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Summer car gathering...for those who think Pontiac Fieros are cars.

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Posted on August 27, 2004 at 10:18:01
beken
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 Just thought I would share this with fellow inmates....

This year is the 20th anniversary of the long discontinued Pontiac Fiero. I happen to have owned one for 20 years. There have been numerous gatherings of various Fiero clubs this past summer.

Below is a link to one of the Westcoast Fieros of BC club webpages. There is a annual gathering at Arlington Washington of a few clubs in the Pacific Northwest for a picnic.

http://24.86.139.117/kensarlingtonpics/index.html

Ken is not a pro photographer. He sometimes moonlighted as a wedding photographer but otherwise is strictly an amateur who happens to like cars too.

 

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It was a crime that GM never designed the Fiero . . ., posted on August 28, 2004 at 10:30:12
albee33
 With T-tops or a lid from the get-go. I would have considered one during that timeframe if they had. I presume they rushed to market not having time to engineer a stiffer chassis for open air driving.

 

Re: It was a crime that GM never designed the Fiero . . ., posted on August 30, 2004 at 09:47:57
beken
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 Actually, I find, for it's day, the Fiero's chassis is probably one of the stiffest available. Probably one of the safest too.

However, the suspension for the first 4 years was unbalanced. The car handles great on flat and smooth tracks but throw in a few potholes and the unbalanced way the car absorbs bumps is unsettling. It's still a fun car to drive though.

A number of people have converted their Fiero's to t-tops or convertibles with varying degrees of success. I think GM had actually made a few T-top Fieros in 1988 and then shelved the program.

I wouldn't say they rushed it to market (probably rushed for GM's bureaucracy) but you can see where the bureaucracy (read cutting corners) ruined the basic good spirit of the car.


 

i wonder... are more Fiero's on the raod as fake/kit Ferrari cars? .nt., posted on August 31, 2004 at 07:49:01
Steven R. Rochlin
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Re: i wonder... are more Fiero's on the raod as fake/kit Ferrari cars? .nt., posted on August 31, 2004 at 10:00:41
beken
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 I don't think so...but then, what do I know about the kit car market outside of the area where I live? I don't see that many kit cars. I belong to a club of about 75 members (Plug for Westcoast Fieros of BC) of which I only know of one Lambourgini conversion and one Enterra. The remain real Fieros.

Some of those guys (and gals) own more than one Fiero.

 

Wow, more than one..., posted on August 31, 2004 at 13:45:34
Steven R. Rochlin
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 My friend had a first generation Fiero and never had the motor recall done. Of course it never really ran correctly.

Another friend had the newer model/motor and they were indeed interesting cars.

Enjoy the Drive,

Steven R. Rochlin

 

Re: Summer car gathering...for those who think Pontiac Fieros are cars., posted on September 4, 2004 at 13:09:28
NoTransistors
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 G.M. didn't design the Fiero. It was nothing more than a poor copy of a Triumph TR-7/TR-8.

 

Re: Wow, more than one..., posted on September 8, 2004 at 09:42:24
beken
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 The 4 cylinder engine (Pontiac's iron-duke) was originally used in small pick-up trucks. Lots of torque but not a lot of power. An unrefined and rough running engine (but cheap) that was probably a bad decision by GM to use it in such a car as the Fiero. In this case, the Toyota MR2 was a much better engine/chassis match. However, when the V6 engine was added, the Fiero became a much better car. The recalls had nothing to do with how the engine ran. There were some electrical parts that got too close to the exhaust manifold that if it got dry and too hot, there was a good chance of getting a static electricity charge ark across to the exhaust manifold and if there was oil or flamable debris there, could result in an engine compartment fire.

My car had a fire as a result of poor quality servicing by GM technicians. They had installed a cracked fuel injector seal onto my engine. I would presume there were more problems caused by poor mechanical servicing than the overall design of the car itself.

 

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