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Hey Guy's I'm Mr_Mivec24v aka oLLy.

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:24 pm
by Mr_Mivec24v
Hey Guy's...

My Names Oliver call me oLLy for short...I am 17 and i am really interested in FTO's i love there shapes and ride they sound sweet...

I am Planning to buy one sooner or later so i joined up on here to see if anyone can help me buy my 1st car.

I am also Hoping to find something in the price range of $13k-$20k.

I hope to get to know you guy's a lot more.

atm i'm driving my dads Nissan Pulsar N16 q "03" it's Nice i put rims Chromies on it...apart from that Stock.. and yeahh thats about it...

I'm from Sydney Campbelltown yesterday i spent all day sunday looking for FTO'S for sale at Lansvale...JapStyle the shop was called and Fuji Motorsport but yeahh hope to get to learn a lot more. :D :D

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:32 pm
by JOeJOe
i bought mine at Fuji, the guy was really helpful.

i notice there was a blue one in the yard recently, i think it's still on sale - looks sick. Facelift, GPvR wing. I think it's advertised for $18,880, but like all yards, you can push them down. Took 4k off the advertised price when i got mine.

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:40 pm
by Mr_Mivec24v
yepp that blue one is sxc...

$18,990 i think somewhere around there...

i sat inside it and i was soo happy haha

very nice car sunroof and all there good fuji

are you the gy that bought the WHITE FTO with Chrome Rims...

I saw it and it's HOT!it had SOLD on it i was there yesterday. :wink:

I might take BIG INTEREST in the Blue one...Only 53000km :)

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:45 pm
by JOeJOe
White one was nice too.

I bought mine a while back, Yellow Limited Edition.

The blue one looks great.

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:50 pm
by frozenwaffles
there is heaps of advice that can be offered here...my first is to buy a 1997 or later one. many improvments all over the car. if you upper limit is $20000, you will have no problems getting a newer one for that price...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:19 pm
by Ju5tin
I paid about 30k for mine .. mind you that was over 5 years ago .. and there was about 4 FTO's in Perth - Mine being a spotless Facelift model with only 19,000 k's back then.

It's served me well over the years with no major issues.
:D

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:23 pm
by sublime19
well general price is about 13-16k for good condition, if u have 20K to spend will, just like frozenwaffles said, u got a lot of options. people who turbo their FTOs or heavily mod it sell it for that price.

personally I would look through a private seller, plenty of FTOs for sale up on the cars for sale section.

Good luck finding what you like :wink:

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:22 pm
by Gpx_xxx
Hey Olly I'll sell my fto if your interested red gpx 94 tip no sunroof but :? ..

PM me if your interested or call me 0423081483 im selling it around $13k i want to get a skyline :D hehehe

ahhh

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:27 am
by dstocks
I paid about 30k for mine .. mind you that was over 5 years ago .. and there was about 4 FTO's in Perth - Mine being a spotless Facelift model with only 19,000 k's back then
Ahhhh, so you are the culprit. I just missed out on that one. You bought it just before I did..... (unless there was another icecelle blue one with 19000km for sale over there) :D

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:09 pm
by meikobobo
I have just joined recently - husband having midlife crises and needs to drive a FTO. Too much Grand T game and viewing Fast and Furious.I am doing the background research. Finding site very useful. Are these cars a reliable car (given age and condition) Are they mostly a drive on occassion car or can you use it to on a more regular basis.

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:16 pm
by sublime19
unfortunately it's not "toofast" :P

its a great car, a lot of people here, i should say the majority use it as a regular driver
all depends on if u wanna drive a manual to work everyday in peak hour traffic, also short distance drivers aren't really too good for the car.

Well you'll find FTOs will generally be in better overall condition than other sports cars, as people don't thrash them as much as other cars which probably get redlined on a regular basis (I hope not!) :P

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:12 pm
by khunjeng
meikobobo wrote:I have just joined recently - husband having midlife crises and needs to drive a FTO. Too much Grand T game and viewing Fast and Furious.I am doing the background research. Finding site very useful. Are these cars a reliable car (given age and condition) Are they mostly a drive on occassion car or can you use it to on a more regular basis.
I drive my FTO to work everyday and I do a bit of kms...

car has been awsome, good on fuel if u want it to be, some nice features and really good to drive - looks hot also which is the main thing.

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:11 pm
by meikobobo
thanks all - I am very reassured now all we have to do is find one
:D