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newbie!

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:45 am
by 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!

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:39 am
by d_dan
welcome to the club

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:13 am
by Muad_dib77
Hey Hey - welcome to the site :-)

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:08 pm
by Bernard
:smt006 Welcome along.
Post some FTO pics from the riviera :wink:

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:51 pm
by optical illusion
Welcome.

Very friendly bunch here I must admit.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:16 pm
by Masa
Bernard wrote::smt006 Welcome along.
Post some FTO pics from the riviera :wink:


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


(welcome btw)

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:30 pm
by Mickthepieman
Welcome to the world of FTO's
:smt041

Great bunch of lads here :smt026

post some pic's of your car

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:51 pm
by elaine
Welcome :smt006

my fto

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:56 pm
by 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!

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:10 pm
by 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!! :D

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:11 pm
by 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

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:20 pm
by 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!

Re: my fto

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:02 pm
by Muad_dib77
stufoz wrote: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!

cheap!

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:17 pm
by 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!