New FTO - What action is recommended?

arkoso · Post by **arkoso** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:19 pm

(Other than taking her for a spin), what are a few good things I should do to ensure the longetivity and lastability of my new FTO?

It's another 1995 GPX, and it's in excellent condition as it is, and I intend to keep it that way. My last one became really run down, everything happened at once and I pawned it off to some idiot for cheap because I couldn't keep up with all the repair bills.

I looked after the car like my first born child, but in the six months I had it, the heater broke, the air-con broke, the sunroof wouldn't close, all the clear-coat started peeling, I got countless chips in my front bumper and side mirror paintwork, the selector cable snapped whilst drive (for the manual transmission) it would idle erratically, the timing belt needed replacing, as did the spark plugs and ignition leads, the O2 sensor and water pump could have done with a refurbishment, the front-left indicator lights holding were broken and would fall out whilst driving, the engine warning light would flash half the time, the list truly does just go on ...... did I mention it had no problems when I bought it, and I was having it serviced VERY reguarly?

I think I just had a bad egg.

My FTO that I am getting next week has fairly high KM's at 160,000, but has been professionally maintained by its mechanic owner, and driven very softly by his middle aged wife .. completely repainted and glossed, has no cosmetic damage, everything works, brand new tyres ... I haven't had it professionally inspected but I've seen (in person) its engine stripped down to get a water pump and timing belt replacement and it does look very tidy. It's a very reasonable price too.

Any thoughts? Any services I should get when the vehicle first gets transferred over to my name?

FTOGPXJAZZA · Post by **FTOGPXJAZZA** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:50 am

IDIOT????

by the way cars fine never had a problen ac fixed heater fixed sunroof works fog lights fixed and hasnt missed a beat, all the paint is getting respay when i get my payout and dent removed.
should start to look real good soon

J · Post by J » Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:03 am

LOL!!!

silverGPX · Post by **silverGPX** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:09 am

HAHAHAH holy sh*t. I would hate to find that out.

arkoso · Post by **arkoso** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:11 am

Eh sorry man ... no offence intended and nah you obviously arent idiot ... i was just mega bitter because when all this stuff went wrong I never had the money to fix it.

All it needed was someone like yourself to give it the TLC it needed, so I'm pretty glad to hear its running well now! Thing will look awesome after a respray.

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:23 am

arkoso wrote:Eh sorry man ... no offence intended and nah you obviously arent idiot ... i was just mega bitter because when all this stuff went wrong I never had the money to fix it.

All it needed was someone like yourself to give it the TLC it needed, so I'm pretty glad to hear its running well now! Thing will look awesome after a respray.

Lol ... Nice back pedal ...

arkoso · Post by **arkoso** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:09 pm

lol, nice demotive, i still laughed.

Honestly I don't think Jezza is too fussed with it .. he's obviously having a good run with it I wish I could say the same for myself when I had it.

I guess the truth in it is the FTO is always going to be high maintenance, they aren't getting any newer after all.

Post by **BorepYano** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:24 pm

-Nighthawk- · Post by **-Nighthawk-** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:31 pm

haha took me a while to see what everyone was laughing at.

But really if you got it for cheap and it's working fine it's a win win

arkoso · Post by **arkoso** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:55 pm

-Nighthawk- wrote:haha took me a while to see what everyone was laughing at.

But really if you got it for cheap and it's working fine it's a win win

Yeah, car was sold on the premise it needed work done ... for far less than its worth. With that work done Jezza has mentioned he will get upwards of twice what he payed for the car ... the only person laughing should be him.

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:54 pm

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:11 pm

Heheheh ... Reminds me of the Turbo FTO thread... I may have to dig that out...

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:47 pm

So I was bored and couldn't resist...

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... ic&t=16919

Here is the actual quote ...

I8A4RE wrote:
AMACHA wrote:Bad thing is i kinda "did" that girl that night and kinda didnt want nything to do with her afterwards, but for the sake of the club ill talk to her again so i can get some pics
Your a f&*ken noob

Blahahahahaha ... Sooooo Funnny ....

Post by **vipfto** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:20 pm

hahaha yeah that was awesome what did happen in the end there amacha? go back for another shot?

FTOGPXJAZZA · Post by **FTOGPXJAZZA** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:03 am

hahah nah its all cool mate i knew it needed a bit of work but its getting there slowley so should be fully comleted in 3 months