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[Last updated on: Tues Mar 21 2000]

Welcome To Fiero-TechNet. This list is dedicated to the Technical/Mechanical
aspects of Fiero Ownership. This list was originally started because it
was clear that other lists would declare a "Flame War" and "Boot" members
anytime a technical discussion lead to a dis-agreement.  Yet posts to
threads such as "Sex in a Fiero" & "anything Sub-woofer" would go on
endlessly.  IMHO, there is a place for those topics, it's just not on a
Fiero based list. When we started this list it was evident that several
other had the same opinion of what a Fiero list should be about,
membership swelled from 0 to 100 in the first week.  We now have over 600
members. There are only a few topics that I would consider off-topic. That
among those are the 2 subjects above, anything to do with a gas crisis,
stuff like "Fiero vs MR2", computer Virus stuff & any other subject not
specifically Fiero AND Technical related.

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