Halfords Portlaoise sat 6/06/09

[Mustang]

Spotted a black (96 D I think) FTO, complete with after market rear fog light hanging from the bottom of the bumper, parked right outside the front door of Halfords on saturday afternoon. Anyone here?

[colm_mcm]

sounds like it might have been Blackmagic. aftermarket alloys? very clean?

[Black Magic]

Wasnt me, though I do sort of know the guy who owns that FTO, he works in Halfords there

Thanks for the compliment Colm

[ftolam13]

Wasnt me, though I do sort of know the guy who owns that FTO, he works in Halfords there

Thanks for the compliment Colm

yea seen that car be4 he is the manger i think

[gfalls]

Wasnt me, though I do sort of know the guy who owns that FTO, he works in Halfords there

Thanks for the compliment Colm

yea seen that car be4 he is the manger i think

He must be the only Halfords manager in the whole world that actually knows what a FTO is..

[Mustang]

Wasnt me, though I do sort of know the guy who owns that FTO, he works in Halfords there

Thanks for the compliment Colm

yea seen that car be4 he is the manger i think

Yes it did have after market alloys. If it's the managers car, I'll flier it next time I'm in there.

[Black Magic]

He's definitely not a manager there he's staff

Told him about this website but he just hasnt joined for some reason

And hey easy on Halfords managers, my bf is one and he definitely knows what an FTO is

[998cc-keith]

well when i had my fto and was stuck for a fan belt went into halfords and a girl told me the computer says there is no such thing as a fto so went to a bloke and he said no never heard off one they must be a very rare car

[colm_mcm]

Standard practice Keith, there are some Mitsubishi dealers who haven't heard of FTOs either.

Treat Halfords as the Tesco of the automotive world, asking for a fanbelt for an FTO is akin to asking the younglad working in the off license for something with "fragrances of blackberry and cassis" and being disappointed when you're handed a bottle of Ribena.

There are some very knobledgable people working in Halfords, but for every one of those, there are 5 lads who weren't hired based on their in-depth understanding of cars.

[karlf]

akin to asking the younglad working in the off license for something with "fragrances of blackberry and cassis"

I think thats were your problem started you should have asked a young lady. As Al Murray said "beer for the gents, wine or fruit based drink for the ladies".
before I start a whole rigmarole about what men/women can or cant drink, I was joking

[gary d]

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[threediamonds]

Wasnt me, though I do sort of know the guy who owns that FTO, he works in Halfords there

Thanks for the compliment Colm

yea seen that car be4 he is the manger i think

He must be the only Halfords manager in the whole world that actually knows what a FTO is..

Thats not fto specific.... thay have issues with everything.... i was told changing a bulb behind my aircon switch could blow my ecu in my dc5

[lenrod]

well peeps here i be i own the black fto parked outside halfords in portlaoise i am part of the management team in the store so less of the speculation! she be a non mivec gr on 18" vault chromes it needs tidying though! and yes there is now a powered by fairydust sticker over the fuel cap and yes it is hilarious i'm sure thats what the ladies would say if mt drivers side window worked