heres some-

"they engine is in the back? Were they all like that?"

"that is a f***ing hot car"

"How fast can this car go, like 180-190?"

"Hows your Ferrariro"

"Are you rich?"

Heh, one i just remembered, I was showing it to aperson when i first bought it, i pop the decklid and go around to open it. The kid says "You got a cool system in there?" I proceed to lift the decklid, his eyes widen and says "what the hell?"

...and i havent even driven it more than 10 miles in the past year...

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--Adam--
1987 Blue GT 5-speed
IM AOL: FieroGT5speed
16 years old and already selling my stuff to pay for repairs to my Fiero...which i sold my stuff to buy in the first place

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I went to Kmart when they were going out of business to scrounge up some cheapo tools and stuff, when this cop starts following me around. So I say "Hello". While browsing the tools. We start chit chatting to kill the odd silence as he is following me. I mention that I am restoring an 88 Fiero. "What for" he replies. He then proceeds to tell me "those thing are death traps, I've seen quite a few people burn alive in em back in the 80's".

Not funny but it sure made me cringe listening to this fat slob lie to me about poeple burning to death in fiero's. Has the myth gotten so bad that even cops will lie to sound like they know all about "those death traps"?

Little kid the other day says "wow how can the trunk AND the engine be in the back". So I showed him. He then says " your spoiler is too small". Oh well he liked the car though.

This isn't a one liner but it made me very very happy. I was walking with a kid I know from school. We were walking outside after a class and we were passing the parking lot.

He goes "Wow, thats a nice fiero!"

Me: "Well thanks."

Him: "Thanks? What are you talking about?"

Me: "Thats mine."

Him: "Your kidding..."

Me: "Nope she's all mine ."

Him: "WOW!"

I haven't had that big of a smile in a long time.
Matt

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Overheard from a couple at a coffee shop:

Him: That's an odd looking Mustang
Her: Oh honey, thats not a Mustang, its a Pontiac FIREBIRD
Me:nothing but laughter as I walk by

Sitting at a Hot Rod Cruise Night in Mt. Clemens one evening and a guy comes up to the back of my car. He studies the engine compartment for some time, then looks at me, and says " You really love to pi$$ people off, don't you!!!"

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Click to Listen!

This past sunday night driving through a parking lot where all the ricers hang out, as well as a lot of nice cars(cdn tire if your in da peg) and since my interiors stripped i can hear what everyones saying(no music) and as i pass a couple of guys i hear
"Now that's a nice MR2"

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Just the other day we took the kids out to Friendly's for dinner. Jordan wanted mne to take him in his green Fiero and Tarrah rode with her mother in her 88. As we were leaving the restaurant, we came out the door and we saw a couple had stopped and were really looking over the Fieros, especially Jordans green one. We slowed down to give them a chance to look it over without interupting them, but they kept circling them and we finally reached the cars. We came up on them and smiled as they noticed us approach. They realized we owned them and complimented us on how nice they looked, and made special reference to the green one. I said thanks, and told them it was just a daily driver that we are having fun with.
I then said that it was actually his and pointed to Jordan. Needless to say Jordan was in heaven and enjoyed answering questions when he knew them.
As soon as we got home Jordan rushed to the phone and called his grandpa Kelley and told him all about the nice people that liked his Fiero

Steve

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quote Originally posted by Jncomutt: I've had a few people tell me how they like the fact that after they 'fall into it' they fell like they're laying down more than sitting upright. OR, when they open the door to get out they say, "Geez, I practically have to step UP to get outta here."

Yeah! People tell me when they're getting their first ever ride in one of mine, "This like riding a friggin go-cart with a BIG engine!" The look on their face is priceless!

here is a little thing my mom said the first time we took the fiero onto the snowcovered roads a few months ago (from what i can remember)

Me: wow this thing handles pretty good
Mom: yeah its nice
Me: its fun being so low to the ground in this weather, realy gives u the feeling of speed
Mom: sorta like a glorified snowmobile (my car is white)
Both: hahahaha

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I get them every day, at school....

Kid: Hey guys, look. A Fiero
Kid 2: Didn't those catch fire?
Me: Actually that was mostly 1984 4 bangers
Kids: Oh sorry! Is that yours?
Me: Yep, don't worry, everybody else says it to my face!
Kids: Is it fast?
Me: hahahahaha.............NO. (damn 2.8)

See sig for others!

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---"Didn't those catch fire?"---
---"Why didn't you get an MR2?"---
---"The engine is WHERE?"---
---Liking Fiero's is a lonely business---

"They used to call those 'coffins' because you sat so low to the ground in one you were practically laying down."

"The windshield is at just the right height that if you rear-end a truck, you'd be decapitated!"

"But you can't take one on long trips, you can't even fit a suitcase in there!"

