poor willy

[dan c]

been a mad few days for the willilams ....... thursday the cluctch cable snapped, not a prob, got fixed for £98 (!) then when i got the report the garage charged £15 for the cable and the rest was labour wtf!.. on the print on it mentioned the battery goes flat.... news to me... and the clutch is heavy. i asked what they meant by heavy and the guy was like - you need a new clutch! i pray to god that he is trying to pull a fast one.

sunday i developed a grinding noise from the passenger side suspesion, and looking today i have a lump broken off from the spring, great :+( been ringing round garages all day to be told that its a main dealer part, roughly £90 each. i feel its testing me now and considering selling it when repaired. its doing my head in!!!!! the idea of owning an FTO is shining brighter in my eyes.

 

[cliosportcraig]

only get a 2.0 V6 Mivec FTO dont consider the lesser models !!

 

[007]

Ouch - I havent had anything go wrong except the first week I got the car - I am waiting for everything to happen at once as it always does. Everything is so expensive on them that it does make you want to sell it.

I agree on the FTO - dont got for less than the V6 - I know someone with one and for fear of starting a argument on how fast they are I will say no more

 

[Chris1.4RT]

got a clutch cable supplied and fitted on my RT for £40, wouldnt have thought a williams would be much more. think its the magic williams word effect. doubles the price instantly.

 

[Ben j]

speakin of poor willy i almost just caught mine in my fly!

luckily i stopped just as i felt it!

 

[cliosportcraig]

Quote: Originally posted by Ben j on 01 March 2004


speakin of poor willy i almost just caught mine in my fly!

luckily i stopped just as i felt it!

LMFAO

 

[seven]

If you go FTO definately get V6 GPX and dont get tiptronic box. The manuals out perform them by quite a bit and if a tiptronic box dies on you, your gonna need at least £2500 for another one to be fitted.

Still think your williams is too expensive?

An FTO is the best car I have ever driven btw. Its like your brain is plugged in to every moving part. So precise!

 

[Mark]

LOL hanging out there was it LOL

how hard is it to get to the clutch cable then, and your porpbabley find theres a bit more engine in the way then there would be in a 1.4

 

[seven]

Also make sure you get a GPX with a MIVEC engine. Actually check it has and dont just take the owners word for it.

 

[Chris1.4RT]

shouldnt matter how much engine is in the way. the cable feeds through a housing that you slide in from the pedal end and it automatically pops out at the clutch end.

 

[Mark]

ok ill just shut up now lol

 

[Chris1.4RT]

dont worry, if i had known this when my snapped id have done it myself.

 

[FATBOY]

bugger ya getting me worried now!!! hopefully aint had no problems yet touch wood! and gave her a bit of a run on sunday when i went down to southend for the afternoon! no probs whatsoever, oh and opened her up a bit on the way back along the a130

 

[2 live]

me mate had an fto....v6 mivec thing .........was apparently pretty rare too being a manual 1.....dunno , dont know enuff about em.........except



when i threw him the keys to the willy while i was trying to squeeze meself into the fto...i know whos grin was bigger, an it wasnt mine.....

gettin in an givin it a bootful.......typical v6, nice n smooth.....wot the fux that.............the blue streak thats jus gone past????? fukkit another gear, and another, blue streak comin into view now...hehe its me mate in my williams

loadsa top end grunt, but low down??????????

where is it

this is my review of the fto, on a bypass in keighley, dual(or should that be duel? hehe) caraigeway

oh and his grin was also bigger than mine wen we got back to his house.......

wasnt long before he sold th efto ......but unfortunately he bought a fukkin fucos...............fool

 

[wonders]

I wanted an fto till i ad a drive in one.The non mi-vec wif the paddle gearshift Feels like your drivin it underwater!Theres no room for back seat passengers either.Stick with your willy m8.