New Fiero Owner

[MacPhail]

• Horn - I'll do that in the spring

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If you were hoping to get it saftied before the winter I don't believe it will pass with a non-functioning horn.


Welcome to the obsession and the forum btw     

Thank you for the welcome.   

I'm going to wait until spring to get the safety done.  I need a muffler as well, so I'll do all that at the same time (as well as the tune-up).

What I need to do now is find a job in the city I live in (I currently commute 30 km each way) so that I can justify selling the third vehicle we bought for the commute and use that money to change out the engine in the Fiero.   I'll wait until that happens before broaching the subject with my wife. 

Cheers, Derek

[Kitten]

What I need to do now is find a job in the city I live in (I currently commute 30 km each way) so that I can justify selling the third vehicle we bought for the commute and use that money to change out the engine in the Fiero.   I'll wait until that happens before broaching the subject with my wife. 

just tell her by changing out the engine to a new one.... it will be better on fuel, so you wont need the third vehicle for commuting   

[MacPhail]

just tell her by changing out the engine to a new one.... it will be better on fuel, so you wont need the third vehicle for commuting   

I'd have to jack the car up and include 4-wheel drive before she let's me call it a year-round commuter.  You see, I bought the Fiero for commuting, thinking it would serve me for most of the year (minus the snowy season).

Well...that just didn't pan out, so a few weeks later (when it was evident my mechanic couldn't look at it sooner) we bought a '97 Blazer.  I wanted a simple little car but my wife insisted I have 4x4 capability.  Actually, we have all-wheel drive when needed with our Honda Element, but that needs to stay at home in the driveway for nights when she has to take the dogs (all 4 of them) to the park.   

Cheers, Derek

[NoFiero]

Hi Derek,

I am from kingston as well. If you need frontend parts I can tell you from experience order them from Odessa Auto Parts out in Odessa. I got all Moog parts at 1/3 the cost from all the others (Autopak, Napa, CDN Tire)

Also for general auto repairs I have taken mine to Robert's on Duff street they are Fiero friendly (I saw one other when mine was there) and the hourly rate is reasonable and you CAN supply your own parts.

Thank you! 

Overall, it was cheaper for the mechanic in Parham to buy the front rotors, ball joints and calipers (though not by much) when compared to Napa (I refuse to shop at CT unless I absolutely need to).  I see that we are getting a new automotive parts store at the RioCan Centre on Gardiners Road (can't remember the name of it).

So you have no Fiero?   

Cheers, Derek

I have an 85se that I have been slowly restoring. It is on the road but I'm always tinkering with something. The new parts store is PartsSource which is owned by CT.

As a side note I found the bills for some of my frontend parts for comparison;
Outer Tie rod $74.75
pair of inner tie rods $73.60 total
upper ball joint $51.75

all moog.

What killed me is I needed a rear tie rod assembly and had to by that from Condie's with a discount it was $213 ouch.

And as someone else had mentioned, because the car had not been E-TESTED I had to pass atleast once.