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"the only FTO turbo in the country" the ad says...

Postby giuanz » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:36 pm

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Postby power » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:40 pm

that seems fairly cheap for a 98 fto , never mind a turbo one! would be interested to see if its genuine, oh and its not gonna be the only turbo in the country for very long!! would like to see two turbo fto's on the drag strip :twisted:
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Postby d_dan » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:46 pm

this is in offaly im goign to go see this....
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Postby d_dan » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:15 pm

these are the same lads that said they had one a few months back and it turned out to be a GS with an induction kit.

Im going to go see this tomorrow.

Your man dosnt even own it its "a mates"
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Postby Kace » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:16 pm

Let us know how it shapes up d_d
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Postby colm_mcm » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:46 pm

I remember the last one they had. shower of wasters.
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Postby giuanz » Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:45 am

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Postby Sebastian » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:35 am

giuanz wrote:what about this one then?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/715609.htm


that's on sale since a while ago..

http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... ight=turbo
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Postby d_dan » Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:38 pm

yea tha i turbo t was on sale when i was gettin my FTO.

Thing is i recon it would cost a bomb to vrt with the new vrt thingy
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Postby colm_mcm » Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:52 pm

it shouldn't cost any more to VRT than a regular FTO.
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Postby d_dan » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:37 pm

do they not go by emmisions now?
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Postby TopCat » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:18 am

The VRT does go by emissions, but FTO's are in the highest bracket in any case, so the addition of a turbo makes no difference.
I think its automatically in the highest bracket because there is no official CO2 figures for the car.
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