Georgia Fiero Club Forum
All Things Fiero => General Fiero Discussion => Topic started by: GTRS Fiero on February 20, 2021, 09:46:16 am
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Maybe you haven't seen this:
Lucky you.
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Good catch. I frequently see videos that include an error or two. Either factual, or errors of omission.
But this guy needs a Fact Checker.
1. The Duke was not an "overhead cam" engine.
2. Fiero GT? The only Fiero, other than the Formula, that did not come with a Duke.
3. An electrical short in the oil pan? What?!
There were probably others, that I missed.
As one of my former co-workers used to say, "There's no substitute for knowing what you're doing."
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Electrical short under the washers.
He talks about these engines as being unreliable, then tells us that the average mail truck runs 465K miles per year, and costs $3K to maintain per year. He then suggests a Kia Soll would be more economical. A cab company tried that. The bought their old vehicles back. My host student had a Kia Soll. She is Korean, and thought it would be a great car for her. Not so much. Her fuel and maintenance costs more than doubled what she paid for a Pontiac that was 10 years old.
Of course, the post office is required to use domestic vehicles. Maybe he didn't know that, either.
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the average mail truck runs 465K miles per year, and costs $3K to maintain per year
I don't think that mileage number is close to right
Even if that wasn't BS, given those numbers the maintenance costs work out to $0.006/mile. I wish my fleet was that cheap to maintain.
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Sorry. I was quoting him, more or less. I figure 90K miles is about right, for a country mail truck. A city mail truck, maybe 10K.