08-29-2019, 05:40 AM
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#1061
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Laval QC
Posts: 782
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Arctic Silver 2000 Boxster S - bought with a broken engine, back on the road with the engine replaced
Green 2000 Boxster 5-speed and 1978 928 auto
1987 924S 5-speed (Sold) - Blue 2000 Boxster 5 spd (Sold)
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08-29-2019, 12:56 PM
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#1062
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1998 Boxster Silver/Red
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: 92262
Posts: 3,030
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1998 Porsche Boxster
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08-29-2019, 01:10 PM
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#1063
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1997 Tip, 2018 Macan
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Upland, CA
Posts: 1,338
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Save yourselves, that thing is hideous.
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Originally Posted by elgyqc
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08-29-2019, 01:25 PM
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#1064
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Texas
Posts: 177
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rexcramer
Save yourselves, that thing is hideous.
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I wonder if the $7975 price is what he will pay someone to get rid of it for him.
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'97 - Silver (rebuilt/stripping)
'99 - Black (rebuilt/sold)
'01 S - Rainforest Green (daily)
'03 S - Orient Red (sold)
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08-29-2019, 06:09 PM
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#1065
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: PA
Posts: 1,564
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rexcramer
Save yourselves, that thing is hideous.
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+1! I'd rather deal with IMS than drive around in that hideous thing.
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08-30-2019, 07:13 AM
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#1066
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2003 S, Arctic Silver, M6
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Posts: 1,346
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter986
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This thing is a prime example of someone having more money than brains or good taste.
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08-30-2019, 07:18 PM
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#1067
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98 Arctic silver 986
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Upstate, NY
Posts: 1,452
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08-30-2019, 08:18 PM
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#1068
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,498
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This is what happens when one species humps another.
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08-31-2019, 01:39 AM
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#1069
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Who's askin'?
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Utah
Posts: 2,446
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"...we took it to a car show and everyone loved the car."
Hahahaha. Oh I BET they loved it.... hahaha
Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk
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08-31-2019, 10:01 AM
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#1070
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 61
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08-31-2019, 11:28 AM
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Damn Yankee
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Dallas
Posts: 1,117
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OMG.  I'm no aero expert, but isn't that NACA duct on the frunk installed backwards ???????
Just sayin'........
TO
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08-31-2019, 02:19 PM
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Who's askin'?
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Utah
Posts: 2,446
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TeamOxford
OMG. I'm no aero expert, but isn't that NACA duct on the frunk installed backwards ???????
Just sayin'........
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Hahaha, I showed my wife and told her the same thing.
I mean, I get what they thought they were doing, but that was the WAAAY wrong way to do it. Hahaha
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08-31-2019, 04:07 PM
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#1073
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Tucson
Posts: 249
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Why wreck a perfectly good fiero?
lol
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08-31-2019, 04:17 PM
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#1074
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Tucson AZ
Posts: 536
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Quote:
Originally Posted by evomind
Why wreck a perfectly good fiero?
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No such thing as a perfectly good Fiero. I used to have Fieros, just the thought of having anything to do with one makes me want to vomit! They were awful cars, no perfomance, poor quality, and hard to work on. GM had some good ideas, but the execution of those ideas was emasculated by the '80's bean counters.
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2001 Boxster
2007 Toyota Highlander
2003 New Beetle Convertible, Turbo, Tip 6 speed 
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08-31-2019, 06:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,631
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I just saw that Fiero on Hartford Craigslist. Waste of a good Boxster front bumper, fenders, hood and headlights!
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Current: 2022 718 Cayman GT4, PDK bone stock (the dark side).
Former: 2003 S, 3.6 LN Nickies, ARP rod bolts, under-drive pulley, Fabspeed sport headers, Softronic tune, 987 airbox 987 motor mount, Function-First Sport motor mount insert, Ben's short shifter, Nine8Six projector headlights & center caps, ROW M030, stainless flexible brake lines, B-K rollbar extension & fire extinguisher mount, hardtop
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09-02-2019, 09:47 AM
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#1076
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Tucson
Posts: 249
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian in Tucson
No such thing as a perfectly good Fiero. I used to have Fieros, just the thought of having anything to do with one makes me want to vomit! They were awful cars, no perfomance, poor quality, and hard to work on. GM had some good ideas, but the execution of those ideas was emasculated by the '80's bean counters.
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Well i never owned one but it seems they kinda figured things out on them in the last year of production (1988 I think?) and in GM's wisdom is when they pulled the plug.
Sometimes a good idea or concept needs some development time but American manufacturers don't have patience for that like our European and Japanese friends do.
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09-02-2019, 12:59 PM
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#1077
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,498
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Having owned two X 1/9's in the late 70's, I was excited when I heard the news of the Fiero. That was one hot selling car when it first came out! I rented a 2M4 in 1984 while in Seattle for business. It was ok, not a lot of power but coming from Fiat's that wasn't a big deal to me.
Thing was, the execution on the X was so much more efficient. The X had two usable trunks (sound familiar?), even with the top stowed in the front trunk. Spare tire behind passenger seat built into the firewall. Very cool! The biggest downside to the X's was corrosion and being under powered.
In all honesty, the first drives of the best sports cars I've every owned, an NA Miata and my Boxster S were that they reminded me of the 'go cart' feeling of the old X 1/9.
Never got that feeling with my first drive of the Fiero.
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09-02-2019, 08:40 PM
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#1078
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2003 S, Arctic Silver, M6
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Posts: 1,346
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dghii
Having owned two X 1/9's in the late 70's, I was excited when I heard the news of the Fiero. That was one hot selling car when it first came out! I rented a 2M4 in 1984 while in Seattle for business. It was ok, not a lot of power but coming from Fiat's that wasn't a big deal to me.
Thing was, the execution on the X was so much more efficient. The X had two usable trunks (sound familiar?), even with the top stowed in the front trunk. Spare tire behind passenger seat built into the firewall. Very cool! The biggest downside to the X's was corrosion and being under powered.
In all honesty, the first drives of the best sports cars I've every owned, an NA Miata and my Boxster S were that they reminded me of the 'go cart' feeling of the old X 1/9.
Never got that feeling with my first drive of the Fiero.
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This could have been my story! I owned a 1978 X1/9 from '79 till '85 and never got that go kart feeling again till I bought my Boxster In 2014. And yes, corrosion and lack of power were its bugaboos, along with suspect electrical items.
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09-03-2019, 12:52 PM
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#1079
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Fulshear, TX
Posts: 266
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09-03-2019, 03:06 PM
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#1080
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1998 Boxster Silver/Red
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: 92262
Posts: 3,030
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