1997 Mitsubishi FTO GPX (Manual)

[Neil]

Well the time has finally come, house buy forces reluctant sale

Its served me extremely well and at 2 years is the longest I've held onto any car, but needs must, so here goes...

Mitsubishi FTO GPX Mivec
69,000 miles (59,000 at import)
Steel Silver
Manual Transmission
NCT 01/08
Topmix Front Splitter (Blended) with Facelift Lights
Version-R Spoiler
Full Beige Leather Interior
Lowered All Round on Apexi Springs
Drilled Performance Brake Discs
17" Kosei Sniper Alloys
Sony CDX-F7750s Stereo (All 6 Speakers replaced and upgraded)
Various interior mods - 3 Spoke E. Nardi Racing Steering Wheel, FTO Kickplates, Deep Dial Rings, FTO Stereo Blanking Plate, Leather Handbreak etc
Timing Belt Changed at 65k
Alarm and Immobiliser

Theres more but I cant remember it all - I'll add to this as it comes to me.

More and more thorough photos to follow tommorow (pending good weather)

€9400

[Neil]

Make sure you are logged in to view...

[Myfeckin FTO]

Thats a lovely looking FTO - some choice mods there - I particularly like the facelift lights in classic bumper!

[Muad_dib77]

That looks well nice! I like it a lot! Somebody will be chuffed to run off with this lady!

[Neil]

Cheers lads, I will be a little sorry to see her go I must say..

[Richard Ellis]

Left u a pm about viewing it a while ago, but wont be buying it. She's beautiful, and I have only recently fallen in love with FTO's, but had to go for something a little more sensible for financial reasons

Would you hang to it a couple years for me? just keep it covered in a garage, start her up every couple weeks, just to keep her fresh. nice one

P.S: Think you went a bit overboard hiring a model to help sell the car, (ref: blonde chick in the background.)

[Neil]

Cheers Richard, I was hoping she'd drap herself over the bonnet for a couple of shots but it just wasnt to be...

[Richard Ellis]

Ugh, i keep coming back to look at the photo's, painful to think i could be driving it now. Well should of bought it, life's to short for sensible economical cars....

(actually im just infatuated with the blonde )

[Muad_dib77]

Hey Richard,

Just out of interest what did you settle for?
I know Irish Phoenix from the site here recently sold his GR and bought himself a Mondeo 1.8 - to save money..
He's not really savign that much (mostly insurance really) - and he's bored out of his mind driving the darn thing..
I think I get an "I told you so" in every day

[Richard Ellis]

Well I wasnt going to settle, until I found a gem of an '02 corolla.. 5 years old, and only 14,500 miles on the clock! It's legit, I bought it from Carroll and Kinsella, churchtown.
1.4 vvti (zZzZzZzZzZz) but its economical, and after a couple of years, the depreciation would be minimal as its a toyota and the mileage would still be low. paid €10,950, and insured for €1195 (im 21 and have full licence for 1 year) fully comp Quinn direct.

Major regrets everytime I look at this FTO....

[Richard Ellis]

Still havnt sold this?!!!

[Neil]

Still available yep... havent actually tried very hard as I'm insured til the end of April anyway

Just threw it up on carzone - http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cf ... rID=635892

[Neil]

Also

- Parrot Bluetooth Handsfree Phone Kit (works with any bluetooth enabled phone)
- Have blue and crome Mitsubishi badges for the front if any prospective buyers prefer it badged.

[Neil]

Price dropped to €9,000 in order to have this badboy gone by mid-April!

- ARB bushes & Droplinks replaced less than 3,000 mls ago

[Neil]

Price dropped to €8750... a lot of car for that money!

[Neil]

Sold - thanks for all the interest

[Myfeckin FTO]

Sold - thanks for all the interest

Good stuff - did the new owner see it on here by any chance?
It would be a pity to loose this FTO from the forum as its a really nice example.

[Neil]

I sold it through carzone, I did however tell the new owner about the site and also wrote down the address for her so maybe we'll be seeing her on here soon?

Hope so anyway, wouldnt mind updates on how my on pride n joy is doin in the future!

[miss-enzo]

the girl that bought this is on cruise4birds!! saw it up there yesterday! she's joinin here durin the week! She's REALLY happy wit it!! loves the mivec!

[wexlandshell]

i bought it... wehoo i finally have a chance to log onto this thing!! The car is doin well neil i luv it.... just have it in getting the clucth done at the moment and ill have it back in action in no time!!!