FTO AUSTRALIA

On the eve of selling my beloved FTO, i caught myself reminiscing about the many memories that it has shared with me or brought to me.

so i thought i'd start a thread to find out what memorable events u guys have shared with your machine.

the one that I will always carry happened onli days after I had gotten my fto. Being a fresh P-plater and compounded by the fact that I now own such a hot beast, I thought I owned the road! Hehehhe can u blame me???

So on that fateful day I was stuck at the lights next to this wht holden, and being young and over enthusiastic at the time , it didn’t occur to me that this car my be a cop car and I decided to take it on!!!!

with the lane infront ending on my part and the guy not slowing down either, I made a VERY close cut into his lane, done DAN DAAANNNN!

No, the sirens didn’t go off, luckily he wasn’t an undercover! But I had pissed him off so bad that he continued to tailgate me, high beam me and blare his horn at me for the next 2km!

Mental note: holdens are no-go-zones and always have a PLAN B!

Common guys and gurls!!! Post away! “I ‘ll neva forget……

ahhhhh good old memories ay?
well...
i havent really done aything except when i drove my car to port stephen
damn those fellows have not seen an FTO before in their whole entire life
considering most cars there are *~delightful!~* the fto was like god to them
i remember this dude at the oyster farm asking me if it was a ferrari lol
i still cant get over that
and still these dayz i drive past my old high school those kids would sometimes bow down to me on the side of tbe road hahahaha
o wellz....my car is gona be sold soon as well
and now with my new ITGfilter man ithe engien sccream crazy
put unlike the pod filters my filter is very quite in the low end
have fun guys

Boy where do I start ahahahaha most of my memory are involved with the old gangs in the club.....

1.) Never forgot my first ever FTO cruise, it was in 02, just 3 of us, Scracy, Will, & I. And end up doing something that none of us will ever forget at fish & chips shop down at St Kilda beach

2.) Albert Park cruise Nov 03, it was the first offical cruise for 95% of the Vic members, it was also the most successful cruise Vic ever had, 22 FTO had rocked up, plus family & friends.

3.) Hot4 Photo shoot Nov 03, pics turn out great even with my "dints" & number of members had increase substantially after the article was printed.

4.) Ate an EB V8 on the road 4 times in a row, didn't know it was a V8 until I wind down the window & ask "what you got in your V6" & he replied "Is a V8 with extractor" No wonder Holden raped them on the track back then when it first came out.......

Memorable Moments:

Wakefield....ooh man that was soo cool. Even spinning off the track was cool, albiet a bit freaky.


The last Canberra cruise....had 6 FTO's show up, a dang good turn out for Canberra. Some of the looks we got as we cruised through the city....people just stopping and starring, hehe.


And then there are my many numerous spirited runs through some of the local roads....most notable being Honey Suckle Creek in the Naas Valley.....a great twisty road with incredible mountain scenery, almost got air time on one corner too!


Of course, who can forget how many times little kids and oldies alike shout out "cool car!" when you drive past.

Dare I bring up the inevitable...

Me yelling to the misses "put it in second!" the reply "where is second!"
whilst trying to have a sh@g in the front seat....

cant say too much but the scariest, freakiest and down right awesome moment.

pagan 1... bacon 0

damn the FTO can corner.

damn the FTO can corner.

Hehe, yeah......I left behind a convoy of 180's in the dust on a nice sloping corner.

My passenger commented afterwards "did you have to drive with me in the gutter?"

BuCkEt wrote:

damn the FTO can corner.

Hehe, yeah......I left behind a convoy of 180's in the dust on a nice sloping corner.

My passenger commented afterwards "did you have to drive with me in the gutter?"

Unfortunatuly my unforgetable memories are not as pleasent as having a sh@g in the front seat...

Mine is getting rear ended by a car traveling about 60km/h whilst I'm stationery and suffering the consequences, ie, car off the road for 10 weeks and me still having neck probs... But overall I still love this car!

Don't you hate that, I think lots of members here have experience of being rear end in their FTO by some dude not concentrating on the road.

I can count 5 members in VIC who had this happen to him & her.

Its happened to me before but not in the FTO...
Now I have one eye constantly on the rear vision mirror & a possible escape route in mind when ever in that situation

Yup must be magnets for it I think....

kazbah wrote:Unfortunatuly my unforgetable memories are not as pleasent as having a sh@g in the front seat...

Mine is getting rear ended by a car traveling about 60km/h whilst I'm stationery and suffering the consequences, ie, car off the road for 10 weeks and me still having neck probs... But overall I still love this car!

I assure you - 6'5" man trying to sh@g in the front seat of an FTO... far from pleasant... 12000 to many drinks... temporary alcohol induced blindness....many bruises...trouble with busfare to Bondi...gimmie my king size bed anyday.

Didnt we have this converstion about a mini??? Yup before you say it I've hijacked again!!

kazbah wrote:Unfortunatuly my unforgetable memories are not as pleasent as having a sh@g in the front seat...

thats something to add to the to-do list aye ?
catch up kaz! dont noe what your missing out on! hehehehhe
and with the new seat covers (the one u installed before the team!)
it'll only require a qwik wipe clean! =)

wild_flower wrote:

kazbah wrote:Unfortunatuly my unforgetable memories are not as pleasent as having a sh@g in the front seat...

thats something to add to the to-do list aye ?
catch up kaz! dont noe what your missing out on! hehehehhe
and with the new seat covers (the one u installed before the team!)
it'll only require a qwik wipe clean! =)

Aaaaahaaaaa never thought of that, but yeah easy clean!

From memorable moments to wiping @$% of the seat....
I worry about you ladies some times

Bennoz wrote:From memorable moments to wiping @$% of the seat....
I worry about you ladies some times

Yes we are very practical arent we??

Many times I often what your son would think if he read these posts Kazbah!

Hehehe.. you'll get home one day & he'll be taking care of a young lady in the front seat..... "But you did it mum!"