SetH
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If you are going to come out with claim of an FTO being faster than an impreza WRX 60-100 please post some evidence, if not shut your hole. fank joo please.
As for the guys in 911`s and ferraris looking at you in your FTO, they are not admiring it they are laughing.
I think EVO summed it up perfectly, "Looks like it should be chasing porsches, in reality it keeps up with mondeos" Their summary of the FTO GPX.
I did really like these cars once, one of my friends had one back in 96 when they were relatively new. Was the most awesome looking thing i saw (but that was then), However performance was really dissapointing.
Anyone looking for an FTO would do well to check out the Fiat Coupe Turbo and integra Type R and see what they prefer.
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rustyarchs
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why??? the fiat is a truly ugly car and the integra is a good un as long as you like thrashing about all day and keeping it in high revs as long as you want to get anywhere  but i spose they are the same kinda market..however truth betold both are a lot more tunable
and sorry dude but i myself have also had a few 911s owners looking at my car and had a nice discussion with 1 who used to own a fto a few years ago,,,no ferraris yet though!!
like you said it was maybe the most awesome thing you saw then but then again it was first put on the road 11 years ago  what else in the same kinda market holds its own as good from the age
now i presume you didnt read my post properly and i will shut my cakehole IF i can not find the data,end of the day my top speed is higher anyway yay*waving a flag*
any1 looking for any type of car should try all the possibilities theyv got if they didnt then surely theyd have to be pretty stupid would they not?
and anyway i aint to botherd about if a fto can beat scooby or not as thats what the EVO was built for
i love you man lol
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Karen
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I almost bought an FTO about 2 weeks ago 
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Avey
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I was looking at FTO's about 2 years ago, TBH the GPX Mivec didnt impress at all 
I had a drive of quite a few & didnt think that paying the extra insurance over a 1.4 sport was worth it!!
I ended up buying a Civic Jordan & got a lot more for my cash 
A m8 had a 2.0 GR & my Jordan was quite a bit quicker
IMO I couldnt see an FTO keeping anywhere near an ITR
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lad next door but 1 has just smashed his FTO up, he hasn't even passed his test n he took it out on the road  lost control in the rain n smashed it up all down the drivers side, wheels r facing in opposite directions too. fool
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rustyarchs
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gr are peashh compared to the gpx go have a look at zee graph on the last page,, are you sure you drove the mivecs and not the 1.8 gs lol as even they can do 127 and have a 0-60 time of 9 and a half secs and im sure even thats faster than a 1.4 sport ,
i fink maybe the itr and ctrs i have raced have let me win  or maybe mines has a 500 shot of nos ken
this thread is funny to me now,,,itr are faster cos they have stiff suspension and a loud exhaust man,,,,,performance specs for the gpx are all wrong the top end of a gpx does not beat the ITR cos my bruv said so and the top speed is really only 110 not 157 as my exhaust doesnt wake up the whole town man,,,pure mad mental ken
to any1 who knows basics about cars and wants to know bout ftos il be happy to help so pm me to any1 else im away to cruise in ma bruvs nova cos its boar xhaust and drilled airbox gie me a 40 bhp increase lol
later guys
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SetH
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[Quote]and anyway i aint to botherd about if a fto can beat scooby or not as thats what the EVO was built for
Sorry but that is one of the silliest statements that I have ever heard. Lancer EVO`s were built just to beat imprezas, oh dear
There are faster imprezas then EVOS and vice versa. EVO magazine also rate the latest spec C JDM Impreza as a better car than the present EVO 8.
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now i presume you didnt read my post properly and i will shut my cakehole IF i can not find the data,end of the day my top speed is higher anyway yay*waving a flag*
Yes I am afraid you have been compeletely owned and boned and suggest you retract your previous statement regarding the 60-100. As for your top speed, how long does it take you to get there? Imprezas and EVOS aernt all about top speed, but they do get to their top speeds with blistering pace.
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why??? the fiat is a truly ugly car and the integra is a good un as long as you like thrashing about all day and keeping it in high revs as long as you want to get anywhere but i spose they are the same kinda market..however truth betold both are a lot more tunable
Well in your opinion the Fiat coupe is ugly, but styled by pinnafarina and acclaimed by many as a beautiful car, not to every ones taste but is suspect you will be in the minority.
