The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:43 am

what's the story with this one ?
pre facelift bumpre? year 2000 ? radio - cassete ?? :roll:

overpriced imo.

http://search.autotrader.ie/www/cars_ad ... 0186520649

by **DirtyLopez** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:49 am

I dont think its a 2000. Its more like imported in 2000...

by **mcgon1979** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:08 am

same car listed as a 1998

http://www.northdublincars.ie/usedcars/ ... rid=602804

by **DirtyLopez** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:14 am

mcgon1979 wrote:same car listed as a 1998

Yea... and 50000 miles :roll:

Maybe its also on Carzone as 1995 with 120000miles

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:16 am

Wow - Massive money for a GPX Tip - never mind the fact its a classic shape - prob 97 year model.

Also note the difference between the mileage figures on the 2 ads - clocking of these cars by these particular dealers is rife - particularly Sean Byrnes -
I've seen this consistently with FTO's advertised in auction in Japan with 60K-80K miles being advertised in Ireland a couple of months later with 30K-40K miles - scandalous.

by AL » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:05 pm

dont get me started on jap dealers here :evil:

ive seen sean byrnes auto's advertising impreza WRX sti's before and stating in their ad that the car had 1.6 on log book, what a neck eh? :roll:

and the mileage is a joke too

by **mark** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:30 pm

mmm, you'd think that a dealer who brings them in would know by now that it's a 'Tip Tronic' instead of 'Trip Tronic' box! :roll:

by **Wildhound** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:06 pm

Hehe, I work at Auto Trader and this exact ad came across my desk today. I corrected the "trip tronic" but unfortunately it only applies to the magazine.

by **mcgon1979** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:32 pm

nice job wildhound... you must see some cool stuff come through your screen

by **mark** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:52 pm

So wildhound, you should get a commission if he moves it! What else do you change on ads?!

by **Wildhound** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:40 am

Hehe, I'm not in sales I'm in quality control so I don't get any sort of commission. It pays decently enough though.

It actually works the other way around, if it went into the magazine incorrectly we'd probably have to give him credit.

you must see some cool stuff come through your screen

Some really cool things yeah, but it's mostly offset by the massive amount of commercial and farm vehicles and machinery. Boring!

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:15 am

So hang on - would you be the person to review listings with "keyword spamming" in them.. like the BMW that had FTO in the title..

by **Wildhound** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:21 am

Not if you're referring to the website, only the magazine.

If there was a BMW with FTO in the title in the magazine, then yes that would be my problem.

But I think what you're talking about is when someone buys an ad (on Carzone for example), sells their FTO and then changes the ad to a BMW. Right?

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:26 am

Acually that wasn't on autotrager... think it was on CBG.ie :-)

sorry about that..

by **Wildhound** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:33 am

Yeah on the websites it's easy to do because they usually give you an unlimited run on your ad. You're meant to mark it as sold when it sells, but some people just edit the ad to sell a different car.

However, you can't edit the make and model, so you end up with an FTO (or whatever) with the pictures and description of some other car. Seems pointless to me, since nobody who searches for an FTO is likely to buy a BMW.

Unfortunately I don't think anyone actually screens the ads on Carzone. Or if they do they definitely don't screen the edits.

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