The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **agent s** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:03 pm

Not that helpful a 'Spotted' but.... hello? Ireland's covered in FTO's now! Got mine cos I thought it looked hot & it was rare enough :roll:

Maybe it's just where I live!! Well... that's sort of obvious, I guess

by **gtoirl** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:30 pm

Know what you mean, spot one nearly every time I go to blanch shopping centre, maybe just because I’m looking out for them now.

I’d love to see the spotted section on a fiat punto website. Was driving one a couple of week back and it made me realise just how many are on the road.

by **agent s** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:41 pm

gtoirl wrote:I’d love to see the spotted section on a fiat punto website.

or micras

by **IrishPhoenix** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:24 am

This is an interesting point and could be explained by selective perception.

We tend to notice things that are relevant to us, like the person who notices everyone smoking when they give up first

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/MC1 ... per05.html

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd110td ... cept2.html

by **Nailer** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:55 am

gtoirl wrote:Know what you mean, spot one nearly every time I go to blanch shopping centre, maybe just because I’m looking out for them now.

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well my car is parked there 6 days a week so that explains that

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:55 pm

I've been at the shopping center on three seperate occasions over the last week..everytime I've been parked close to Maplin/Atlantic home care..

2ftos seem to reside in the car park..

1xBlack with shopping list - tuned by such&such sticker where the model should be ..think it was 95..have dodgy memory

1xSkyblue with BIG tailpipe exit..very very nice color.. yesterday a lady was sitting on the bonnet (!!!!) just as I was about to ask her if it was her car the indicators started flashing... Indeed 2 minutes later a young man was having words with same lady..

I also spotted a very short-haired bloke in the Black fto in same car park - was driving myself at this time so didn't really get any details..the guy did however wave as a drove past him..

Last night also a Red 94D outside PC-World..

I need to print more flyers..

Have a nice weekend guys!

by **Nailer** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:37 pm

Muad_dib77 wrote:
1xSkyblue with BIG tailpipe exit..very very nice color.. yesterday a lady was sitting on the bonnet (!!!!) just as I was about to ask her if it was her car the indicators started flashing... Indeed 2 minutes later a young man was having words with same lady..

Yeah i spotted her sitting on the car and was going to blast her off it with the alarm but decided to put the crap up her with the remote start instead! she got off quick enough, cheeky cow sitting sombody elses car. Im sorry i have to park it there the amount of ignorant wankers who litterly whack thier doors off my car is unbelievable

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:22 am

Nailer wrote:
Yeah i spotted her sitting on the car and was going to blast her off it with the alarm but decided to put the crap up her with the remote start instead! she got off quick enough, cheeky cow sitting sombody elses car. Im sorry i have to park it there the amount of ignorant wankers who litterly whack thier doors off my car is unbelievable

I hate the place - never feel safe leaving my car there...but then again. I don't feel safe leaving my car in the Company Carpark either...people just don't care about cars - or atleast they don't care when it's not theirs.

Really like the color btw - looks real nice!

u in the 3g shop by chance?

by **agent s** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:19 am

IrishPhoenix wrote:We tend to notice things that are relevant to us, like the person who notices everyone smoking when they give up first

You make an interesting point IP! But tbh I was as FTO crazy the 12 months prior to purchasing my p&j and there honestly weren't as many about! This girl has radar for the sleek curves of our babies! :twisted:

Nailer - sky blue sounds nice for the FTO... any pictures? Can't believe some random punter was sitting on your car!! :shock:

And on the topic of people doing mean things to your FTO in your absense... someone's put a nice big scrape & dent in the passenger wing of mine. Noticed it one morning - & it definately wasn't me because you would have heard this dent in progress!! Obviously someone not parking well etc :smt089

by **roykeane** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:28 pm

Before I purchased my fto (Oct 05), I swear I had not seen one in Kilkenny and genuinely believed that there was not any in the immediate area. Since then I have seen at least four on a very regular basis in around the town, not including visitors.

If you take the figures from Wilkipedia, there have been 16,438 fto's produced not including the figures for 1994, (which are not known). Given that there is a 'huge' fto owners club in Australia, a substantial one in the UK and a healthy one here in Ireland, where are all the fto's coming from? For example the Japanese auction site which I frequent the most has at least 33 fto's from 1996 upwards up for grabs tonight. :?:

by **Nailer** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:56 am

agent s wrote:
Nailer - sky blue sounds nice for the FTO... any pictures? Can't believe some random punter was sitting on your car!!

Getting the front bumper resprayed tomorrow and provided they matched the colour (fingers crossed its close enough) ill take a few snaps

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