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| Performance | 9/10   |
|---|---|
| Practicality | 7.9/10 |
| Reliability | 9.3/10 |
| Value for Money | 9.5/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 9.3/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8.6/10 |
By wittzi
on 3rd Aug 2005
| Year Manufactured | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Length of ownership | 1.5 |
| Doors | 3 |
| Performance | 7/10 |
| Practicality | 9/10 |
| Reliability | 10/10 |
| Value for money | 10/10 |
| Overall value | 8/10 |
 wittzi's recommendation | |
Looks fantastic and comfortable, reasonable back-seat space, awesome boot space, handling great, quite quick for a non-turbo. Mitsi dealer happy to service.
Looks quicker than it is. Pretty pricey to repair things. Lots of rattling as the car gets older amd bad viewing space through rear window.
Don't get me wrong I love my FTO which I've owned for just over one year. Very little has gone wrong with it. It's quick and it looks (and sounds) awesome and looks way more than its worth. Mine is a 1998 GX for £5,000.
However, you can't help but feel that this car should have been faster and whilst you can modify it extensively you're never going to be getting the gains that the Turbo jap cars will achieve.
Also as standard the pre-face lift models (and some newer ones) can look a bit plain and IMHO needs a new exhaust. Much larger wheels - the arches are huge compared to standard Mitsi alloys and some side skirts.
Full service is £750 which is pretty expensive but then it is a performance car so that's what you can expect.
Major things to watch out for when buying one would be random idling (ECU might be on its way out - costly to replace), steering issues (pulling one way or the other and when braking), jerky gear changes (a good condition tiptronic is very smooth) and 'tired' performance after 4000 revs (should explode into life around 4-5K revs). If it's not been undersealed then its important to do so as the Japanese don't use salt on their roads and so don't bother undersealing their cars.
If you get one that avoids these problems then you will have a car that still has more moden gadgets than your average car on today's forecourts, looks and sounds great and, importantly, is good on fuel.
Insurance, services and lack of fully explosive power are the only drawbacks but against what you're getting for your money I would fully recommend one.
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