The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

i was driving one since i was about 20 or so, my mother had a 1.8GS automatic!! i blagged myself to be a named driver on her policy!!

i know, she had an MX3 before that too, so i was always in something pretty decent!!

When I was 20 having any type car was a hit with the babes!
Had a rusty Toyota Starlet with a broken front seat, hatchback door was rusted shut, front seat was broken so you would often find yourself lying on the back seat without warning, no mirrors, no handbrake, 3rd gear AWOL, radiator overheated if you dared go into traffic for more than 3 mins. bonnet would blow up unexpectedly ----- endless list!
I was 'THE MAN'

Dave your Ma has pretty good taste in car then I take it..


I have a terrible car history.

--DK--
1st car - 1988 Daihatsu Charade 1.0l (3cyl) with SPORTS exhaust.
2nd car - 1983 Mazda 626 1.6lx (4speed - blue velour interior! - top speed 180kmph downhill! - wobbly as jello) - starter,exhaust & radiator went within two months of purchase. Piece of crap car. At the time - I believed it to be pimpin'!

--IRL--
3rd car - 1991 Daihatsu Charade 1.3l (Saloon - All electrics)

Radiator went going home from CC one night - steam everywhere.
Used to call it "the white wonder" cause I wondered how it was still driving.
Bought it for 700 - drove it for 1.5years or so - sold it for 350. Only changed the brakes and the oil on her.. CV joint was bust in one side. Very fun car to drive - doing 90kmph felt like you was doing 140..great!

4th car - 1998 Civic Saloon 1.5 lsi (Vtec) My first really nice car - I did love it - very sensible choice - had the space for all my DJ gear in the back. Still fast enough to get me home from work in time for coronation street.. Cornered like a pudding though.

5th car - My beloved 1995 GPX.. Drives like a dream, drinks like a sailor - and shouts like one too.. Looks a bit like a mud-wrestlers car at the moment.

--- If you want a cheap car, that can be fixed with a hammer, bag of rusty nails, spit & gum.. Get yerself an old banger of a Charade..god they're crappy little cars - but they stay going!

If you want something that keeps breaking and you'll need to fix ALL the time. Get yourself a crappy 626! It doesn't look nice, it doesn't go very fast. I uses a lot of petrol, it makes you drive like a pensioner.. Everything is wrong with them.

#1 Renault 9 (parents car)... loved that car but christ was it crap

#2 1986 vw golf 1.3 - kept it for 5 months

#3 1987 205 gti (1.9) - ropy as hell, cleaned it up a bit and kept it for a year

#4 1990 205 gti (1.9) - great car - replaced the rear axle, uprated the suspension, stuck an mi16 engine with flowed head in it... best drivers car I ever owned...

#5 1994 FTO GS - tiptronic - great handling, great looking but too slow - ended up with a nice quad exhaust though.

#6 1995 FTO GR - tiptronic - great handling, great looking and fast Loved that car cause it sounded immense, was fast and truely rivalled the 205 in the bends

#7 2001 vw golf gti - stolen after 4 months

#8 2000 vw golf gti - present car, uprated suspension & chipped - not the greatest handling car in the world but pretty rapid, very solid and sweet interior (leather recaros)

#9 Who knows... currently on the lookout and it could be anything as long as it's fast and handles... lately I've looked at everything from S3 to TT to E36 M3 to mk5 gti.... I just can't decide, although the S3 is edging it right now....

C'mon.........An S3......are your ovaries playing up? Most coupes on the road look way sweeter than any hot Hatch.
Saying that, the Mk 5 golf looks excellent.

baldtyres wrote:Most coupes on the road look way sweeter than any hot Hatch.

Beautys in the eye of the beholder baldtyres and theres no accounting for taste

While we're listing jam jar CVs, my list looks like this going back about 10 years:

1. 1984 Mitsi Colt 1.3
2. 1990 Mazda 323F
3. 1995 Mazda MX-3
4. 1995 Mitsi FTO GS
5. 1994 Mitsi FTO GPX (current)
6. 1995 Mazda RX-7 Type-R (current)

If it ain't Jap, I ain't bleedin' interested

CJ

CJ wrote:

baldtyres wrote:Most coupes on the road look way sweeter than any hot Hatch.

Beautys in the eye of the beholder baldtyres and theres no accounting for taste

While we're listing jam jar CVs, my list looks like this going back about 10 years:

1. 1984 Mitsi Colt 1.3
2. 1990 Mazda 323F
3. 1995 Mazda MX-3
4. 1995 Mitsi FTO GS
5. 1995 Mitsi FTO GPX (current)
6. 1995 Mazda RX-7 Type-R (current)

If it ain't Jap, I ain't bleedin' interested

CJ

or 1995 by the looks of it!!

1. 88 Toyota Corolla 1.3
2. 89 Golf 1.4
3. 91 MX-3 1.5
4. 98 Colt 1.4 (Auto - what a piece of crap)
5. 95 FTO GS (Auto)

All of the above were the mother's cars!!

6. 95 FTO GS Manual
7. 96 FTO GPX Manual

Beautys in the eye of the beholder baldtyres and theres no accounting for taste

CV's - OK Heres Mine!
1. Toyota Starlet
2. Vauxhall Corsa
3. Opel Kadette
4. Austin Metro (Estate)
5. Nissan Vanette
6. Fiat Punto
7. Renault Fuego
8. Citroen berlingo
9. Ford KA
10. GTO GPX

OMG There was a metro estate??? Jaysus! That must have been a performance monster!

Mines a bit shorter than most by the looks of it...

1. 97 Citroen Saxo 1.1 (completely stock, only addition was an alarm).
2. 00 Citroen Xsara 1.8 VTS (again stock, except for bluetooth car kit)
3. 95 FTO GR (manual) (let the modding begin!)

Vive la Citroen!!!

Muad_dib77 wrote:OMG There was a metro estate??? Jaysus! That must have been a performance monster!

See what happens when I don't make use of the little smiley faces.

Muad_dib77 wrote:OMG There was a metro estate??? Jaysus! That must have been a performance monster!

My thoughts exactly. Perhaps there was a 6R4 version

My CV as follows:
Rover 620 (mother's car)
Alfa 156 1.8 (mother's car)
91 Rover 214 sandy colour with beige interior (real chick magnet)
96 Nissan primera 1.6
97 FTO GR man
98 Alfa 156 2l
98 FTO GX tip
00 Mitsubishi Cyborg
(97 FTO GPX man..... soon )

Musty - you've gone from sensible cars to nutter cars brilliant..most peeps go the other way..

there is some variation in those lists.

mine are as follow.

1. 95 Peugeot 106 1 lt
2. 00 peugeot 206 1.4
3. 95 Nissan 100 nx 1.6
4. 95 Mits FTO 1.8
5. my beloved 2lt FTO.
6. yet to be decided.

baldtyres wrote:C'mon.........An S3......are your ovaries playing up? Most coupes on the road look way sweeter than any hot Hatch.
Saying that, the Mk 5 golf looks excellent.

Aw man, the S3 is a sweet car - maybe not as pretty as some coupes but a hell of a car to drive (even if a touch un-involving) I quite like grown up hot hatches and the S3 would be right at the top of my list (even when you include the mk5 gti) - 4wd, 1.8t chipped to 265bhp and a sweet interior - what more could you ask for....

But if you insist on a coupe I'd be leaning in the direction of the 330ci...

CJ wrote:

baldtyres wrote:Most coupes on the road look way sweeter than any hot Hatch.

Beautys in the eye of the beholder baldtyres and theres no accounting for taste

Ouch Do I detect a slight dislike of my current ride.... the fattie mk4 golf

soc wrote:But if you insist on a coupe I'd be leaning in the direction of the 330ci...

Get out, you're barred!

CJ

CJ wrote:

soc wrote:But if you insist on a coupe I'd be leaning in the direction of the 330ci...

Get out, you're barred!

CJ

hehe - I thought that might get such a reaction... but seriously though - what else could you get in this bracket?

soc that 205gti with the transplant sounds wicked! would still fetch a bit today.

My list as follows-no sniggering at the back-had a shaky start but im going back 14 yrs

1985 Vauxhall Nova 1.3SR
1986 Vauxhall Nova 1.3SR
1988 Citroen AX GT
1989 Citroen AX GT
1991 Toyota MR2
1995 Toyota MR2 Turbo
1999 Mitsu EVO VI
1997 Alfa 2.0 GTV Coupe- woeful after the EVO!
1995 Mitsu FTO GPX

Can you spot the bit where my mortgage went through the roof

I must have the shortest list so far - can you call 2 a list

1990 Volvo 480 ES 1.7 (the one with the popup lights) - held for 5 years and the parents still driving it
1995 FTO GPX (current) - pushing 7 years and still going well (apart from lack of child space)

Not sure what's next - probably going to need 4 doors