Gas efficient moves well around the corners.

No power. It sounds like a clunker. No acceleration a go cart accelerates better than it. It smells really bad when you floor it.

$2,100.00

NO, It is a piece of junk.

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Inexpensive to operate, surprisingly fun to drive, good visibility, fair amount of room for the size, and I drive by a whole lot of gas stations without stopping.

It is as slow as an old VW beatle; 3 cylinder engine has a hard tme working with the AC (but what do you expect with a 1 liter, 3 cylinder engine?); ride is bouncy

I paid less than $9000 for this car, including radio, CD player, AC, and other nice options. I didn't expect gas to go up in price so quickly, but that has certainly made the car much more attractive. I got it for commuting, now we use it as the family ar for most trips. It was comfortable enough on a recent 1,000 mile weekend trip. It is a very nice car, if you can accept it for what it is: a commuter scooter that is made to run on very littel gas. If you want more, than you probably ought to look elsewhere. But I have certainly been very happy with mine.

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I really like the mileage 41 around town and about 52 on the interstate at about 70 to 75mph. It has the 1 liter engine and 5speed with a/c and got it on sale new for $8399. I like the interior space and the quality of the materials. Everyone that rode in the car with me really gets a kick out it. Oh on the mile figure for the interstate the engine had not been broken in at the time.

What I really don't like about the car is that in Texas you need darker windows on a car and it doesn't.

This is the best car I've ever had. It cost me less than $8400 new. I would recommend this car to anybody. P.S. don't
get talked into the automatic it uses gas. Oh if you want a gas sucking car this is not the car for you, but it would make a very good second car for around town at they very least. If your looking for a good first car this would also be a exellent car for you.

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Previously I owned a 94 Ford Aspire. The Metro is car and away the best car I've ever owned, and I've owned many cars since 1981.

Parking lot manuveurbility, fuel economy, braking, durability from a mechanical standpoint, and simplicity of maintenance. One of the best parts is that the tires can be replaced, mounted, balanced, and all for less than a $100 when on sale.

Replacing the head requires small fingers and ackward movement, fuel filter replacement/cost ($25 if you do it yourself), jack (really difficult the first time as it needs to break in the threads), heating (stays cold in the winter), and replacing parts are expensive. The worst part is that the driver's door handle and interior light seems to have problems (and GM don't really support you).

My first Metro (93, two door, AC, and Stick with no radio) was bought because I was tired of buying and working on used cars and decided it was much better to buy cheap new vs older used. I actually delivered pizzaes in this for Pizza Hut (don't work for them, you won't make what they claim) putting 28000 mi in 9 months on it (very hard miles too I may add, and the warranty was eaten in less than a year) driving in various weather conditions (averaging 55-63 mpg depending on the weather, colder the better). As long as you do the standard maintenance (change filter, belts, and fluids) this is a "bullet-proof" vehicle from a mechanical standpoint, but from just the little things like the door interior door handles (had both replaced under warranty, the car auto-locks when you go faster than 10mph and some passengers just yank on the handles) and the interior dome light (dealer tried to fix the wrong thing twice and I told them how to fix it and they wouldn't listen, and GM never responded to my certified letter or email) tend not to be so durable (of course this is preferable to mechanical breakdown). The only other things I didn't like this car was that it seems that people can't see this car (with all the SUVs out there I guess they're not used to seeing such a small vehicle) and I walked from two wrecks in this thing because the seatbelts work very well (second wreck I was rammed into the car in front of me and it totalled it, boy was I pissed as this car was very reliable). $7300 total cost in late October of 93 including tax, tags, shipping, but not insurance.

