Hello all!!!! FTO newbie here!!!

[DarthTony]

Hello Guys and Girls

Im Tony. Nice to meet you all. Just joined the site.

Well, I wanted to buy a FTO around 18 months back but didnt in the end due to lack of no claims and that. That interest died down until last week when I felt the urge to buy one so I won one on ebay. Only a cheap one just to test the waters for a better one.

So im picking up a GR tomorrow. I dont expect alot for £650 but it will tell me whether I like the car or not. Im sure I will but wanna make sure. I did ask a couple of questions before I bidded though so im happy so far.

Just fyi, I know next to nothing about cars. Have I made a silly choice for someone that knows next to nothing about car and that is extremely short on funds??? (mature student)

Ill be joining as full member shortly, cant go wrong with £18

Tony

[chinna78]

welcome mate and i,m sure you,ll love the car get some pics up, the first thing to do is pay the £18 best thing you can buy for your fto lol,

[DarthTony]

welcome mate and i,m sure you,ll love the car get some pics up, the first thing to do is pay the £18 best thing you can buy for your fto lol,

Cheers mate, Already paid it. lol

Just having a quick read through the sections now. Not that I have a clue what it all means.

[chinna78]

Cheers mate, Already paid it. lol

Just having a quick read through the sections now. Not that I have a clue what it all means.

lol,ask away mate ,alot of friendly ,helpfull peeps here

[calmdown]

The cult demands images.

WTTC(ult)

Kool-Aid is in the Jugs in the back next to the coffee. First timers shouldn't drink the stuff on the right.

cd

[jimbo_GR]

^^LMAO..
WTTC Fella... should be ok for 650.. dont know if it'll last till you get home at that price tbh... if it does.. itll be a keeper lol :)
fingers crossed for yer pal

[ClareW]

WTTC Tony. Can't wait to see your new P&J. There may be a few things up with it - remember she's not as young as she looks! Enjoy your GR. There's loads of advice on here and loads of help if you need to find anything including someone, local to you, for assistance. I hope there's nothing wrong with her and I hope we'll see you both at some meets.
I can't help with technical stuff (I blush a lot when talking about the car - what's a plenum? LOL) but I have lots of enthusiasm! Nice to meet you.

[kayman77]

Welcome to the forum. You will love it or grow to love it...either way, I am sure you'll end up in the same place as us.

Less than a year ago, I picked up an almost gonna. The car was neglected for over a year sitting in the back yard of someones garden. He couldn't sell it in the state it was in so I made an offer. It couldn't be driven away due to the water pump leaking. Reading about this problem lead me here and discovered that I should have the cambelt changed at the same time as changing the water pump over but not every garage can change the cambelt (quad). Guys told me to go to Eurospec so I took the car there.

In the end, I saved another FTO costing about £1K including the repairs and parts needed to get through the MOT. She runs like a dream now. The engine was in really good shape so I was told by Eurospec.

Now just spending here and there to get her looking and performing at it's best.

[kayman77]

double posted? not sure what went wrong here...sorry

[notcloud]

WTTC mate. Mine I bought last year no mot/tax and dented wings. Picked it up for £320. had to do front & rear discs and pads as looked like they needed it, small weld to rear chassis rail, front & rear ARB`s and steering gaitor. all in cost me £700 and now alls good

[Pink Lady]

Hi there Tony and welcome...

you shud get yourself on a uni course with a bursary... I am also a mature student trying to wing it through uni n my student finance n bursary fund my FTO money well spent I say ha ha

[steveoz1]

wttc mate as said above theres plenty of help on here just ask and enjoy your ride i love getting in mine everyday and the looks i get where are you from

[DarthTony]

Thanks for all the welcome's guys.

Got my FTO now, Awesome drive. Certainly the best drive I ever had thats for sure. Cant see alot wrong with it so far(although, i know squat about cars), there are afew rest spots underneath though. The aircon doesnt go ice cold either, regassing??

ill get some pictures up in the next couple of days. (thats if my misses doesnt wreck it tomorrow when she borrows it, lol). Maybe you guys could spot summit wrong in the pictures.

Tony

[DarthTony]

wttc mate as said above theres plenty of help on here just ask and enjoy your ride i love getting in mine everyday and the looks i get where are you from

Cheers mate, From Warwickshire

[DarthTony]

Hi there Tony and welcome...

you shud get yourself on a uni course with a bursary... I am also a mature student trying to wing it through uni n my student finance n bursary fund my FTO money well spent I say ha ha

Already there mate, Spent the bursary the next day though , lol.

What and where you studying mate?

[chinna78]

Cheers mate, From Warwickshire

get yourself to the fix it day sunday mate,lol

[DarthTony]

get yourself to the fix it day sunday mate,lol

Fix it day?

Btw, Do the GR models normally have remote central locking or alarms?? I only got a key and immobliser key

[DarthTony]

Aww yeah, I see the fix it thread lol

[chinna78]

Aww yeah, I see the fix it thread lol

that mean your joining us mate,always great to meet new members and is all-ways a great meet

[DarthTony]

that mean your joining us mate,always great to meet new members and is all-ways a great meet

Ill have to make the next one mate, I cant give my social life a single hour until the 27th april onwards, far too much coursework to do and no time to do it.

Looks like its gonna be a good one though

[Pink Lady]

I am doing a social work degree.... dont all boo at once lol. I have the GR model n had to have an immobliser fitted when i bought the car as it had no alarm

[DarthTony]

I am doing a social work degree.... dont all boo at once lol. I have the GR model n had to have an immobliser fitted when i bought the car as it had no alarm

Boooooo......... lol

Does your GR have remote locking or is that an added feature?

[Pink Lady]

ah i no ****ty career choice but pays well which helps me sleep at night ha ha

No central locking either but dont think its that expensive to have fitted i'm going to look into it once I have had the tappets done.

[M4RKFTO]

WTTC pal enjoy :)

[Estelle777]

welcome Tony, read this thread after your pics, lol! :)

[DarthTony]

welcome Tony, read this thread after your pics, lol! :)

lol, Cheers Estelle and Mrkfto

[Estelle777]

Boooooo......... lol

Does your GR have remote locking or is that an added feature?

must be an added feature, as mine has loads of added bits, central locking, passenger airbag, wind deflectors, all of which i believe to be added after market. :)

[Pink Lady]

im going to look at getting air bags as i have none

[baby_emi]

Hi tony welcome along enjoy ur fto

[DarthTony]

Hi tony welcome along enjoy ur fto

Cheers mate, I certainly will enjoy it

[ashnewcastle]

Hi mate hows it going