Got One!

[gino]

Hi Guys,
Just wanted to say thanks for all the information, iv just bought what iv been looking for. A manual, gpx, silver FTO. She sure is a super machine.
Hope you guys dont mind new guys asking simple questions that you have probably answered before but i sure do have alot of them.
Thanks again, the forum is a great help.
Gino.

[Daz]

Hi Guys,
Just wanted to say thanks for all the information, iv just bought what iv been looking for. A manual, gpx, silver FTO. She sure is a super machine.
Hope you guys dont mind new guys asking simple questions that you have probably answered before but i sure do have alot of them.
Thanks again, the forum is a great help.
Gino.

Congrats hope you enjoy her, ask as many questions as you like thats what were all here for

Daz...

Happy motoring...

[CJ]

Hi Guys,
Just wanted to say thanks for all the information, iv just bought what iv been looking for. A manual, gpx, silver FTO. She sure is a super machine.

Congrats gino, the fun begins now Don't hesitate to ask in the event you need any info. Was it a private or trade purchase by the way? Whats the year?

CJ

[kevinod]

Congrats Gino! Sounds excellent.

Get a few pics up when you get a chance!

Any plans to do anything with her? Mines arriving 13/14th (unless its delayed more again), think new set of alloys might be in order, want to put in a bluetooth phone car kit into it, and hopefully a rain/light sensor for the wipers & lights. Spoilt with the rain sensors in my Xsara...

Anyway, best of luck with it, keep checking out the forums!

Kev.

[thomasfto]

Good Job on the car mate, wish you all the best of luck with it........

Hi kev,

Where can i get a rain and light sensor and are they hard to install? do you have a link to a site??

[kevinod]

Good Job on the car mate, wish you all the best of luck with it........

Hi kev,

Where can i get a rain and light sensor and are they hard to install? do you have a link to a site??

Hey TF,

there's a Bosch one I fancy, has light and rain sensors in one, but not sure where to actually buy it: http://www.kraftfahrzeugtechnik-heute.de/k/en/start/product.jsp?mfacKey=BE_5_REGENS#

Here's a link to an article on the automotive market for rain sensors- Bosch, Kostal, TRW and Valeo from 2002: http://www.marketresearch.com/map/prod/1004841.html

Came across this one today, $119, rain only but if thats what you want, the Rain Tracker: http://www.raintracker.com, can buy online and all. It actually has installation instructions for a lot of cars, not the FTO but mentions the Eclipse.

Haven't installed one myself, one came with my Xsara as standard, fantastic - intermittent are always too slow or too fast, even with the adjuster the rain speed varies, the sensor sorts it out, very cool.

Kev.

[gino]

Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the well wishes, she is a 95, and i bought her off the autotrader, she was in dublin, it was just a private sale. I was wondering does any one know where i can get the timing belt done around athlone or the west, (mayo, sligo), or even around dublin? theres also a few other things i want to get done like tracking, service etc. before i do much driving with her, if anyone knows a good place to bring an FTO, let me know.
Gino.

[CJ]

Gino, if you're in Dublin, check out Paul Nolan, his details are on the Services page. There are a few owners from the west on the forums who should be able to advise you of a decent mechanic in that neck of the woods...

CJ

[gino]

Thanks CJ, ill give him a ring.
Gino.

[Speedyboy]

Theres a lad in westport who does mine let me know if you want his details

[gino]

Hi Speedyboy,
If you have a name and number for him that would be great, does he know his stuff?, would he be expensive?.
Gino.