bye bye FTO

General Questions and comments

Moderators: IMC, Club Staff

G1
Mechanic
Posts: 728
jedwabna poszewka promocja
Joined: Sun Aug 04, 2002 5:00 pm
Location: VW Bora V6 4Motion
Contact:

Post by G1 »

oh and i'll have some parts for sale, check the first post ive edited it.

i'll post in parts for sale too

pm me if interested
Disrespect is easy. Respect is the difficult road to take.
G1
Mechanic
Posts: 728
Joined: Sun Aug 04, 2002 5:00 pm
Location: VW Bora V6 4Motion
Contact:

Post by G1 »

Good news, it sounds like the assessor will recommend the full amount of $25000 for my car... that's sweet! (it was 25g or market value) this is what i get for keeping it in mint condition :lol:

check out parts for sale people!
Disrespect is easy. Respect is the difficult road to take.
User avatar
FTO338
Oldtimer
Posts: 6712
Joined: Sun Feb 09, 2003 6:00 pm
Location: Port Melbourne: Pimping with RX400h, B200 Turbo.

Post by FTO338 »

Great news & i got to say u r lucky, which insurance company you with?
DISCLAIMER: The above text is the personal opinion of the author and does not represent the indisputable truth. The author is not responsible for any deaths, injuries or mental illness caused by the above statments.
G1
Mechanic
Posts: 728
Joined: Sun Aug 04, 2002 5:00 pm
Location: VW Bora V6 4Motion
Contact:

Post by G1 »

Famous Classic in WA (oh and it was insured as a 97 FTO, since thats what was on the rego papers)
Disrespect is easy. Respect is the difficult road to take.
User avatar
FTO338
Oldtimer
Posts: 6712
Joined: Sun Feb 09, 2003 6:00 pm
Location: Port Melbourne: Pimping with RX400h, B200 Turbo.

Post by FTO338 »

hehhehehh the good old "first registed in australia" trick ahhaahaha
DISCLAIMER: The above text is the personal opinion of the author and does not represent the indisputable truth. The author is not responsible for any deaths, injuries or mental illness caused by the above statments.
mxysxy
Oldtimer
Posts: 1905
Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:00 pm
Location: Melbourne
Contact:

Post by mxysxy »

can we still bloody do this trick?
or I am too late? 8O
User avatar
FTO338
Oldtimer
Posts: 6712
Joined: Sun Feb 09, 2003 6:00 pm
Location: Port Melbourne: Pimping with RX400h, B200 Turbo.

Post by FTO338 »

No cause your car is already been rego. But yes you can do it to all the fresh landed import.
DISCLAIMER: The above text is the personal opinion of the author and does not represent the indisputable truth. The author is not responsible for any deaths, injuries or mental illness caused by the above statments.
G1
Mechanic
Posts: 728
Joined: Sun Aug 04, 2002 5:00 pm
Location: VW Bora V6 4Motion
Contact:

Post by G1 »

Car accident on Monday

Made claim on Tuesday

Today Friday, I signed the settlement form for $25,000 less $1000 excess

They will draw the cheque and I should get it by next week.

I have nothing but praise for Famous Classic.

btw, I bought the car for 25g 2 years ago... 0c depreciation over 2 years how good is that :lol:

I will try to get a test drive of the Bora 4Motion and Liberty before this weekend... do i go for european refinement with decent power... or japanese pseudo-luxury with the better power and driving pleasure? im leaning towards the before, with its weird interior... can anyone give any experiences with either?
Disrespect is easy. Respect is the difficult road to take.
User avatar
FTO338
Oldtimer
Posts: 6712
Joined: Sun Feb 09, 2003 6:00 pm
Location: Port Melbourne: Pimping with RX400h, B200 Turbo.

Post by FTO338 »

I currently own a Bora as well, its basically same interior as the older B5 series of A4, you get the heated front seat, full leather, digital climate control & sunroof as standard for the 4motion, it's a good drive in the wet as anyone would expected, but I find the steering isn't as sharp as the Liberty before (Gen4), & also the power isn't as good.

With services, you always have to pay more for euro cars, & the Liberty isn't that cheap to maintain either, cause of the turbo setup. So I would say they are pretty much even on the service area.

They both maintain excellent resale’s value & they both got lots of off the shelf aftermarket products for cosmetic & performance.

Assuming we are talking about Gen4 04 Liberty, I would lead toward it, knowing its got better power, better handling & had the same level of luxury feature, plus the McIntosh stereo kicks the Eurovox(even though its very good) any day.
DISCLAIMER: The above text is the personal opinion of the author and does not represent the indisputable truth. The author is not responsible for any deaths, injuries or mental illness caused by the above statments.
G1
Mechanic
Posts: 728
Joined: Sun Aug 04, 2002 5:00 pm
Location: VW Bora V6 4Motion
Contact:

Post by G1 »

no its the 3Gen 03 Liberty before, Im not as rich as you :P

so you have th 4motion or the V5?
Disrespect is easy. Respect is the difficult road to take.
G_A_V
Veteran Mechanic
Posts: 1020
Joined: Sun Aug 04, 2002 5:00 pm
Location: Sydney

Post by G_A_V »

damn, the gen4 ones are very sexy
User avatar
FTO338
Oldtimer
Posts: 6712
Joined: Sun Feb 09, 2003 6:00 pm
Location: Port Melbourne: Pimping with RX400h, B200 Turbo.

Post by FTO338 »

G1 wrote:no its the 3Gen 03 Liberty before, Im not as rich as you :P

so you have th 4motion or the V5?
I'm not rich, i just work my ass off with my old job, 7 days a week with average of 12hrs a day.

4motion, & its stock except for the O.Z. Racing Superleggeras

Hmmmm if Gen3 03 before then i pick the Bora instead. As the Gen3 isn't as sharp as the Gen4 & the power isn't as good either, so I would pick the german refinement instead.
DISCLAIMER: The above text is the personal opinion of the author and does not represent the indisputable truth. The author is not responsible for any deaths, injuries or mental illness caused by the above statments.
D-TRAIN
Mechanic
Posts: 589
Joined: Sat Sep 14, 2002 5:00 pm
Location: Sydney
Contact:

Post by D-TRAIN »

Get an Evo G1!

I've seen good examples of 6s going for less than $40gs.
From FTO to EVO......
Post Reply