Two Fieros Survive Oklahoma Tornado (Page 2/3)
cvxjet JUN 03, 12:08 PM
My insurance "Adjuster" inspected my Fiero that was rear-ended at the curb by a duffus who lost control entering my residential street..."Totaled....Frame bent"....Luckily, I had a body shop around the corner- Asked Mike and he said "No way- The frame was not touched"....

The duffus was standing on the brakes in his 1978 T-bird so the nose was low- his bumper went under the bumper pad on my rear and hit the trunk, bending that. The bumper cross-beam was untouched and perfectly straight. I called up my agent and they sent another Adjuster who wrote it up as $480 damage.

Remember, they are taking their estimate of damage, then estimating cost of parts and labor, and then going against a (ridiculously low) estimate of the car's actual worth...sometimes this can actually benefit the car owner, but the Fiero is a special case; The car should be worth much more than most estimates, and if you know people in the Fiero community, and can do some junk-yard rummaging, you can get the parts cheap and then do some to most of the work yourself.

Simple case of "Fiero worth"; The Fiero drives better, is more comfortable and far more reliable than most-to-all lotus cars- but Loti are "Collector cars" and "Exotics" while all the money that Toyopet spent buying bad press for the Fiero has made most people believe the Fiero is some sort of flaming 3-legged dog.
JohnWPB JUN 03, 04:17 PM
Fiero guy Charles, First off, we are happy to hear that you are safe. secondly, I am so sorry for your loss. It is going to be some time before things can get back to some sense of normalcy.

Now on to the Fieros. I agree totally with what a couple others have said, do not have the cars towed till you get an honest opinion from someone other than the insurance company. I find it odd, that that the cars are not covered under insurance, but they had the ability to "total" them.

Looking at the photo, it appears that any and all damage is cosmetic. Fiero panels, tail lights, and such are CHEAP to replace. Worst case scenario, you can take panels parts from the two to at least keep one of them.

Best of luck with everything.

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predmeister JUN 03, 09:56 PM
fiero guy charles you have a pm
Raydar JUN 04, 06:55 PM
Charles, I'm happy to hear that you are okay. I couldn't even begin to imagine the trauma.
I won't attempt to give you any advice, as there has been a bunch of good advice shared already.

Please take care of yourself.
Quad Raider JUN 04, 09:39 PM
Charles, I’m so glad to hear you weren’t badly hurt. I know your life has been turned upside down now. I hope you’re getting back to normal.

Please let us know if we can help.
JohnWPB JUN 04, 11:11 PM
Maybe someone in the area has some space that they can store the 2 cars for you? Anyone in the area? It's the age old statement, but I have to say it, I wish I was closer to be able to help with something.....
sourmash JUN 05, 10:49 AM
There will possibly be some FEMA money available for the loss on the vehicles that weren't covered under insurance. We had some storms through here in 2013 damaging thousands and thousands of vehicles and there was money available at that time for structures and vehicles.
Fiero guy Charles JUN 08, 12:53 AM
Thanks everyone, and thank you Patrick for finding my article from 9 years ago! Still been too busy to get my story ready to post here, but here's some updates. I got my red '86 somewhat useable again! I patched it up the best I could, and had Safelite put a windshield in it Wednesday. Afterwards I shared my gofundme with the windshield installer and he called his boss. I got a call later saying they weren't going to charge me for it! I still need a lot of parts for it, but I'm going to try and drive it to the Fiero meeting near Oklahoma City in the morning. Got one questionable tire, and it was hit in the driver's side by a Snap-On tool box being pushed by a flying house. If I get there, this will actually be the first Fiero event I've ever attended... wish it was under better circumstances, but I think I might have the only Fiero there that's actually been inside of a tornado. After nearly 23 years I basically had everything to have my Fieros out last me. There's only been one person I had meet who had more Fiero stuff than me, and he had a warehouse! I'm going to try and save my first Fiero also, since it was actually my first car as well. Lots of exterior damage and broken windshield too as far as I know. My shop it was in completely disappeared. The rooves on the shop and house were metal with level 4 storm rating... none of them were anywhere near the property afterwards. I got a confirmed report of part of one of them being found 5.4 miles away in someone's yard right after the storm passed (measured it out on Google Earth)! The Indy and GT are too far gone. I was in the process of restoring the GT and converting it to 5spd muncie and fastback, but all the parts are gone now. It was my second Fiero, and had actually bought it on the anniversary of Fiero Day back in 1999... before I ever knew there was a Fiero day! I'm still homeless, but should be getting something from the house insurance before long. Have to get it before I can make any offers since I had actually left the place I had been working at the past few years only 8 days before the tornado. Found a place I'm interested in, but it will cost me out of pocket since it's more than what I'll be getting from the house payout. Still not sure where I'll end up. Just not much available that comes close to what I had. I'll try posting some pics. Anyway, hope to meet some of you tomorrow at the meet!

OK, someone tell me how to post pictures from my laptop, thanks. It's asking for a web address when I click image... I'm not familiar with this.

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Patrick JUN 08, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by Fiero guy Charles:

OK, someone tell me how to post pictures from my laptop, thanks. It's asking for a web address when I click image... I'm not familiar with this.



If your laptop runs Windows, it's best to download and install PIP to host/post images here. Max width - 1024 pixels. Max file size - 300 kb.

I can't imagine what you've gone through. Very scary.
theogre JUN 08, 02:03 AM
And if PIP has problems, set to "Run as Admin."
Windows UAC doesn't allow some PIP functions to run w/o notice to user.