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Old 08-29-2019, 04:40 AM   #1061
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I like the wheels... and the front view is not bad... and no IMS worries!
https://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/d/south-walpole-2005-porsche-kit-car/6963014059.html

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Old 08-29-2019, 11:56 AM   #1062
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Old 08-29-2019, 12:10 PM   #1063
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Save yourselves, that thing is hideous.

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I like the wheels... and the front view is not bad... and no IMS worries!
https://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/d/south-walpole-2005-porsche-kit-car/6963014059.html
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Old 08-29-2019, 12:25 PM   #1064
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Save yourselves, that thing is hideous.
I wonder if the $7975 price is what he will pay someone to get rid of it for him.
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Old 08-29-2019, 05:09 PM   #1065
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Save yourselves, that thing is hideous.
+1! I'd rather deal with IMS than drive around in that hideous thing.
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Old 08-30-2019, 06:13 AM   #1066
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This thing is a prime example of someone having more money than brains or good taste.
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Old 08-30-2019, 06:18 PM   #1067
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You guys will love this.
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Old 08-30-2019, 07:18 PM   #1068
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This is what happens when one species humps another.
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Old 08-31-2019, 12:39 AM   #1069
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"...we took it to a car show and everyone loved the car."


Hahahaha. Oh I BET they loved it.... hahaha

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Old 08-31-2019, 09:01 AM   #1070
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Not mine and not anything I'm interested in but here ya go;

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Old 08-31-2019, 10:28 AM   #1071
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OMG. I'm no aero expert, but isn't that NACA duct on the frunk installed backwards ???????



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Old 08-31-2019, 01:19 PM   #1072
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OMG. I'm no aero expert, but isn't that NACA duct on the frunk installed backwards ???????







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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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Old 08-31-2019, 03:07 PM   #1073
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Why wreck a perfectly good fiero?
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Old 08-31-2019, 03:17 PM   #1074
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Why wreck a perfectly good fiero?
lol
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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Old 08-31-2019, 05:20 PM   #1075
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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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Old 09-02-2019, 08:47 AM   #1076
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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.
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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Old 09-02-2019, 11:59 AM   #1077
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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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Old 09-02-2019, 07:40 PM   #1078
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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.
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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Old 09-03-2019, 11:52 AM   #1079
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550 SE - Not mine, just saw it:

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Old 09-03-2019, 02:06 PM   #1080
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