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like you said it was maybe the most awesome thing you saw then but then again it was first put on the road 11 years ago what else in the same kinda market holds its own as good from the agequote:
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My biggest problem with the FTO and also seems to be the view of the motoring press is that its a car with V6 Mondeo performance shelled in what looks like something with supercar performance. Hence EVO`s statement that it looks like it shoudl be chasing 911`s but in reality keeps up with mondeos.
Like i said been close to buying one before, but was very dissapointed with the performance.
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SetH
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Originally posted by rustyarchs
gr are peashh compared to the gpx go have a look at zee graph on the last page,, are you sure you drove the mivecs and not the 1.8 gs lol as even they can do 127 and have a 0-60 time of 9 and a half secs and im sure even thats faster than a 1.4 sport ,
i fink maybe the itr and ctrs i have raced have let me win or maybe mines has a 500 shot of nos ken
this thread is funny to me now,,,itr are faster cos they have stiff suspension and a loud exhaust man,,,,,performance specs for the gpx are all wrong the top end of a gpx does not beat the ITR cos my bruv said so and the top speed is really only 110 not 157 as my exhaust doesnt wake up the whole town man,,,pure mad mental ken
to any1 who knows basics about cars and wants to know bout ftos il be happy to help so pm me to any1 else im away to cruise in ma bruvs nova cos its boar xhaust and drilled airbox gie me a 40 bhp increase lol
later guys
LMFAO PMFSK ROLFMLAOALOLOLOL only just read this bit, oh dear
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Robbo
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LMAO @ this thread
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SetH
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They must be the most defensive car owners ever! I have never seen a favourable review in any performance car mags regarding an FTO. Always seems to score fairly low, and the comments EVO have made are funny but true
I have been on the FTO owners site though and these people are a nice bunch, very passionate about their cars as well. I did nearly by a Type R FTO last year btw, glad i didnt after i did my research.
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Avey
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FTO's r cack!! End of
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Angie
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FTslowwwwwwww
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Jason Iles
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Originally posted by Avey
FTO's r cack!! End of
 They aren't cack are they, they are better than alot of motors on the road, they might not be as quick as some of the cars metioned, but that doesn't make it cack.
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Jason Iles
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Originally posted by Angie
FTslowwwwwwww
They aren't exactly slow either
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rustyarchs
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set h lover in case you hadent noticed i was taking the piss on half of what i said above,didnt you notice i had already gotten bored with this,,dam i thought you woulda realised that!!soz mate but i gave up before i even started posting,, all i can say is usually your fun but this time i was sorely dissapointed at you boringness
subarus and ftos are diffrent markets,,i only posted up what i had read somewhere,,right or wrong and i had already stated that before you posted your blah blah blah fto stuff (would go quote but cant be botherd)
now im away to do something more intresting,,may go argue with some1 on max power or somethin
nite hunny
and as a parting note evos just have little bit extra specialness dont ya think
and there is NO type R fto lol after all that above you admit to researching nearly buying a car that doesnt exist,,,,CLASSIC
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there is the Gvr tho, maybe thats what he means?
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jaffa
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Originally posted by SetH
They must be the most defensive car owners ever!
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Originally posted by Angie
FTslowwwwwwww
maybe its becuase too many of these comments are knocking about, if people don't like them fair enough, constuctive somments are usually more than welcome, not plain are shit like this
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FTO's r cack!! End of
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rustyarchs
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there is the Gvr tho, maybe thats what he means?
its a GPvR and i doubt it as he clearly said type r,,,maybe he meant r type brrrrr brrrr bang *funky explosion* thats a great game
i dont really care what he meant tbh as he kinda got a bit edgy bout ftos even after i had said would look later after work,,still cant find it by teh way lol,,pmd pmac to see if he knows the original source,,,,mate as for the other posts dont let them bother you,,,people dont find the fto fast because its a bit of a refind car for its market,tis cos of the torque range its so smooth therefor no kick in the back like a turbo,,and its got power right through the rev range unlike a integra!! just imagine it like being in a mini,,feels so fast at 90 yet in a big merc or bm 90 feels like your hardly moving and you dont realise it till you look at the speedo,,each to there own as they say but end of the day no1 can argue with figures and the figures prove a fto aint slow so just let them get on with it
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sorry my bad typo error, least i managed get the spelling right in the adverts to sell my car! 