"Who makes that? Toyota?"

Aside from all the lovely comments about "death traps" and "fire melting plastic and trapping driver inside".

my dad: (A friend of mine had one in High School. They're pieces of crap. (Graduated in '78 )

I don't see why everyone is ragging on people that don't know what's up front. Didn't YOU wonder the first time you saw one? The first year of production was the year I was born, so I didn't see them growing up.

I'll have to try that nuclear-powered thing That was PRICELESS!

quote Originally posted by California Kid: Sitting at a Hot Rod Cruise Night in Mt. Clemens one evening and a guy comes up to the back of my car. He studies the engine compartment for some time, then looks at me, and says " You really love to pi$$ people off, don't you!!!"

OH my god, Kid thats priceless!

when i was working on my hood scoup i drove the car W/O a hood for like a week, and no spare tire, i sure got some puzzeled looks, and stares, and double takes

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Rich
97 Eclipse 17lbs. of boost on the Rad, Bad t-25
92 325i-- intake, exhaust, and suspension
White 86 SE V6-- WCF 2" drop springs, coil-overs, KYb's

quote Originally posted by MarkJPana: here is a little thing my mom said the first time we took the fiero onto the snowcovered roads a few months ago (from what i can remember) Me: wow this thing handles pretty good Mom: yeah its nice Me: its fun being so low to the ground in this weather, realy gives u the feeling of speed Mom: sorta like a glorified snowmobile (my car is white) Both: hahahaha

I found out just how good last month when I did two complete 360 degreee spins on side streets in one day. Gotta love that low to the ground feeling.

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85 WS6 GT partly modified
87 GT Loaded resto project

Member Edmonton Fiero Owners Group

Few stories:

1. A kid with a 2002 Grand Prix GTP is showing off his motor at the local "Friday Night Drags". I pipe in saying it looks identical to mine pointing to the Fiero. Kid says "Bullsh*t!". Then, of course, he eats his words!

2. Took the car to the local A/C repair shop to flush the system so I can charge it all up. The mechanic drives it into the bay, spends about 2 minutes trying to figure out how to open the engine bay, then proceeds to summon all the rest of the techs leaning over the back looking at the new engine. I casually walk out and ask whats wrong!

3. Take car to be emission tested. Tech asks me to open hood. He was pulling on the front hood. Of course, I obliged. The look on his face when he opened it up to see nothing but spare was priceless, then him trying to recover without looking too foolish. Too late!

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www.fieroexcitement.com
Rate me if I've been helpful! :)

I went to check out Extreme Imports (a local tuner/audio shop) in Castleton (NE Indy) today. I saw a few riced out imports, and people check'n out eachother's rides.

I pull up, and literally get swarmed with onlookers. A couple of them take off because they lost their audience (the way it appeared).

The guy inside the shop thought it was a Supra from the front until he saw Pontiac on the headlight cover. It was awkward for the first few minutes because they studied the body and interior in absolute silence. I checked out the shop while they gathered. Nothing much besides large wings, LED/neon accessories, exhausts, brakes, and gauge faceplates.

I come back out a few minutes later, and they start with the 20 questions. One guy said, "Now that's a serious sound system!" I pop the hood to show the amps, when someone else thought I was going to show off the engine. "Do you have a turbo pushing that?" I open the lid and ask, "Do you have a turbo pushing YOUR system?" Everyone had a nice laugh. I'll add this photo to help illustrate the "engine" that guy saw. heh

Everyone was thoroughly "wowed", but I didn't get many compliments. I think they felt "shown up" as they walked back to their bubblebee exhausts w/ painted interiors.

I used to envy the guys driving the expensive/exotic sports cars like, "It must be nice!" I lost my envy when I got my GT because none of them can be as happy with their car as I am with mine!

A guy that loves his Fiero GT,
Greg

quote Originally posted by Raydar: A Pontiac service rep told one of the guys in our club, "Those things used to catch fire, and the doors would melt shut and trap the driver."

Did he also tell you that's why most of them come with an escape hatch (Sunroof)?

I was at a Pontiac show and overheard a woman tell her husband "How convenient, there's a vacuum cleaner nozzle on the side of the car".
I know the guy who owns the car and he took his Holley scoop off the following week and sold it on Ebay.

I took my SE up to Annabelle's one Saturday night and parked in the line of hot rods and antiques. I opened both the hood and the trunk and EVERYONE who walked up looked in the front at the spare tire before they realized the engine wasn't in there. One guy looked at the spare tire and said "you must get pretty good gas mileage".

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Haven't had mine a week and it's started allready.

Mechanic: A new Caliper is gonna run ya' $117

Me: I know I can find one for cheaper than that, like from the Fiero Store or Autozone.

