well taken care of.

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:03 pm

Daniel2019 wrote:Nothing wrong with high KMs if they're highway or if everything has been well taken care of.

Exactly... And these cars are getting old. So should have high k's. otherwise, they have been wound back. Only a few have had really low K's..

shadowarrior · Post by **shadowarrior** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:12 pm

Or they have been sitting in the garage with some serious problems....trying to get it fixed and put on road for a sale.

h4zey · Post by **h4zey** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:26 pm

oh i forgot to mentioned it before but I wasn't thinking to get it for 7.5k since I'm on pretty tight budget. I somehow manage to haggle it down to 6k which is my limit. Does that change anything?

dstocks wrote:
Yeah I had a look at that one, but my partner worries about the km, thanks though

I guess I will keep looking.
This may not make a difference, but have a spare engine with 105K on it in the shed as a backup. This cost me $700 and was sold to me with 105K on it. This would add $700 to the priceof the car, but If the worst happens, just change the engine. Shouldnt cost you more than 2K to change it. That puts total at 7K,comparable to the maroon one.

hmmm that makes me thinking, do you by any change have the picture of the interior?

Post by **dstocks** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:35 pm

There are plenty out there for that price. You could always come to the bonfire in early April to to see all the cars and see what some good examples look like so you know what to look for.

oh i forgot to mentioned it before but I wasn't thinking to get it for 7.5k since I'm on pretty tight budget. I somehow manage to haggle it down to 6k which is my limit. Does that change anything?

If you mean my orange one, with the spare engine, you are looking at $4500 with stock rims or $5000 with the starcorps in the picture.

If thats not what you meant and you are talking about other FTO's, im happy to look at anything you find and tell you if you are getting a reasonable deal.

shadowarrior · Post by **shadowarrior** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:40 pm

That Carsales ad, a 95 GR is no way worth 6k.
You want a GPX, a manual GPX, trust me on that.

Post by **dstocks** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:44 pm

Yep, a GPX is definitely preferable. Tip or Manual, depending on your preference. Manuals are quite a bit rarer than tips.

h4zey · Post by **h4zey** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:23 pm

dstocks wrote:There are plenty out there for that price. You could always come to the bonfire in early April to to see all the cars and see what some good examples look like so you know what to look for.

oh i forgot to mentioned it before but I wasn't thinking to get it for 7.5k since I'm on pretty tight budget. I somehow manage to haggle it down to 6k which is my limit. Does that change anything?
If you mean my orange one, with the spare engine, you are looking at $4500 with stock rims or $5000 with the starcorps in the picture.

If thats not what you meant and you are talking about other FTO's, im happy to look at anything you find and tell you if you are getting a reasonable deal.

oh sorry, i was talking about the carsales' ad, i manage to haggle it down to 6k. By the way is it 5k with the starcorps and spare engine? Do you perhaps have the picture of the interior?

Post by **dstocks** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:03 am

Yep, 5K for the starcorps and the spare engine. Ill get some current pics over the next couple of days, including interior.

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:27 am

h4zey wrote:
dstocks wrote:There are plenty out there for that price. You could always come to the bonfire in early April to to see all the cars and see what some good examples look like so you know what to look for.

oh i forgot to mentioned it before but I wasn't thinking to get it for 7.5k since I'm on pretty tight budget. I somehow manage to haggle it down to 6k which is my limit. Does that change anything?
If you mean my orange one, with the spare engine, you are looking at $4500 with stock rims or $5000 with the starcorps in the picture.

If thats not what you meant and you are talking about other FTO's, im happy to look at anything you find and tell you if you are getting a reasonable deal.
oh sorry, i was talking about the carsales' ad, i manage to haggle it down to 6k. By the way is it 5k with the starcorps and spare engine? Do you perhaps have the picture of the interior?

I think that is a much better option for you ... Can't go wrong with a Dwayne car, especially one that was actually purchased for him to use as a daily ...

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