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Help me compile a "Murphy's Laws of Fieros" list by Mach10
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After submitting and becoming the highest bidder 1/100 of a second prior to an auction close on Ebay for a Fiero part you have been extensively looking for for "X" years to finally complete your Fiero Restoration project is proportionally related to "always" being outbid at official auction close by someone else that needed the part less then you did.
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After submitting and becoming the highest bidder 1/100 of a second prior to an auction close on Ebay for a Fiero part you have been extensively looking for for "X" years to finally complete your Fiero Restoration project is proportionally related to "always" being outbid at official auction close by someone else that needed the part less then you did.

Sorry...double post (finger spasm).

Hate when that happens.

Being outbid that is

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Originally posted by Cheever2:
The chance that you have a Lotus suspension is equal to that of Keanu Reeves actually knowing Kung Fu.

The chance that anyone will stage a successful rescue mission for the 89 Fiero prototypes is equal to that of Michael Douglas and Katherine Zeta Jones staying married 3 years.

Hey, we can do it! Did that thing look guarded to you???

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Report this Post04-13-2001 11:12 AM Click Here to See the Profile for FieroLisaSend a Private Message to FieroLisaDirect Link to This Post
However long you think it's going to take to fix something on your Fiero, multipy that number by 3 and be relieved when you get it done that quickly!
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JSocha's refined law of "Fiero Synergism":

The sum of the Fiero parts required will always be more then the Fiero's final value when completed.

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Fieros are distant relatives to rabbits. They multiply overnight right in your driveway!

The louder the belt squeal is directly related to how early in the morning it is when you leave which is equal to how many houses you live to and how close you are to them.

The cleaner your Fiero is will be based on how quickly you will then come up behind a vehicle with no mud flaps, upon which they will then pass directly thru mud or dirty puddles in front of you.

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Fieros are distant relatives to rabbits. They multiply overnight right in your driveway!

STOP IT! STOP IT! I'm on the ground bustin a gut right now cause I was thinkin the same thing but you beat me to it...

I better get out of my Dodge and get into something faster...

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You can never fix a Fiero, you can only work on it.

Fieros are always hungry. Sockets taste good.

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FANTASTIC! Keep 'em coming, I will organize a list of my favorites, and compile them on my website
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Report this Post04-13-2001 01:55 PM Click Here to See the Profile for saleenfieroSend a Private Message to saleenfieroDirect Link to This Post
You know you're in a fiero when you:
A: Have to angle your a$$ in the car if you have any type of boots on
B: Find that the little space between the seats and the center console attracts 99.9% of interior/stereo screws, nuts, bits or bolts.

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"All axioms referring to Fieros are inversely-proprtional, except those that are not."
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Here's one that's personal:

Just when you're feeling good about how well your Fiero runs, the flywheel ring gear will come loose.

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Fingers will always tend to be at their "fattest" when you need them to manuever and hold parts into a space which was larger and spacious to the engineer on the original manufacturing blue print.
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Report this Post04-13-2001 06:39 PM Click Here to See the Profile for baldloboSend a Private Message to baldloboDirect Link to This Post
Mach10; are you coming to the Grand manitoba charities Autofest this year at the red river ex ground this june 3?
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Wow!! must be murphies law. Another poster from North Dakota!! Just when you think your the only one in your state that owns a fiero.. another one pops up!!

See you later Jeff!!

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Still want to get together with the GT's and get a pic the weekend of 4-26-01?

Still plannin on comin down Thursday morning with the GT (providing it doesn't snow or rain that weekend).

Still would like an opportunity to see your friends Lambo kit.

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Baldlobo: Thinking about it... Don't they have an autocross event?
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Baldlobo: Thinking about it... Don't they have an autocross event?

the winnipeg sports car club is having an autocross on june 10, maybe your thinking about that.

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The amount of hair falling off your head is directly influenced by the amount of time spent cursing about or at your fiero.

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Baldlobo: Maybe... I had heard that the event on Jun 3 had a "exhibition" type autocross event in the parking lot. Must be thinking of the other meet then. Depends on whether the car's ready or not, I guess
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TOUCHE!


 
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Originally posted by Cheever2:
The chance that you have a Lotus suspension is equal to that of Keanu Reeves actually knowing Kung Fu.

The chance that anyone will stage a successful rescue mission for the 89 Fiero prototypes is equal to that of Michael Douglas and Katherine Zeta Jones staying married 3 years.

