The Manual Gearbox Preservation Society

[Raydar]

This looked kinda fun.

https://www.facebook.com/TheManualGearboxPreservationSociey/

[GTRS Fiero]

Fecebook doesn't cooperate.

[Roger]

The manual gearbox is the theft deterrent against millenials.

[Fierofool]

And if they manage to get past that, the Fiero E-brake is the backup anti-theft device. 

[GTRS Fiero]

And if they manage to get past that, the Fiero E-brake is the backup anti-theft device.

How?  It doesn't stop the Fiero, or prevent it from starting.

[Fierofool]

Even many mechanics don't know how to disengage it.  If it's set, even if the car is driven away, the brakes will soon begin to smoke. 

[GTRS Fiero]

Well, someone drove my Fiero more than 20 miles with the e-brake on.

[Fierofool]

My brothers, Ray and Royce each drove my first 85 about 15 miles and smoked the rotors and pads, rather than calling to find out how to release the brake. 

[GTRS Fiero]

I wonder if '88 rotors are different.  The e-brake shouldn't be.

Usually, there is a chime.

No one explained the Fiero e-brake to me.

[Fierofool]

I have never been in the habit of using the e-brake unless the car is running while I'm out of it and it's on an incline.  I don't know how I learned about its operation.  Could have been from my VW experience.  I think the Beetles operated the same way. 

[Raydar]

I didn't really much care about the e-brake, until I discovered that my coupe's Duke doesn't have enough compression to hold it still, on my driveway. (Still measured out at 140+, so I don't get it. But whatever.)

[Fierofool]

Those key fobs are pretty neat.  I see they have tshirts with the same graphics.