Had a look at this one yesterday

bilbojo · Post by **bilbojo** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:32 am

So i travlled the 4 hours to sydney and back from newcastle yesterday to have a look at this fto.

For starters its not a 2000 model its a 99' model, alloys have not been looked after and are completely scratched up. I must say that the interior was very very tidy besides the fact there was no stereo, the seller said he'd put 1 in. All front, back, left and right corners of the body had wear and tare marks. suspension needed to be adjusted and was very creeky. steering column made scrapping noise as i turned, could have been that there was no power steering fluid.

All and all i would have to give it a 6 out of 10.

Back to the drawing board for me.

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/pr ... ort_type=7

Post by **dstocks** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:41 am

Thats no good mate, hope you find one soon. What are you looking for specifically. Im guessing a late model Version R by the looks of that

bilbojo · Post by **bilbojo** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:10 am

yeh from about 97 onwards, preferably 99' or 00', or even considering spending a little more and getting me a 350z. we shall see how the fto hunt goes first though.

harry90 · Post by **harry90** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:54 am

bilbojo wrote:or even considering spending a ittle more and getting me a 350z.

About 30k more

..good luck with your searching

Ed_EViL · Post by **Ed_EViL** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:09 am

did you bother taking it for a spin?

it looks fresh from the docks, all the panels from the pics look straight and seem to line up in the front and rear, he's got coilovers and an arc intake pipe and a bit of more work done in engine bay.

is this guy an importer?
don't worry too much about the head unit, cos the ones from japan don't work here in Aus

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:47 pm

omg, get your eyes on the 350z and forget about fto!

and the arc intake probably worth a few hundred.

but dont feel bad about the trip. i would go and check it out too, based on the ad.

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:53 pm

350z is fugly man! That butt just makes me wanna puke...

That fto looks pretty good. The extras it comes with are very nice and quite rare. Good year, model, transmission type, colour and km's (if it's not wound back lol).

What did you mean by the car having wear and tear on all four corners ? Fwiw, most FTOs don't have their bumpers lined up properly. On older cars, minor fender benders and whatnot are pretty much to be expected...long as the chassis itself is ok.

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:55 pm

so youve sold the fto you had im assuming bilbojo?

im looking to sell mine soon. 97 version r with lots of mods.

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:57 pm

Loser. GTFO.

Fulltiltorgasm · Post by **Fulltiltorgasm** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:47 am

if she checked out i would definately buy that one, i was looking for a 97 onwards and soo keen on manual had to settle for 97 GPX tips, from memory i think there were only approx 1000 1999 FTos made, decent price too, considering manual and 1999,

KJ_bob · Post by **KJ_bob** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:03 pm

Fulltiltorgasm wrote:if she checked out i would definately buy that one, i was looking for a 97 onwards and soo keen on manual had to settle for 97 GPX tips, from memory i think there were only approx 1000 1999 FTos made, decent price too, considering manual and 1999,

600 99's

Fulltiltorgasm · Post by **Fulltiltorgasm** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:28 pm

Haha thanks for the correction, yeah i checked out the manufacturing numbers got em off wikipedia a while ago, that seems so few, considering there would be thousands and thousands of skylines wrx etc, ive got a 97 gpx i think only 2000 of them where made, sweett

btw, i found out the bad side of having rare cars, like when parts go in your gearbox, ouch x 10, hard to find and get, very pricey too,