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rustyarchs
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bugger it im in the mood now...
''Sorry but that is one of the silliest statements that I have ever heard. Lancer EVO`s were built just to beat imprezas, oh dear
There are faster imprezas then EVOS and vice versa. EVO magazine also rate the latest spec C JDM Impreza as a better car than the present EVO 8. ''
no you saying there is a type r fto is the best for me ,, i wrote that because i felt like throwing a spanner in the works,i know all about mitsubishi history and there rallying and the evo was designed note the evo part here as its important,, it was designed for rallying hence for to beat the scooby lol ..... lancer was made before the evo versions came out,,,so your turn to be owned dont ya think
''Yes I am afraid you have been compeletely owned and boned and suggest you retract your previous statement regarding the 60-100. As for your top speed, how long does it take you to get there? Imprezas and EVOS aernt all about top speed, but they do get to their top speeds with blistering pace. ''
il retract it when i say i cant find it if you had read it in detail you would notice i had already said that,,,sigh!!! didnt you see *waving flag* who cares how long it takes it still does it
''Well in your opinion the Fiat coupe is ugly, but styled by pinnafarina and acclaimed by many as a beautiful car, not to every ones taste but is suspect you will be in the minority. ''
yes and even that strange cow that was cut in 2 and displayed in the gallery was admired by many and hated by some so your point is?? i doubt il be in the minority seeing as there both in the same market but there seems to be more ftos on the road than coupes
''like you said it was maybe the most awesome thing you saw then but then again it was first put on the road 11 years ago what else in the same kinda market holds its own as good from the age
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My biggest problem with the FTO and also seems to be the view of the motoring press is that its a car with V6 Mondeo performance shelled in what looks like something with supercar performance. Hence EVO`s statement that it looks like it shoudl be chasing 911`s but in reality keeps up with mondeos.
Like i said been close to buying one before, but was very dissapointed with the performance.''
you lost me totally on this lol,,, what is your point,,,,you quoted me yet didnt answer my question lol instead you quoted evo mag yet again!!! do you advertise for them?
gee mum this is fun
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SetH
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How long did it take you to type all that?
As for the TYPE-R FTO, owners should not advertise their GPvR as 'TYPE R' then. I have seen more than one for sale, also came accross a GPvR's owner site, and the large banner on his site said "FTO Type R". This is why I was misinformed.
I keep quoting EVO magazine, in my opinion they are the daddies of performance car mags and they tell it as it is and have an awesome team of writers etc.
And R-Type was a wicked game in its day
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Ditch
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pmslf at this thread
a manual mivec is a quick car.. maybe not as quick as some 6cly cars, but then remember it doesnt have the displacement most 6cly cars have either!
I would bet its quicker than a uk scoob on the 60-100 dash... but then the scoob would probably have it off the line... swings and rbts!
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Siberia
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ive just been out in a fto gpx mivec thingy ma bob....
erm... quickish but not that quick at all really......
wouldnt mind owning one cos yer man said he got it for 4k and i like the poseing thing about it .... but not really quick like i thought it would be for a v6...
sounded nice though ....
and a scooby must be pretty Shit if it dont wipe the floorr with one? i thought a scooby would be extremely fast??
[Edited on 29-01-2005 by Siberia]
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nice bit of debating in here...
My best mates got an fto and there nice cars, look but havnt got the performance to back them up..
With 200bhp they aint exactly slow but off the mark theyre very sluggish and handling isnt very convincing either.
My mate bought his fto off somebody who was selling it to buy a scooby and like the bloke said when he was selling the fto, theyre in completely different leagues!
The fto helps my mate to get laid but thats all theyre good for.
"Looks Like a Ferrari, Drives Like a Mondeo"
Went down to Modified Metal in Birmingham yesterday as he's booked it in for a Veilside kit, worked it out he would have spent over 12k on that car with buying it, maintenance, and the bodykit, alloys.
Could have a much nicer car for that...
P.S Heres a few pics of the FTO that was down there yesterday, Kitted FTO sprayed in a Rover blue colour, with some nice alloys would look
[Edited on 30-01-2005 by Sethion33]
[Edited on 30-01-2005 by Sethion33]
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Marc
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What a load of shite.
A mondeo/vectra is quicker than an FTO.
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