My Daughter’s NEW CAR ’86 Fiero coupe
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Topic: My Daughter’s NEW CAR ’86 Fiero coupe
Posted By: canucklehead88
Subject: My Daughter’s NEW CAR ’86 Fiero coupe
Date Posted: 28 June 2009 at 8:24am
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Hi everybody... I'm a new member.. just bought an '86 Fiero Coupe...
it's my daughter's first car! she's quite excited... she was originally nervous (before we looked at the car...) that the "red" colour would draw too much attention... I laughed and said, "it's not gonna matter what colour it is... it's a fiero, no one your age even knows what the cars are!!!" it's the base model, 4 cylinder- auto.. everything is stock.. and it's in really good shape... (except the rims- which are off of an '86 Fiero SE)...  
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Posted By: kawana
Date Posted: 28 June 2009 at 2:43pm
| Looks clean! I love red fieros :) I wish my first car was a fiero, i got a craptastic 95 cavalier :P |
Posted By: 85SEnochie
Date Posted: 28 June 2009 at 4:07pm
Wellcome to the maddness, I wish my first car was a fiero too my first car was a Pinto  long time ago.------------- 
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Posted By: canucklehead88
Date Posted: 29 June 2009 at 7:26am
| Thanks for the welcome! speaking of first cars... boy I'll bet everybody could share a story/nightmare there!.. My first car was a Austin 1100.. ('64) when I desperately wanted a Austin Mini.. There was an "Austin" advertised in the paper... My dad went to look at it without me.. (i was working..) and when i got home.. I was the not so proud owner... of a beige (think colour of a computer tower...) 4 door.. Automatic! I was so freakin' mad.. (he bought it with my money...) I think the Fiero for my daughter was my attempt to "break the Curse".. lol... |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 29 June 2009 at 3:21pm
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lol Your daughter bought the same car I did for my first car. I bought a Fiero GT as my first car too. They're fun little cars. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: steve
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 6:06pm
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lucky girl... my first car was a 1994 sable :'( i wish it was a fiero. but i beg to differ. im 18 and i bought my first fiero today, picking it up saterday. |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 7:53pm
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Lets see, first car was a giant BOAT, a 1976 Ford LTD the main redeeming trait was that it had a 351C V8 under the massive hood. Then several different Air Cooled VW's they were my dads, but I had free offer to drive any of them, Bugs, Busses and such. Then had a Plymouth Reliant with a slant 6, no keys, push button ignition. 77 Chevy Full Size van, 350 4bbl, 4.11 rear gears. Then the longest lasting was a 77 Merc Capri Giha (sp) little screamer, faster than my first Fiero, great handling, but you really had to push it to get it to really perform. Then finally my first Fiero at 19, my 85GT that I drove until I was nearly 30. 5 different trans axles, 6 different engines, the last motor combo was a 4.9 Caddy V8 and Isuzu 5spd. Last year at 450,000+kms, the chassis finally gave up, found no less than 5 stress cracks, due to my abuse through my late teens and later racing area. Chassis transplant onot an 87GT however maintaining all my 85GT drive train and interior. I have my yellow 88GT that is my daily driver, however its nothing special, everything stock, great runner, fun to drive hard, but not nearly as fun as my V8 Fiero. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 8:24pm
| my first car was a 95 mazda mx3 gs. i would rather have my fiero gt any day for sure! |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 8:43pm
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My first car - a 1967 Chevrolet Caprice with a 396ci beast - hi-rise intake, Holley 4-bbl carb, ported heads, lumpy cam, headers, dual exhaust with pipes out the sides, 4:10 posi rear end. Racked up nine points in the first month I owned it. That's me, age 19, standing there beside the road to Penticton BC for some summertime cruising way back in 1975.
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canucklehead88 wrote:
Had to slow down as ten points would've led to a suspension of my license (or worse). 
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 8:53pm
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wow, dude thats a sweet ride! i would kill to have something like that these days! |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 8:57pm
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Thanks. All I can say is that gas was a WHOLE lot cheaper those days!
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Posted By: canucklehead88
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 10:48pm
| Wow Great Ride Patrick... and for a first car... very nice.... (ya gas was cheaper way back then.. 35 cents a gallon.. LOL!... yikes!! |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 16 July 2009 at 11:09pm
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Yeah, I put a lot of time and money into that car. It was just a factory stock Chevy Caprice when I bought it. But being young and with money to burn (had been working full-time since graduating from high school two years earlier), I changed the look and the performance of the ol' Chevy quite a bit. I think just the wheels and tires for that car cost me more than I paid for my '86 GT.
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Posted By: Graeme
Date Posted: 17 July 2009 at 1:12pm
| Nice ride Patrick! Is it just me or does Patrick look like Mark Hammel from star wars? |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 17 July 2009 at 1:42pm
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Heh heh, I've never owned a lightsabre though.
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Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 6:38pm
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That's really scary!...lol...welcome and nice car, hope your daughter enjoys:)
------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |