Im from London originally but now living in West Cork. I have been an admirer of the FTO since I first saw one back in 1995 and have finally gotten round to owning one.
The car in question is a 1995 GPX auto in white however the paint work is customised by a few scrapes and rust spots which I am going to put right this weekend.
My first impressions are that this is going to be a very fun car to own, the acceleration / top speed is pretty good, certain more than enough for our rural roads but the handling is down right awesome.
The mileage on the block is low, just over 60K, but the last owner seems to have been a tad lax with oil changes etc
Other than the rust there are a couple of things that need to be put right... some fool has literally ripped out the original stereo and taken part of the surround with it so that needs some attention.
The tracking and alignment needs to be looked at, being sorted as I type
and she needs a damn good service, oil, plugs and coolant are all being swapped out tomorrow.
Quick question if it's not deemed too rude I am only getting around 20 MPG at the moment which seems a little low. I am hoping that the service will correct that somewhat but if not is it a case of the usual culprits like O2 sensors and temperature or is there anything specific that I need to be looking at?