I should have kept my '88 Pontiac Fiero Formula. It was a super fun car that I got for next to nothing from a local wrecking yard. Ironically, it had suffered an engine fire. The fire melted the distributor, plug wires, most of the engine wiring harness, and most of the vacuum hoses, but it did no damage to the body or paint. The wrecking yard even let me rewire the engine right there in their shop. Once I replaced everything I fired the car up and drove it home.
Mine was a very tidy, low-mileage, one owner car in bright red with a manual transmission, tan cloth interior, and a sunroof. Completely stock. Had working AC and new tires. From what I have learned since then, the '88 was the best-of-breed for Fieros. GM completely redid the suspension on them so they finally handled as good as they looked. Mine cornered like a cat on shag carpet.
Then, in true GM fashion, they killed off the car the following year. It was identical to this one.
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Right out of boot camp in San Diego, 1985 I bought a new Kramer Baretta. Then I traded it for a very used Gibson SG, which I foolishly traded on a Jackson stray. Would love to have the Baretta and SG back, just to play again. Not for the resale value. Currently have a EVH Wolfgang special and love it.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
They are such a beautiful car. Styling unmatched by anything else North American, and most of the European cars also. Sporty, well equipped, affordable. What's not to like? I've lost count of the number of clean Fieros I used to see sitting in front yards with for sale signs on them. Price, $500 in many cases. The Pontiac division was miles ahead of the rest of GM. GTO, Fiero, Aztek, impressive lineup.
It was unforgivable the US .gov ordered Pontiac, and not useless Buick, shut down.
Zero, 2014 ES Plus 5MT, written off but not forgotten.
Zero II, 2014 SE, 5MT, climate She's HOME now!
Shelby AKA "Cute", 2017 ES 5MT, A/C.
Mirage owners look at the world differently than everyone else, but in a better way
We're driving the Beetle of the 21st century, the greatest small car now available!
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View my fuel log 2017 Mirage ES PLus 1.2 manual: 39.0 mpg (US) ... 16.6 km/L ... 6.0 L/100 km ... 46.8 mpg (Imp)
I liked Pontiac over Buick also, but this Jalopnik article answers the question:
Originally Posted by Jalopnik
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 49.6 mpg (US) ... 21.1 km/L ... 4.7 L/100 km ... 59.5 mpg (Imp)
My biggest regret was dumping a bunch of money into a 2004 Subaru Outback H6 3.0. Ill never go Subaru again, theyre reliability is overrated IMO. I only had a 140k and every sensor went out, the cat converter fried, and it was leaking oil constantly. Not to mention because it was a bixer style flat 6 it was a ***** to work on costing me extra labor costs. I ended up selling it for $1300 because the new cat converter costs $3000 alone to repair. Also AWD is expensive when you have to replace all 4 tires to match a new one you purchased because of a flat.
I had an 86' fiero. It had the crappy tech 4 2.5l and a 4sp iirc. Was a 2m4 model. Didn't keep it for long. One of the guys at work here had a fiero with a 305 in it mated to a factory fiero standard transmission. I'll have to see if I can find some pics of it. It looked totally stock.
The only Justy I saw in person was in the back of the junkyard I worked at. Was in decent shape too.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)