How long it took you to get your FTO

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:14 pm

After reading few other post from newbies, it would be interesting to know how long it took for members in the forum to get there FTO, from the day you decided to get one & the day you actually pick it up.

Well it took me 2wks, funny enough the original one i was going to get was sold 2mins before i got to the importer & i already told him to put it on hold, so he end up selling me his own collection one for cheaper price.

SilentBob · Post by **SilentBob** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:31 pm

well...
my 'shopping time' was 2 days
trip to sydney, look at dealers, test drive car=day1
deposit over phone next morning=day 2

with imports i think its just luck, and ime yet to regret mine, having not found a single flaw in the 12mths ive had it so far

though it took me a while from day 1, spotting a silver fto in front of me driving home, thinking what is that, its nice, to actually deciding to buy a new car, couple of months

SilentBob

DUK35Y · Post by **DUK35Y** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:34 pm

I guess it was me who you were talking about with my quick purchase it was about 3 Weeks from when i really started looking mine was funny to because the one i looked at 3 weeks ago was the one I brought and i got it for a better price second time i looked at it.

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:43 pm

Around 5 weeks, but 2 of those weeks was me playing hardball with the seller. I got him down from $16,500 to $14,750 for a '95 GPX

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:47 pm

took me 6mths of searching at dealer yards, which i then gave up so i resorted to importing one myself and so it took me 3 mths of searching the auctions in Japan, then another 3 months for the car to be registered on the road, so yeah it took me nearly a year after decision!

it was well worth it though'...

Post by **smorison** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:35 pm

took me about 3 -4 months ... had to buy mine off the auction floor.

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:47 pm

DUK35Y wrote:I guess it was me who you were talking about.

hahaha.... i bet he meant me and Guni_GuGu... who have been terrorising these forums... for ages now

The day shall come, i just hope it's not going to take me as long as Mikey...

Mikey, why did it take so long, did you want something extra special and rare like i do?

Maybe i can employ you as my barganing man ruchi

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:04 pm

Boris wrote:
DUK35Y wrote: The day shall come, i just hope it's not going to take me as long as Mikey...

Mikey, why did it take so long, did you want something extra special and rare like i do?

what i really wanted was a yellow GPX MIVEC manual with sunroof... now you understand why it took me so long!

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:40 pm

wow... now that's rare... i wonder if they even exist...
Now wouldn't you be jelous if i got one of them

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:53 pm

Boris wrote:wow... now that's rare... i wonder if they even exist...
Now wouldn't you be jelous if i got one of them

Goooooooddddddddddddddd luuuucccccccckkkkkkkkk

& you can use any type of aftermarket sunroof either heheheheee

WILL · Post by **WILL** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:54 pm

2 weeks to look around and get more info and then another 1 month before it arrived.

Mikey try finding a yellow one five years ago cos there was only a single one that was registered in vic back then.

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:05 pm

i was actually test driving skylines with a mate all day, and we went to this palce in nunawading, and we thought "ok lets see how many different cars we can test for the day and who can get the fastest car" ... eventually we got in a fto and i loved it! it was a type r and priced at 31large! , i wasnt even looking for a car, (had a lancer for only 8months) but thought id investigate.

When i learnt that insurance was almost identical, i loked up prices, drove a few more and then a mate imported a skyline i strarted looking at importing a FTO.

After night after night of staying up for the japan auctions i finally bid on a few cars and lost..... then one a fto with a type r kit etc, when they sent through the pics i was like ITS A GR! it was apparently the GP sportspack... i had sent through my money already! and complained that i wanted mivec.... they apologisd refuneded me and wore the costs! luky!

i got my gpx on auction the next day and waited 6 weeks for it to arrive..
the whole process took maybe 6 months... and the day i picked it up from tulla was scary! glad i did it though

HEK-71Q · Post by **HEK-71Q** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:19 pm

i was looking around for like 2 months but when my mates asked me to test drive cars one day, i was a bit hesitant and not in the mood. Ended up test driving 1 anyway and fell in love with it! Put a deposit the same day and bought it all the next day!.....ya'll shouldve seen my dad's face when he saw it! "who's car's that at the front!??"
hahahhah!

Guni_GuGu · Post by **Guni_GuGu** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:45 am

Boris wrote:
DUK35Y wrote:I guess it was me who you were talking about.
hahaha.... i bet he meant me and Guni_GuGu... who have been terrorising these forums... for ages now

The day shall come, i just hope it's not going to take me as long as Mikey...

Mikey, why did it take so long, did you want something extra special and rare like i do?

Maybe i can employ you as my barganing man ruchi

Lol!! OMG!! Too true!! I've been searching for what, 4months now? You can't even import em anymore... and who wants the punch line, I DON'T EVEN HAVE a car to drive now...

I'm dependant on friends and family to get places, i've been searching for my primary car (FTO) for months, and i've really truley badly needed one...

I guess, one positive is, I won't settle for garbage :p

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:52 am

yeah, the sh*t well and truly hit the fan when the new SEVS regulation came into effect...

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:56 am

Guni_GuGu wrote:Lol!! OMG!! Too true!! I've been searching for what, 4months now? You can't even import em anymore... and who wants the punch line, I DON'T EVEN HAVE a car to drive now...

I'm dependant on friends and family to get places, i've been searching for my primary car (FTO) for months, and i've really truley badly needed one...

I guess, one positive is, I won't settle for garbage :p

Hahaha... I don't have a car either...
I feel like doing one of those golden globes speeches and thanking all my transportees...

I agree Mikey, if only, only i could of got in just before they came in...
Compliance is really scarce, and the prices for compliance have almost tripled...

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:25 am

Boris wrote:
Guni_GuGu wrote:Lol!! OMG!! Too true!! I've been searching for what, 4months now? You can't even import em anymore... and who wants the punch line, I DON'T EVEN HAVE a car to drive now...

I'm dependant on friends and family to get places, i've been searching for my primary car (FTO) for months, and i've really truley badly needed one...

I guess, one positive is, I won't settle for garbage :p
Hahaha... I don't have a car either...
I feel like doing one of those golden globes speeches and thanking all my transportees...

I agree Mikey, if only, only i could of got in just before they came in...
Compliance is really scarce, and the prices for compliance have almost tripled...

well as i've said before - for the right price, you can have my FTO and never have to worry about doing anything further to it...

see, i'm offering you an easy way to relieve your anguish hahaha...

thecook · Post by **thecook** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:13 am

-took me probably 1 month

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:15 am

Robb · Post by **Robb** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:33 pm

Here's list of car's that appear on the Registar of Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles (SEVS) for eligibility for import:

http://rvcs-prodweb.dot.gov.au/sevs/sevsindex.htm

Robb...