FTO AUSTRALIA

It's just such a different car...

I had been interested in getting one since back at school. Even when I had lancer, but it got written off due to guy running into me through light. I coud've gotten whatever car within $25k range....but it always kept coming back to the FTO! I was then stuck between finding an excellent stock vti-r civic hatch and a proton....cause I thought I couldn't find another FTO (i was gonna buy one from a member here...but fees got in way) I stumbled upon a 95 black manual gpx at on a car dealer site and I knew straight away moment I looked at it, that it was mine. I knew I had to have it, so i got it! for $16k! I was stoked.

I bought my Mirage when I was 17 and made it the ultimate rice machine. Was seriously considering a 6A12 swap at one point so I had researched the FTO and its gear then. Realised that was a stupid idea when I was gonna have to pay $7k-$8k for the swap and ended up only paying an extra 3.5k more for my FTO when I sold my Mirage! I dont feel like I have to do anything to the FTO because she goes well, handles well, looks awesome. Its an FTO! Although I wouldnt mind a set of rims. And intake. Maybe an exhaust. With extractors of course.

MIke

Allright, now all the fto people dont get mad at me for saying this.
I always wanted a supra. I got a full time job n then thought that its time to get a supra. but then found out that supras were not in my budget. n then came accross ftos. since it looked a bit like supra and was not as expensive i managed to get it. After i got it, at times i beacme really dissapointed coz it wasnt as fast as supra. But as time went by, i started loving everythin about it (especially the centre console.lol). now i find it better than supra (lookswise only, lets not get ahead of ourselves,lol)

vivek wrote: since it looked a bit like supra

cough cough

dont u mean some features of the supra look a bit like an fto...

because supras are sh*t the interior is yuky... and there for fat ppl..

People please don't put any other brand or model cars down, as it works both way & we don't need a mini war from the other forum. Every car in the world have their pros & cons, & we all like to think the car we drive is the best, but unless you own a MC12, or Enzo or Zonder, then you can forget it

BTW there are at least 3 members here that also own a Supra

Was looking to get rid of my 200k old CB lancer in 2002... the mini was in bits again, and I saw my baby in my mates yard...



After a few beers with him (aka negotiation & test drive) it was mine

Was looking for a supra and they were all messed about and I saw this



and just had to have it (the FTO)

i think i shall have the bike...that remind s me i have a pic to post...hehe

Saw mine in the car yard at Penrith after being all around Parramatta Road looking at them. Was getting mightly fed up until I saw this one... Twin pipes, Sunroof, excellent conditions. So I went up to the sales guy, told him for starters he was 3 grand overpriced and if he knocked it off I'd take the car off his hands for him... A bit of tooing and frowing went on (the guy really didnt have a clue what type of car he was selling, he kept calling it the pocket rocket )until he agreed to my terms... And now shes mine, all mine - mwaaaahhhahahhahhha!

I did the online surfing thing myself (carsales,tradingpost,drive.com etc). Was specifically looking for the midnight blue. Found one in VIC, bought a cheap one way plane ticket down there and then drove it back.

ermmmm my mum wanted 1!

it was by birthday and dad was takin me car shopping, we'd always had mitsubishis in the family n i knew i wanted the sports car look, i knew what an fto was and it was either 1 of those or a Toyota Cavalier, once i did the research and worked out i wanted a GPX i walked into a car yard, handed over 9 grand and drove away, that was 18 months ago:D

I first found out about FTOs after seeing them in Gran Turismo on the PlayStation. Then, a couple of years ago, a mate of mine turned up in an Imperial Red GPX. He took me for a drive in it and I was hooked on the noise.

So I started looking around in 2002, and decided that I wanted a facelift car, and preferably a manual gearbox (although I was told that manuals are very rare). I paid a visit to an FTO specialist to actually have a look at a white GP Version R tiptronic. Then inside the showroom they had an immaculate '97 silver GPX tiptronic which I preferred (and insurance was cheaper on the GPX).

I asked if they had any GPX manuals available and they had a couple of '95/'96 models. They then checked their shipping list and showed me a thumbnail size, low quality inkjet printout photo of a facelift blue GPX manual. I went home to think about it... couldn't sleep, phoned up the next day and put a deposit on it A couple of months later (Jan 2003), it arrived from Japan - and the grin has been on my face since.

It was this picture that persuaded me to buy an FTO:



I wanted a black one though; my fto kind of looks similar.

it was fto love at first sight..

ahahahaha hence FTOLUV

Anyway, I saw the FTO for the first time in 1999 when my best mate showed me a car video about imports in Japan. I instantly fell in love with it and asked my well knowledged friend a million and one questions about the car. Couldnt afford it back then becuz they cost like $40K but as time went by i and i was able to afford a nice car I went to look for a Supra, couldnt find one in decent nick and i happened to stumble upon a FTO owned by a 40 year old in the whoop whoop suburbs. Accident free and immaculate, there was no doubt that i had found my car

and btw MeL, Fat people like me should have every right to drive Supras or FTOs. The car doesnt determine the person, except unless yr driving a pink Hyundai Excel than yr just *~delightful!~*

when i finish my HSC and all my mates got a car by then so i start looking for one myself, i was a total noob with cars knowledge (not driving) so i just look around for suggestion what sorta cars i should get.

FTO came into my mind cause my god sister likes it so i did a bita research into it and damn they're quite expensive at the time i looked but they looks damn hot.

Anyway to cut the story short, i bought my FTO on my gf's birthday, i when to have a look (the only manual available at that time in perfect condition) and bought it the next day! And i'm in love with it more & more everyday, now i just put all my pay into my FTO now

FTOluv wrote:and btw MeL, Fat people like me should have every right to drive Supras or FTOs. The car doesnt determine the person, except unless yr driving a pink Hyundai Excel than yr just *~delightful!~*

i dissagree any one who drives n fto....is one kind of person only...

....as we all like lots of attention...hehe.

so therefor...we r all attention seekers...in a good way of course...

Got mine cheap off an ex. It wouldn't have been my first choice if i had to pay full price but now that i've got it i wont be letting it go till i get my series 6.

My GTR was stolen, so after the pay out i told myself not to buy another sports car, but came across this yellow beauty of mine, so i thought hmm, time to seek attention and looks instead of power. I got it off dirt cheap from an oversea student, the best thing was i didn't do any upgrades, just white globes, that's it.