newbie!

[stufoz]

hello all..... strictly not an fto ireland owner..... fto uk owner... down in south devon but have asked a number of questions on th uk site with no reply!
you lot looked a little friendlier!

[d_dan]

welcome to the club

[Muad_dib77]

Hey Hey - welcome to the site

[Bernard]

Welcome along.
Post some FTO pics from the riviera

[optical illusion]

Welcome.

Very friendly bunch here I must admit.

[Masa]

:smt006 Welcome along.
Post some FTO pics from the riviera

Who dares stealing the name of my beloved and beautiful native region ?


(welcome btw)

[Mickthepieman]

Welcome to the world of FTO's


Great bunch of lads here

post some pic's of your car

[elaine]

Welcome

[stufoz]

thanks for the welcome all , i will post some pics of the fto for you... but i must warn you first, i bought it off ebay for 700 quid with "engine management fault"
on closer inspection it had aftermarket air filter fitted ... i changed this back to a standard one an the engine fault light went out!
secondly , on firing it up, it cut out straight away! i checked , and there is an 80 amp inline fuse that needed replacing, so i replaced it and hey presto.. ran perfect! the paintwork has faded badly in places but other than that it's a great car... which brings me a new question to pester you all with.....
i am trying to find some info about the car reg no n751 fak................
1 or 2 things that are puzzling me is according to many fto sites a lot of standard equipment is missing on mine.... such as folding mirrors.. airbag........ momo steering wheel however mine is the 2.0 litre mivec with tiptronic gearbox which makes me think it shoulkd have come with a few more toys as standard........?
any help would be greatly appreciated!

[miss-enzo]

howdy!

welcome to the site!!

If ur looking for advice ur best off posting a thread in the car chat/ tech questions forums you'll get more answers! not everyone reads the intro theads!!

[Uncle B]

Hi stufoz, welcome from another newbie.

I checked your reg on www.dvla.gov.uk and got this info:

1996 Red Petrol 1800cc.

Presumably its had a 2litre stuck in without telling anyone for lower tax or whatever reason but it is/was a GS at some stage in its life, hence the lack of toys that would be found on a GR/GPX.

Hope that helps

[stufoz]

thanks very much uncle b...... was a tad confused cos it has the same engine number in as the day it was imported.... maybe it was in from the minute it was on the boat?!!!!! a friend of mine had a subaru impreza strraight off the boat and when he went to insure it , it had been imported as a 2.0 litre non turbo when infact it was an sti!

[Muad_dib77]

thanks for the welcome all , i will post some pics of the fto for you... but i must warn you first, i bought it off ebay for 700 quid

Jesus that's cheap!

[stufoz]

i think it was so cheap cos the engine management light was on the fella selling it thought it was completely f****d!!!
i've had mitsi's for years an they never go that wrong!