Mechanic: There's actually a fiero store?
I Ended up getting it from O'Rileys for $61+core

Also, there's this complete d#@*head at my school that drives an 70's mustang, had the nerve to say "Yeah, I don't see why they put v6's in those pieces of crap"
Just wait, i'll lite him up one of these days...

Most of these are from my grade 11 and 12 mechanics teacher....he drives a 435/427 tri power vette....i take his crap when he says he will hand my A$$ too me any day of the year!

my mechanics teacher walking into class one day, late as usual..."who the hells fart&go is that outside!?!"

"has that fart&go burnt to the ground yet?"

"hell my rocket powered rollar blades are safer then that!"

Some kid, "Meh, my civic could take that any day"
Me, "HA!"

Man i love my Fiero....

-Phil

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86 SE V6....under construction!

This thread has been good for several chuckles. I've had several of them happen to me. I've gotten a couple "What kind of Ferrari is that"'s and every gas station attendant asks to check under the hood. I always feel like saying "Sure, going to check the tire pressure in the spare?"
One of the better ones:
Chinese restaurant employee: Nice car.
Me: Thanks.
Him: How much? $200,000?
Me:<gasp> Heh, not quite.... It's a Fiero.
Him: <perplexed look>

Other one, a city worker, in a great southern drawl (not too common up here in Canada):
"Isn't that one of them little things with the engine in the back?"
I love doing that line...

Regards,

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Kris Duck

Little, Yellow, Different

old woman: Is that ur car
me: yes it is
woman: you bought it urself?
me: yeah, got a pretty good deal though(i always say that cause ppl think they are worth way more than they are, and i don't feel like correcting them )
woman:how much did you get it for
Me: about 5 thousand
woman: no,no, you mean 50 thousand right?
...
only had one person ask if it was a ferarri(my 2m4)
I would love to confuse ppl with a nice engine swap, the looks you guys must get. But i think the young guys that i know(im 19) wouldn't be as surprised to see the car pull out a 0-60 of 5sec's or less, it just looks fast. i try not to tell them anything.
and i think the "what's in the front?" is a valid question. engine's in the back, trunks in the back, what's left?

Pulled into a gas local gas station, noone else there i know the attendant so he walks out as i'm poppin the trunk. So i pull out 2 5 gallon cans and go to fill them finish up and go to put them back and he starts yellin hey what are you doing thats the engine!! i just called him over and first thing he asked was the all important whats up front after that!

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Fast food lane attendent, “would you pull around please, I’ll take your order at the window.”
Gotta love the geardrive.

Friends and coworkers, “you’re going to paint it arnt you?”

Rear decklid onlookers, “how’ed you get that in there?”
Me, “fairy dust.”

Front hood onlookers, silence.
Me, “HOLY $#!7!!! someone stole my motor!”

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Buddy *there are two "G"s in my name*
1.94/1.50 iron heads +0.030, 0.1popup, geardrive, edelbrock homeowner kit, 5spd jap tranny, N2O
car doesn't crank?
got a broken stud?
car wont start coming soon
KCFOG
ME

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Marian (LVMY88) had this one thrown at her right after she first started working at her new job when she pulled in with her black fastback Formula:
"That's nice that your husband trusts you that much to let you drive his car"
She was really mad at him and let him know that it was HER car

One day she stopped at a gas station that had a guy out working at the pumps. He see's her get out and checks out her Fiero. He then asked if he could get her anything. She was heading in to get a drink or something but thought that she should have her oil checked. She asked if he could do that and he said sure, so she popped the trunk and went inside not thinking anything about it. When she came back out he was still standing there waiting. He said sounding kind of irritated, "Lady I need you to pop the hood of your car." She asked him why as she went over and lifted up her deck lid and watched as his jaw and intelligence both dropped

Steve

Strolling out of an auto parts place putting parts in the trunk -- some younger kid (10-12 ish) walking by goes wide eyed and says:

"Wow Mister, is that a race car?!"

I hate it when people call me mister.

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87/88 V6 5spd Notchback Hybrid

My page: http://www.fieroclub.com

i actually had a PONTIAC dealer service department pop the front hood when i was getting my oil changed once

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85 LT4 GT
Custom Everything
in progress

I called a local Pontiac dealer a few months ago for a part and they asked me:

Is it a 2-door or 4-door?

I had a local auto parts place tell me that they could order the power steering pump. However, I did ask.

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85 GT 4 SPD
Number 53715 of 76371
Best 1/4 15.816 @ 84.72

Accel 8.8mm wires, Accel 300+ Ignition box, Blaster Coil, NGK UR5, K&N, Short Shifter, High flow cat, Monochrome Caracus red, KYB shocks/struts, ST lowering springs, Poly Dogbone.