I replaced the above Metro with a 92 Metro with AC, stereo (really sucks), AT (this sucks for both power and fuel economy), and this one was a four door. This metro was bought at a police auction for $700 but I didn't realise that the head was blown until I had the locksmith make a key to start it (a shame that I sold the above Metro to the insurance company as I could of salvaged a lot more things). The two main things I noticed is the difference in power (even after tweeking it was slow), and fuel economy (40 mpg but started averaging about 45 after tweeking). I had the head rebuilt at the best machine shop in Wichita (Smith's machine shop, highly recommended) which cost me $300 with me removing/installing it myself (gaskets were about $100 extra) and all new heater hoses all the way around. The main problem this car has is that it keeps breaking the water pump, alternator, and main pulley belt and I was ripped off by Davis Moore Cheverolet for the cost of repair $380 for this belt repair (highly outrageous and still didn't fix the problem, very highly not recommended and this was the second time dealing with them). This car is not as dependable but still gets me around but not with the confidence of the previous metro.

The tweeks that I did to both metroes is after the engine broke in, I switched all fluids to synthetic, bosch platinum plugs (the expensive ones, returned the split-fires as there was no improvement), higher voltage capacitor, and spark plug wires all of which improves performance and fuel economy (the first car averaged 10 mpg more, and the second only 5 mpg). I also check the air in the tires weekly (used to be after a fill up, but now only refill every two weeks) which also helps in fuel economy and handling. The amazing part is that this car is pretty durable in a collision as the first wreck I had was low speed, but the second I was pushed by a 3/4 ton truck with camper into a full size 70's lincoln and walked away with a muscle pull and whiplash (but was still able to work and this is with no air bag). I highly recommend this as a second car to go back and forth to work, shopping, and if you're a family of 4 with the other two being small kids (they fit much better in the back than with medium to large kids, but hey it's them not you). This is cheap, durable, easy to park, and cheap to operate but do expect to get the small car jokes associated with this car ("where do you put the key in to wind it up with") but hey if you're a man you can say what I do, "you know I'm not small".

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I have had our Metro for 5 years and it has been the most reliable vehilce I have ever owned. Great gas mileage plus ability to manuever in tight areas.

The only weakness would be the ability locate replacement parts.

I would highly recommend this vehicle. It has no problem keeping up with traffic on the interstate. (I have a 5-speed with the 1.3 L engine). Super commuter car, plus works well on long distances. I have averaged 45 mpg on long trips. A super car in a small package.

Fairly good economy 35 mpg for an automatic, good A/C

I have had a lot of mechanical problems with this car. transmission leaked on the top (bad lines - took the dealer 6 months to find), parking brake lever went bad, AC compressor seal went bad in less than a year, there is a clunking in the rear that comes and goes, and the brakes make a noise sometimes. Power is ok at speed, just don't go uphill from a start running the AC.

The car has good economy and AC. However, it is not very powerful. It loses value faster than any car I have owned in the past. It had many mechanical problems the first year but it seems to be settling out now. I would not buy another.

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I had a 90 Plymouth Horizon FI that I really liked a lot better than this car.

Cheap to operate. Easy to maneuver in traffic. Drives pretty well in snow.

Radio/Cassette isn't very good, but passable.

Great car for commuting back and forth to work in the suburbs. Same price as a used car, but with the 36/36 warranty. I avoid driving it on major, four lane highways, too small and not enough power. This is the second Metro I have owned, it is a good buy if you are realistic about what you are going to get for the price and how you are going to use the car. Have had zero quality issues with this car. Radio sounds 'tinny' but at least you have something to listen to.

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Cheap to operate. Easy to maneuver in traffic. Drives pretty well in snow.

Radio/Cassette isn't very good, but passable.

Great car for commuting back and forth to work in the suburbs. Same price as a used car, but with the 36/36 warranty. I avoid driving it on major, four lane highways, too small and not enough power. This is the second Metro I have owned, it is a good buy if you are realistic about what you are going to get for the price and how you are going to use the car. Have had zero quality issues with this car. Radio sounds 'tinny' but at least you have something to listen to.

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I loved my Geo Metro - it was great on gas, kept up with all the cars on the highway and had all the comfort of any other bigger car: auto, stereo, air,...

Do not forget to change your timing belt at 60,000 miles: if you don't, it will break and ruin the engine.

Great buy!

Great gas milage
Low maintenance cost
Surprisingly good handling for a small car

Not much power

Great little dependable car that handles very well for being so light and goes a long way between fill-ups. Don't expect get up hills very fast though.

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