amount on $$ petrol and maintance on the FTO . FTO newbie.

fto_ownzor · Post by **fto_ownzor** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:48 pm

hi guys
im looking @ the FTO models at the moment
a soon to be first car owner, currently on my P's
how much am i looking into maintaining this car?
estimated weekly petrol amounts ??? full tank how much ?
servicing costs?
also, is the tiptronic models fragile...

thanks

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:14 pm

petrol is about 8 - 10km per litre...
servicing... every 500km ull need to fork out atleast $35 for engine oil (i use castrol magnatec) and another $40 to the mechanic if u dont know how to change your engine oil, at 100,000kms ull need to do a major service which could range from 1500 - 2000$

tyres and brake pads are about every 1 and a half years (also depends on your driving style) tyres range from 4x$130ea(falken 326) to more expensive stuff 4x$200 like kumho ecsta.

tip boxes wont break if u drive responsibly... dont shift from [N] to [D] will your reving it in neutral... and try not to accidently push it up to [N] from [D] while driving and you should be sweet.

my fto is for sale atm if u live in sydney u can come give it a geeze

Post by **dstocks** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:23 pm

servicing... every 500km ull need to fork out atleast $35 for engine oil

I think this should be 5000km. And the 100000km service cost will vary depending on where you are and who you go to. Mine cost $800 - $900. I guess I got lucky.

Good luck with the purchase. And when you get one, we want to see the pictures......

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:46 pm

Don't buy a tiptronic if you plan to drive hard often, they hate heat.

Or you could buy mine??

Post by **Supplanter** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:38 pm

I drive my tip hard, I even use the gearbox to engine brake

As long as you look after the box you should be OK.

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:54 pm

fuel will last you about 500+ depending on driving...I'm getting about 650 atm each week. (4 weeks in a row yay) but I don't hammer it often..

5000km...do an oil change...yeah 40-50..

tip is good...tip is great

Teania · Post by **Teania** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:14 am

Supplanter wrote:I drive my tip hard, I even use the gearbox to engine brake
As long as you look after the box you should be OK.

ditto

Also pays to use a good quality transmission fluid - if you plan to drive it hard. I use the redline atf and havent had any problems

Tip - all the convenience of an auto if you're in heavy traffic (which I am Mon-Fri) and still allows you to have the fun when you take it for a spirited weekend spin

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:12 am

yeh i meant 5000km made a typo

FTOluv · Post by **FTOluv** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:40 am

petrol is about 8 - 10km per litre...

u must drive like a bitch mate

fuel will last you about 500+ depending on driving...I'm getting about 650 atm each week

650?!?!

, i only use to get high 400s. U must drive like a super bitch then

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:08 am

you guys are so good at this ... i probably get 450-500 max?

here's a website for you guys

http://motormouth.com.au/default_fl.aspx

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:09 pm

FTOluv wrote:
petrol is about 8 - 10km per litre...
u must drive like a bitch mate

fuel will last you about 500+ depending on driving...I'm getting about 650 atm each week
650?!?! , i only use to get high 400s. U must drive like a super bitch then

I get more than 10km per litre consistently (except after the last cruise

) and I wouldnt say I drive conservatively... So over 600km from a tank is not unusual.

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:29 pm

I get around 400kms if lucky, normally around 360 in the city.
Having really hard time to understand how come you guys getting 600 and over?
The tank is only 60lts, before red line 55lts, and cant even fill the tank right up to top, so lets say 53lts.
getting 600+ out of 53lts is less then 9lt per 100kms.

Even 1.6lt fuel saver brand new cars are unable to match this most of the times.

I just cant figure out how 10yrs old V6 2lt with Mivec, high rpm FTO engine can do 600 kms?

What is it? O2 sensor or something else that I have to recheck?

FTOluv · Post by **FTOluv** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:09 pm

anyone that can do 600+ must be really babying their FTO.
My car was in really good nick as well. If your not gonna drive the FTO properly then u mite as well not drive it at all

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:25 pm

i easy get 600+ on a tank even when i 'fang' it around almost every night. i usually fill up when im on 1/8 of a tank left

wjhe · Post by **wjhe** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:06 pm

guys, i dunnnoo what extra performance tips u guys are hiding, but even using the shell extreme, still topping at 480Km a full tank!!!!

share the knowledge!!!

cheers

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:12 pm

Apart from driving pattern, it really depends on the model, GS (yes there are some do have this lancer in FTO shell) GR or GPX. And what sort of modifications as well.

I won't able to get more then 450km because i do micro trip every day. But if i'm Hwy, then i get around 500-550.

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:13 pm

robsta wrote:i easy get 600+ on a tank even when i 'fang' it around almost every night. i usually fill up when im on 1/8 of a tank left

1/8 of 60lt tank is 7.5 lt
So you are doing 600+ kms with 50lts of petrol,
thatâ€™s 8.3lt per 100kms inc mivec every night, sounds like most of this is in city as well

Donâ€™t get me wrong but, I am really having trouble to understand this.

Thatâ€™s probably because I am jealous, cause my car has serviced every 2500-3000kms.

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:48 pm

Back when I drove mine regularly I could easily milk 500+ km's out of my tank.

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:12 pm

I drive about 250 - 300 km a week, and generally fill the tank once a week (before the weekly price hike) and am surprised if I get worse than 10km / litre. I dont baby the car, but I'm no hoon either. Regularly use MIVEC off the lights (cos I can) and cruise in 5th when I get to the speed limit. I have a 95 GPX manual, running on 95 RON (out of necessity) The clock has 80000k on it.

With that in mind, on the last cruise I got about 9.5km / litre, and I was driving fairly hard through hills etc. SA members can vouch...

thecook · Post by **thecook** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:25 am

i dont have my fto anymore, but when i had it i was getting bout 400-450 kms for every full tank of petrol... using bp ultimate... and that was when i was driving normal with mostly highway ks!!

dunno how can ppl get 600kms!!!!

but now that my cars sold, i think its safe for me to say that i use to thrash the car heaps lol

but i regret getting a tiptronic, i shoulda got a manual instead