Coulee Region Fieros member(couleefiero.tripod.com)

Had a leak in my break lines on my 84, pulled over into a parkinglot of a bar to take a look and to add brak fluid, a drunk walks out and says "Well heres your problem, someone stole your engine".

I've had a couple people stand by my coupe looking at the open door and ask..

"How the hell do you get in and out of that thing ?"

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1988 Fiero Coupe 2.5L
1990 Trans Am GTA 5.7L

Another story I thought was cute . My wife and I baby sit for a 7 year old boy who will only climb thru the passengers window in my Fiero . The first time he did it I was sitting in the drivers seat waiting for him to get his butt in the car . He climbed thru the window and I asked him whats the story . He replied to me " This is a race car isn't it " . Well he had me .

Still climbs thru the damn passenger window every time he gets in the car . I've got trouble just getting into the car thru the open door . Must be getting old .

Galen Smith
Red 85 Sport Coupe
Founder of Suncoast fiero Club
Florida Fiero Council

Driving around the island in my white 88 GT I stopped in the front of a school bus to let the kids get off the bus and one is with a group of friends and they're all looking at my car oen kid says: "Hey what kind of car is that?" I tell him it's a Pontiac Fiero and he thanks me, so I feel pretty good becuase they are looking, but I really started to smile when he hits his friend and says "see, YOU said it was a Ferrari!"

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88 Fiero GT Quad4 Turbo...It has begun
88 VW GTI 16v
90 Olds Calais International H.O.
88 Fiero Formula

Pulling up to the emissions check, the tester asked me "Where is the fuel door release?"

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Kathy
'84SE 4spd
'84 Indy auto
'86GT 4spd
'87GT 5spd
'88GT 5spd
http://sofa8488.netfirms.com

Nothing to funny but I had a lady come up to me and say you must be rich to own a gold car.

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-Chris
www.geocities.com/m60chris

At our first get together in Wichita we all met at the Quik Trip. Chris and I took the Finale down. This is a pretty busy corner store and there were a LOT of people that came over to see the Finale and the rest of the cars.

After a while, you do get tired of telling people what it is, etc., so Chris and I were leaning against the building taking a break when Ryan (FieroX) and a couple of the guys took over.

"What's this??"

X:"It's the new prototype for the Pontiac Fiero they're coming back out with."

"No S**t?"

X:"Yeah, really, like the T-Bird and some of the others."

"How'd you get the prototype?"

X:"Those guys are a couple of GM engineers, it's just on loan."

It's pretty hard to keep a straight face when he gets on a roll.

John Stricker

"You need to work on a better dismount"
(I'm 6'3" and get out in the way that causes the least amount of wear on my Mr. Mikes Seats and dont hit my dash corner)

Im with the fellow PFF member Watdge when he meets up with some guy thats looking to buy his car and his family at best buy. This like 7 year old daughter of theirs is sitting in my passenger seat and I get in the drivers seat to turn down the music or something and she says:

Her "What is your favorite car?"
Me "I don't know there is a lot of nice cars I would like to own"
Her "This is my favorite car"

all in the background while jeremy is trying to sell his fiero, lol.......

"Your car sounds like a mean dragon"

"We can race, but It will be pointless" - guy with a honda who heard my free flow exhaust.

"Is that a ferrari"

"Hows your ferraro doing?"

"That thing only weighs like 2000 lbs right?"

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[ My Fiero and WhiteFieroGT's Here ]
[ 1987 GT - 5 Spd - 69K ]
[ El Gauges - C5 Corvette Yellow ]
[ Mr.Mikes Seats - FieroGT Floormats ]

Ive gotten the "whats up front" question. I also had some ask wheres the Trunk? And the Decklid is wide open and there is stuff in the trunk.

The first time i actually have my V-6 running right in the Blue coupe i was driving around the neighbor hood and a group of kids riding thier bikes gave me the thumbs up and a " NICE CAR!" I honked and they cheered.

I also had someone driving in the opposite direction give me the thumbs up. Not even a Fiero for that matter.

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Fierokid's baby:
R.I.P.V-6 Swap 1987 Blue Fiero
sport coupe
White 1988 Fiero Formula
AIM: Fierokid87
Rate Me Please

2.9L V-6: 2030 Compucam, Darrel Morse Fuel Presure Regulator, 9.5:1 comp, zeroed out ballanced crank, contecting rods matched, MSD 6A ignition box and Blaster GM style coil, Darrel Morse Bored out TB and intake, 19# Mustang Injectors, Removed TB coolant lines, Darrel Morse Dogbone strut, and more to come

Our club entered a car show and the organizers didn't have a clue, first put us with the imports, they complained, then thought about it and tried production models and finally just decieded special intrest group.

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Steve

Ottawa Fiero and
CFOGi PR Director

"Wow, Didn't they recall all of those?!"

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-Monkey