FTO AUSTRALIA

Ive never had my car at the mechanic because i can do most things myself but parts/labour for these arent that cheap.
Having said that, the only problems ive had with my car are minor things. I've had my fto for 2.5years.

. Roof rust (been removed)
. Rattling windows (easy fix)
. Tappets (getting there )
. Side mirror motors dont work (meh not important)
. Rear left pad jammed to disk (a clip was missing and caused this)

Buying an fto is like drawing names from a hat.
You could end up with two shittys like silverGPX

Get a machanic to check it out.
If things need replacing you're looking at some decent $$ especially seeing as you wont be doing the work yourself.

I guess it's time for me to learn some mechanicy stuff. Will be watching some youtube vids in between study
Hopefully buy the time i buy my car i will know a lot more then i do now.
Any good vids out there to learn from? what should i be researching etc...any suggestions would be appreciated.

Mighty car mods.
Not really good diys, but they are pretty funny

lol yeah my partner watches those but i don't find it very interesting, i want more informational videos not a shoe test video

Look on the latest page of the video thread in the gibberish section, there is an awesome indian car mod show that teaches you a lot about what makes the car go fast and look good n sh*t, i liked it anyway...

Taz wrote:Look on the latest page of the video thread in the gibberish section, there is an awesome indian car mod show that teaches you a lot about what makes the car go fast and look good n sh*t, i liked it anyway...

Thanks, i found someone who will paint/spray (what ever its called) my future car pink sooo happy, want a light pink car with dark pink interior or visa versa. I know its not everyone's thing but i don't care...wait till my bf finds out hahahaha

If you have cable you should watch Wheeler Dealers on channel 634.
Has some good information on there about maintenance and body work.

pinkleptir wrote:

Taz wrote:Look on the latest page of the video thread in the gibberish section, there is an awesome indian car mod show that teaches you a lot about what makes the car go fast and look good n sh*t, i liked it anyway...

Thanks, i found someone who will paint/spray (what ever its called) my future car pink sooo happy, want a light pink car with dark pink interior or visa versa. I know its not everyone's thing but i don't care...wait till my bf finds out hahahaha

Wait till you watch it...you will be thanking me but not for useful info, but for 7min of pissing yourself laughing

Fuckin love wheeler dealers but that guy that buys the cars is a c**t and always flogs the cars lol

Taz wrote:

pinkleptir wrote:

Taz wrote:Look on the latest page of the video thread in the gibberish section, there is an awesome indian car mod show that teaches you a lot about what makes the car go fast and look good n sh*t, i liked it anyway...

Thanks, i found someone who will paint/spray (what ever its called) my future car pink sooo happy, want a light pink car with dark pink interior or visa versa. I know its not everyone's thing but i don't care...wait till my bf finds out hahahaha

Wait till you watch it...you will be thanking me but not for useful info, but for 7min of pissing yourself laughing

Oh my lord! WTF was that?? couldn't even watch it all, looks like all they did was put ugly stickers on it YUCK!

Yes, but they also put a fan on the intake and 'performance' tyres to increase its performance to match its performance looks....

hahahahah some people need to lay off the crack. They cant honestly believe that all those "mods" made the car go faster lol

Astron_Boy wrote:If you have cable you should watch Wheeler Dealers on channel 634.
Has some good information on there about maintenance and body work.

Thanks will download the episodes later this week.

dstocks wrote:Weve just been through this in another thread. Please can we avoid going there again. SilverGPX has had a really bad run and that has been made obvious before and he has very strong opinions about this. This is not the case with most members. There is always a chance with a car this age that you will get one that has problems irrespective of what you look for. This is the case for any model car. pinkleptir, dont give up just yet. Do your research and come to the conclusion yourself.

look at my fto?

anyone?

or have we forgotten

lawsochap wrote:

dstocks wrote:Weve just been through this in another thread. Please can we avoid going there again. SilverGPX has had a really bad run and that has been made obvious before and he has very strong opinions about this. This is not the case with most members. There is always a chance with a car this age that you will get one that has problems irrespective of what you look for. This is the case for any model car. pinkleptir, dont give up just yet. Do your research and come to the conclusion yourself.

look at my fto?

anyone?

or have we forgotten

you had an Fto?

Be thankful you guys don't live in Scotland where they salt the roads like 9 months of the year and an old car like the FTO deteriorates faster than it depreciates! lol

In 7 years of ownership I've had one mechanical fault over 100,000 miles (not even kilometres!) If you get a decent* FTO Pinky, it will last you a long time, just take your time and get the one you really want.


*Disclaimer - getting a decent car can come down to luck as much as anything else when buying second hand!

Jesus is there no other way than salt? I know it's effective but f**k the value of cars of there must be sh*t!

Taz wrote:Jesus is there no other way than salt? I know it's effective but f**k the value of cars of there must be sh*t!

Yup, my '94 GPX, which is 17 years old I know, is worth around £700, or just over a thousand Aussie dollars

bass_twitch wrote:

lawsochap wrote:

dstocks wrote:Weve just been through this in another thread. Please can we avoid going there again. SilverGPX has had a really bad run and that has been made obvious before and he has very strong opinions about this. This is not the case with most members. There is always a chance with a car this age that you will get one that has problems irrespective of what you look for. This is the case for any model car. pinkleptir, dont give up just yet. Do your research and come to the conclusion yourself.

look at my fto?

anyone?

or have we forgotten

you had an Fto?

Sorry Lawso, you are hardly one to be compared against.

Learn how to do a minor service, seeing as you'll want to be doing one every 5,000km's. Its pretty easy and saves you from going to a mechanic for something so basic.

That's all you'll need to know for now haha.
If things start breaking there'd most likely be a DIY on how to replace/fix that part.
Then you have to decide whether you have the correct tools and confidence to complete the task haha.