Legalities

[2ML67]

Any one know if its legal to drive your Fiero on the highway without a deck lid. I have to go and pick one up but I do not want to spend the money on gas that my van uses. Dan

[GoFast88]

Not sure of Ontario, but in Manitoba you have to have all body parts attached. Many people were getting tickets for no rear or front bumpers. Would be interested in an applicable section in the Ontario Highway Traffic Act

[2ML67]

It is one of those questions you do not want to ask the cops because it takes away all deniability when caught. Dan

[Kevin]

  I'll go hound one of my neighbours with that question. Offhand I don't see why you couldn't do it you might drive there after dark. Kevin

[GoFast88]

http://www.canlii.org/on/laws/sta/h-8/20040802/whole.html

Look under equipment. There are things like bumpers but nothing on decklids

[2ML67]

Spoke with an OPP officer in Picton today, according to him as long as the vehicle is legally on road and certifiable without a deck lid then its ok. He said you will get pulled over more often just to check things but its legal as long as like said earlier it is certifiable. So I went to a garage and asked the mechanic if car would pass without a deck lid, he looked into it and got back to me. It is not required for a safety as it is not part of the impact safety equipment like bumpers etc... Kind of funny though if it was rotted and full of holes then the car would not pass but remove it and its ok. Dan 

[dguy]

It is not required for a safety as it is not part of the impact safety equipment like bumpers etc... Kind of funny though if it was rotted and full of holes then the car would not pass but remove it and its ok.

I dunno      I think that would have to argue with a wrench who failed a Fiero based on body holes in the decklid, trunk, etc.

With most front-engine cars the trunk isn't sealed off from the passenger compartment, so it's conceiveable that a body hole in the trunk area could let exhaust in, which I believe is the primary reason for the "no holes" requirement of a safety.

...but as we all know, you can punch as many holes in a Fiero's trunk or "trunk lid" as you like, and it ain't gonna change how much exhaust does or does not make its way in to the passenger compartment.