The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:15 pm

Prefacelift GR.

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mitsubishi ... 560/advert

€3500 plus VRT. looks pretty rough though. Id say that it's actually 94 or 95.

Check out the rust!

by **Bernard** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:21 pm

If it's in from England it might just have been registered in'99.
A lot of ads for English cars can be misleading.

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:30 pm

well, there's no rear fog light on it. says just from Japan.

The car isn't VRT'd yet. It's unlikely enough that it was sitting around in Japan for years before it was registered though.

This sort of thing has happened before hasn't it? didn't a forum user here have a car that was actually older than the reg plate suggested?

by **Bernard** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:18 am

colm_mcm wrote:This sort of thing has happened before hasn't it? didn't a forum user here have a car that was actually older than the reg plate suggested?

Less of that pie talk Colm!

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:23 am

Huh? nah seriously someone bought one in Dublin?

by **Bernard** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:33 am

No, really...
http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7218

I think there was a follow up in another thread but I couldn't be bothered looking for it :wink:

by **TopCat** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:34 am

Think this is what Bernard is on about, our old friend Mick

http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=50395&highlight=#50395

Its another example of a post '97 with the pre-facelift bumper.

by **TopCat** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:36 am

Sorry Bernard, one min too late.

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:40 am

close guys, I think the person in question got some money back from the garage he bought it from. ah well. not to worry!

I just get the feeling you'd buy the car, go to VRT it, then find out it's a 95.

by **TopCat** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:09 am

colm_mcm wrote:.. I think the person in question got some money back from the garage he bought it from...

Actually, yeah, I remember that one as well, it dragged on for a bit, but I think your right, he got some money off in the end.

by **Bernard** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:15 am

Yup, still this one...

http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7332

by **gfalls** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:57 am

colm_mcm wrote:Prefacelift GR.

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mitsubishi ... 560/advert

€3500 plus VRT. looks pretty rough though. Id say that it's actually 94 or 95.

Check out the rust!

Look closer at that ad. It also says its had 99 owners. That's an average of 10 a year, or 1 every 5 weeks. Busy FTO that is..

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Something not quite right with this 99 FTO

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