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From: alien@gcc-bill.ARPA (Alien Wells)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Pontiac Fiero
Message-ID: <234@gcc-bill.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 11:59:27 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 13 11:59:27 1985
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Reply-To: alien@gcc-bill.UUCP (Alien Wells)
Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (Home of the HyperDrive)
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Summary: 

> ... talking about his Fiero ...
>Also, the car seems pretty tough - I moved from Portland, Oregon
>to Boston in August and drove the car after having bought it in
>June. I covered the distance in 4 days: 600, 1000, 1000, 620
>miles @ an average trip speed of 67 mph, travelling at ~75 mph -
>(I have a Spectrum Whistler radar detector, also) - without
>any problems at all. Mileage was 29 mpg.

You think this is *tough*?  I have done the following:
	San Jose - Burlington, VT (3100 mi) in a 1972 Ford Pinto 
		2 days + 16 hours, Mileage was around 28 mpg.
	San Jose - New York City (3300 mi) in a 1980 Honda Civic (CA version)
		3 days + 2 hours, Mileage was a bit over 42 mpg.
I had no mechanical problems of any kind on either trip.  The mileage on the 
trip to NYC is a little longer than you might expect since I was driving in
early February and had miserable weather from the Sierras to Salt Lake City.
I saw a really nasty storm in the mountains out of SLC, and decided to cut
south into Colorado.

If I was being snide, I would comment that the comparison between the Pinto
and the Fiero was particularily appropriate, but the Pinto had more cargo space,
a better turning radius, and probably more power :-).

					Alien