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If you have your plenum off and manifold uncovered, and drop a bolt IT WILL land right in the intake port and the intake valve WILL be open. Personal expecience x2
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You will always be just about to put the car in gear and drive away when you realize it is dark outside and you need to get out, raise the hood and manually raise the headlights so you can see where you're going.

It will always be a 12 year old boy on a bicycle straining to see your car better and not a 23 year old babe like you had hoped.

If your car is going to break down it will always be in front of forty beautiful young coeds participating in a cheerleading competition.


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If your car is going to break down it will always be in front of forty beautiful young coeds participating in a cheerleading competition.

AND THIS IS BAD BECAUSE..............?

sounds like fun waiting for wrecker to me,lol

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The odds of your wife wanting to sell your house and move rises exponentially with the number of inoperable Fieros in the driveway.
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You know your wife has

a. Slipped a cog

b. Has a new boyfriend

C. has hit the lottery and is about to leave you

When you say "Hon I saw this really cool Fiero for sale" and she says "OK go buy it!"

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If it isn't already broke it will be as soon as you spend the last of your paycheck.

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If you want to take your Fiero on vacation it would be best to ship it ahead of time.
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Somehow when working under your Fireo nuts bolts wrenches ect. will always defy the laws of gravity and reach critical velocity just prior to hitting you in the face
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You know your a diehard Fiero finatic WHEN you want to see if there is an after market lowering kit for your LaZboy chair.
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84Bill - Stop it! You're killin' me! My office is real quiet and I don't think I'm supposed to be laughing out loud!
BTW: your last 3 posts were #53 (??)
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The chances of your sunroof leaking are directly related to the amount of rain that is falling

The chances that your stock radio will eat tapes is directly related to how much you like that tape.

The change droped between your seat and the center consol is used by the tooth fairy to give to gruby little children.

Your headlights will fail to come up when it gets dark but will work perfectly during the day.

That strange noise you heard in the engine bay will disappear the moment you drive into the mechanic's shop.

You will never have enough time, energy or money to complete a kit car.

No matter how well you speak Italian you will never pronounce Fiero correctly, even when speaking Italian on an unrelated subject.

If your Fiero runs good, you must be in heaven.

This list is great, I'm printing it off.

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The chances of your sunroof leaking are directly related to the amount of rain that is falling

The chances that your stock radio will eat tapes is directly related to how much you like that tape.

The change droped between your seat and the center consol is used by the tooth fairy to give to gruby little children.

Your headlights will fail to come up when it gets dark but will work perfectly during the day.

That strange noise you heard in the engine bay will disappear the moment you drive into the mechanic's shop.

You will never have enough time, energy or money to complete a kit car.

No matter how well you speak Italian you will never pronounce Fiero correctly, even when speaking Italian on an unrelated subject.

If your Fiero runs good, you must be in heaven.

This list is great, I'm printing it off. Keep posting!

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Yor "parts car" is best used for storing all the things that came off your primary car because what you needed is also bad on it.
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Originally posted by Voytek:
84Bill - Stop it! You're killin' me! My office is real quiet and I don't think I'm supposed to be laughing out loud!
BTW: your last 3 posts were #53 (??)

Thanks I definatly have a sense of humor when it comes to my Fiero. I just Love theese cars, they are so much fun to sport around in so low to the ground so corner friendly. If I'm not driving it chances are
I'm working on it and If I'm not working on it I'm thinking about what I can work on next and I'f I'm not thinking about what to do next I'm poasting stuff here and If I'm not posting stuff here I'm getting Ideas from here to go work on my car!

53 is the total number of posts or days since becoming a member. I didn't know about this forum or I would have joined it 5 years ago

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A true Fiero fan belives that there were only 4 years in history 84 thru 88 everything else is X years BF (Before Fiero) or X years AF (After Fiero) there is no other marker of time.

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I have often thaught that the Fiero Chiltons manual should include a WARNING! 1 hour prior to changing the pully belts on your Fiero should be dedicated to practicing yoga and body contortion excersises as well as post traumatic stress and anger mangement afterwards.
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The windshield wipers coming on by themselves is normal.

When you fix something, go back and fix it again.

You work on your Fiero more than you drive it.

When unsuspecting rain clouds roll in, your electric window that is down will not go up.

Your Fiero has a huge appetite for tools. Plan on buying a new set every month.

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A part dropped in the engine compartment will reach the floor due to its size, not where it's dropped. A hammer, cinder block, 8'-2x4 or anything in those sizes will reach the floor and land flat, a 1/4" nut, BB or anything that small will disapear and probably end up with that missing sock from the dryer, in never never land,(no not Michael Jackson's place).
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