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From: review@drutx.UUCP (Millham)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Pontiac Fiero
Message-ID: <1945@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 10:08:42 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  4 10:08:42 1985
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>(f) The body construction is *a few* sections of fibreglass.  Now 'glass
>    is great for fast, small sporty cars, but it does have one problem:
>    hit it and it shatters, splinters and cracks.  Metal cars just dent;
>    fibre cars crack, the cracks fill up with water and freeze, and then
>    they crack more.  When you bust a panel, you have to replace the whole
>    thing.  That's a lot of bucks -- probably in the $600-$1000 range for
>    a single panel.  Driving in Boston one tends to be concerned with 
>    dent protection.

The Fiero is NOT fibreglass. It is made of a flexable plastic skin
placed over a metal frame.

I rented a Fiero and I will never rent one again! All that I can say
about it is that is is cute.

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Brian Millham
AT & T Information Systems
Denver, Co.

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