You know the Fire comments remind me of a conversation we had at the Dells this year.
I was talking to Greg (of Tina & Greg fame) The decklid of his car was open.... 2 old timers, they had to be from the Square dance group, came up & one of them made the Fire comment loud enough that Greg & I could hear it. We weren't standing by my car, so I didn't have to listen to that stuff, so I started to turn to walk away. But 1st I said what kind of car do you have? He said he had a '40's something Diamond Reo pickup...... I simply, in a matter of fact voice, said I heard all of those had burned to the ground years ago. The other old timer said "how did you know that his truck burned up last week? LOL
Made my day & a highlight of the weekend
Archie
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carnut122 Member
Posts: 9122 From: Waleska, GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
I've had my Fiero for 2 months and I can't believe how many people have randomly started talking to me about it. It has probably happened once a week since I got it.
Most ask what year it is and how many miles are on it. A couple have said "Didn't those catch fire?" One guy asked "Is that one of the good ones?"
I came out of the store once and the two older guys were standing standing there talking about it. When I walked up they asked me how it ran and if I liked it. One guy at the gas station told me it looked like it was in good shape. I had one guy at a stop light start talking to me through his open window, telling me how much he loves these cars. He was asking me where I got it and if I liked it...
The funniest one was when I first got it, I parked at work and was crossing the parking lot when this girl was driving by. She stopped and started asked me what kind of a car it was. She said all matter of fact, "I don't believe it. By bother had one of those. I'm trippin'. I'm gonna to come back and take a picture of it."
i just remembered another i get all the time from people at work and in parking lots "is that your firebird out there? that things in nice shape what year is it?"
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chriswf Member
Posts: 406 From: Plano, Texas Registered: Jan 2011
HAHA I went to several salvage yards trying to get a door for my friend's Mercury Mystique.
4 times in 1 day... ONE DAY, we got the exact word for word quote when we asked salvage yard owners if they had any Fieros "I haven't seen one of them on the road in like 5 years".
4 times, 1 day. I promise. We only hit up like 7 yards, but the odds that 4/7 people we ask said the same exact thing. On the 4th time they said that, we (my friend and I) finished the sentence with him. We laughed so hard. The guy looked at us weird. I guess it was 1 of those days for Texas salvage yard owners. Was hard to believe they all had the same exact choice of words...
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Jul 12th, 2011
ManMadeChickens Member
Posts: 553 From: Clackamas, Oregon USA Registered: Jun 2006
drove to 711 to get gas to make a datalog, backfired loudly when pulled up to the pump. guy next pump over looked at me and said it smells rich. lol, i was way rich. close to being oprah rich
mike, is it going to be finished yet? how soon so we can race?
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SMTHGT Member
Posts: 1075 From: Seagoville , Tx. Registered: Mar 2010
"You know these catch on fire, right? Thats why they stopped making them."
"You got a Fiero?! My ______ had 7 of those."
"You know there's people out there who stuff V8's in the back of those cars?" (Yeah I do. I want to be one of those people.)
First day of my college shop class the teacher went around the classroom asking each student what kind of car they drove. I told him that i drive an '87 Pontiac Fiero GT. He points his finger at me, smiles, and says, "That's awesome!" (He has an '88 Trans-Am GTA with a 400+ HP 383 stroker, built 700R4, and a GM 12 bolt with 3.73 gears. So he's a little biased towards Pontiac's)
"Look Dad, two Corvettes!" (kid about 8 or 9 said this as I was getting out of my car and my friend was getting out if his dad's '96 C4 Corvette.)
In shop class again, a teacher from a different class came over to me while setting my car up on the lift (properly) and said, "This is a nice car, don't see a lot of them anymore. These could be worth big money someday. And don't let anyone tell you they catch fire, that was only on Iron Dukes, and only in '84."
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Jim_Martin29 Member
Posts: 702 From: Marina, California, USA Registered: Jun 2010
In shop class again, a teacher from a different class came over to me while setting my car up on the lift (properly) and said, "This is a nice car, don't see a lot of them anymore. These could be worth big money someday. And don't let anyone tell you they catch fire, that was only on Iron Dukes, and only in '84."
I like that shop teacher.
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LAMBO Member
Posts: 1677 From: Lucas, Iowa, USA Registered: May 2000
I've had three "nice car" comments today from just running around doing errands. I think that's a new high one day total for me. (and it's dirty from recent rain, go figure)
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Shill Member
Posts: 2166 From: Spokane, WA Registered: Apr 2009
I've been to a few shows this year, and I hear a lot of " I had one of those years ago and I'm sorry I got rid of it." Been hearing that a lot more then " Don't they burn up."
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Jul 15th, 2011
kooljess Member
Posts: 1135 From: FIEROS WEST USA Registered: Jul 2004
"That's the smallest Firebird I've ever seen!!!" - Random guy at Taco Bell... I just went with it and said Yep. "I bet that attracts a lot of cops" "That's a Fiero!! Oh my god your engine's on fire!!" - The day my Fiero spun a rod bearing, I was just like wtf put that fire extinguisher away.
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greenfiero1986 Member
Posts: 161 From: Newark, OH, USA Registered: Feb 2011
"That's the smallest Firebird I've ever seen!!!" - Random guy at Taco Bell... I just went with it and said Yep. "I bet that attracts a lot of cops" "That's a Fiero!! Oh my god your engine's on fire!!" - The day my Fiero spun a rod bearing, I was just like wtf put that fire extinguisher away.
Forgot one
"Wow a Fiero?? I used to drive those all the time, now I'm too fat". - Insurance Agent