Yeah, good mechanics are hard to find nowadays. I took my car to a local firestone auto center because I had a leaky hose and didnt have time to change it. (I had just moved and had no tools, no time, no inclination...) The counter guy told me "The guys really hate to see these cars come it for repairs"
What an idiot. The only thing that makes working on a Fiero any different than working on any other FWD vehicle, foreign or domestic, is the cooling system. And thats not even that big of a deal if you understand the concept of air displacing liquid. But, alas, there are many people who never played with the straw in the cola glass when they were at McDonalds.
"Oh look, If I put my finger over the top of the straw and pull it out of the cup, the cola wont spill out of the bottom until I remove my finger from the top of the straw...."
Although most informed people would agree that the Fiero was ahead of its time, It in no way represented a significant departure from tried and true automotive technology. Most mechanics look at the engine in the back and think "Foreign".
This particular topic hits close to home because I almost ruined my engine because Cletus and Billy Joe didnt know to take both the radiator cap and Thermo Housing cap off before filling the system with coolant. If they were literate, the would have heeded the warning sticker under the hood: "This vehicle requires a special coolant fill procedure."
Well, I feel better after that bit of griping......
