The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:44 am**

Previously removed

but now back on the list, with model descriptions DE3A (import) and DE2A (import), couldn't get a quote online though.

"Online sytem is not able to quote,.....etc, etc. Please ring quoting xyz...reference no." Did not bother to ring, but maybe the ban has been lifted????

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:52 am**

Interesting. Maybe someone with a renewal on the way could give them a call re. a quote?

CJ

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:10 am**

Morning, i rang quinn direct, they would not quote me coz my age.

You need to be 25 or over and hold a full drivers licence. so i guess some one over 25 can call now and see how it goes.

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:28 am**

CJ wrote

Maybe someone with a renewal on the way could give them a call re. a quote?

Helen wrote

so i guess some one over 25 can call now and see how it goes.

OK. OK. I'm just off the phone. And the outcome is no quote. "We will not offer cover for that vehicle"

BTW I'm 27 4yrs NCB full licence 7 yrs

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:44 am**

Mustang wrote:OK. OK. I'm just off the phone. And the outcome is no quote. "We will not offer cover for that vehicle"

Did you ask them why they have it listed on their site? I'm guessing that QD will cover the FTO in the UK but not Ireland...

CJ

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:50 am**

CJ wrote

Did you ask them why they have it listed on their site?

Yes I did. All I got was we can't offer cover for that car. There are certain models which we do not cover and that is one of them.

CJ wrote

I'm guessing that QD will cover the FTO in the UK but not Ireland...

Yea you could be right. They had updated the format since I was last on the site, and I guess updated the vehicle lists. But if they offer cover in the UK why not in Eire?

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:14 pm**

maybe they will only quote over 25's on a 1.8

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:20 pm**

Helen wrote

maybe they will only quote over 25's on a 1.8

Perhaps, but I couldn't see them making special 'exceptions' like this e.g. 1.8 only, lady drivers over 25 only, etc, etc.
More likely down to the usual QD inconsistency, I'd say they just spinning you a line! Or maybe they were spinning me a line

Posted: **Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:43 am**

I was with quinn direct last year on the colt and they still point blank refused to renew me when I bought the fto

and that was only a week or so ago so if they've started quoting now..... :evil:

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:08 pm**

I'd double check this 25 business.
Im 24 with a full license since jan and 1 years no claims and i'm paying 2300 fully comp on an fto gpvr aero with Quinn Direct!!

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:12 pm**

Russman wrote

Im 24 with a full license since jan and 1 years no claims and i'm paying 2300 fully comp on an fto gpvr aero with Quinn Direct!!

How long have you had the FTO? How long have you had the QD policy.
They officially stopped taking in new FTO business about a year and half ago

Did you have your foot in the door before then, or did you manage to break them down :twisted:

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:26 pm**

Hi Mustang,

I only got the car last friday and insured it last monday!
I'm only driving cars a year as i've been driving bikes for years now.
I was refused initially due to my age so i wrote a letter into Quinn Directs underwriters and basically advised that refusing to quote me based on my age was discrimination based on ageism etc etc etc Act of Equality 2000 - 2004. They quickly called me up and quoted me on any car that they accept quotes from the public!!

BTW where should i post query regarding Air conditioning on fto?

Cheers
R

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:46 pm**

I only got the car last friday and insured it last monday!

Congrats and welcome!

I was refused initially due to my age so i wrote a letter into Quinn Directs underwriters and basically advised that refusing to quote me based on my age was discrimination based on ageism etc etc etc Act of Equality 2000 - 2004. They quickly called me up and quoted me on any car that they accept quotes from the public!!

Nice one. They all seem to buckle once you push them enough -another victory for the consumer.
However the issue did not seem to be about age...I'm 27, 4yrs NCB and they wouldnot quote based on the car (not the driver).
In any case good result.

BTW where should i post query regarding Air conditioning on fto?

Technical quiries forum.

Is that a manual GPvR? What year?

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:28 pm**

I guess i got lucky!!
Some insurance companies make you feel like they are pulling quotes from a hat!! It's a lucky dip

Is that a manual GPvR? What year?

Yeh its a rare gpvr manual. black / red interior / white alloys. Pretty happy.
Had to get two new shocks for it though as the aftermarket coil over shocks were bust.. they were sweet though. I find the replacement standard gpvr's to be quite twitchy to say the least but very smooth.

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:35 pm**

Is this the car?
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cf ... rID=237244

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:44 pm**

yeh thats the one... i thought they took it off carzone!!!

Guess i don't have to post any pics now... what do you think?

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:16 pm**

How much did you get the insurance for in the end ?

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:20 pm**

2400 fully compo. Not 2 bad considering my driving experience and it's fully loaded!!!

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:03 am**

Guess i don't have to post any pics now... what do you think?

Car looks really well, I saw it a few times around the Crumlin / Ballymount area (well I think it was you)

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:05 am**

Yeh ballymount is where i picked it up!!
I'm getting mixed reviews about the alloys... all the ladies love the car... hate the alloys. All the lads think there class!!! No pleasing some people heh

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:49 am**

RussMan wrote:Yeh ballymount is where i picked it up!!
I'm getting mixed reviews about the alloys... all the ladies love the car... hate the alloys. All the lads think there class!!! No pleasing some people heh

Nice car - I quite like the alloys - the white is a good contrast to the black car. I have white alloys on a silver FTO and IMO they look well though I am considering getting them powder coated black.

http://www.fto-ireland.com/meets/Kerry% ... 00610.html

How are you finding the manual mivec to drive?

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:17 pm**

RussMan wrote:2400 fully compo. Not 2 bad considering my driving experience and it's fully loaded!!!

Fair play to you - I would have given my right arm for an FTO when I was 24.

When you say it's fully loaded what do you mean - aren't all FTO's 'fully loaded' ?

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:22 pm**

Kace wrote: aren't all FTO's 'fully loaded' ?

Not necessarly, there were so many factory options that its difficult to get an FTO with every conceivable extra. The GPX has the highest spec in terms of 'extras' off the factory floor but you could have speced your GR up the same level if you so wished. The GPvR Aero series (which is what Russman has bought by the looks of things) lacks climate control but thats a small price to pay for HIDs, an LSD, sports suspension and a strut brace as standard.

CJ

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:01 am**

very distressing to hear this considering what im paying now and the fact that i was a quinn customer before buying the fto also

aarrghh :evil:

live n learn i suppose...

Posted: **Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:09 pm**

The FTO may well be back on the Quinn Direct site..But I still can't get a quote.. *sigh*

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FTO back on the Quinn direct website

FTO back on the Quinn direct website