Driving a Geo Metro for the First Time
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- This car is Hilariously Slow! Watch me shift like mad to make it up a hill! #geo #geometro #slowcar #slowcarfast #rcr #regularcarreviews
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I love how you could literally beat the living snot out of them, and they just come back for more. Such a happy little engine to always give you it's all. Not much, but it does all it can. All the time. Great car.
Ranger with a 4 cyl seems the same way
Big engines top out at hundreds of horsepower but only can give 65 or so for any length of time. Tiny engines give 55, but will do so all day without complaint.
@@dylansmith8501 the sixes didn't like that treatment.
@@leadfoot8593 Used to drive rangers for a delivery job, and those things were sooo inconsistent. They all looked the same, but performance and reliability ranged from descent, to a dumpster fire.
@@dylansmith8501 I have a 2001. silly little truck
A friend had a geo prism, and the backlight on the radio had stopped working. He drove it down a hill at a high rate of speed (for the prism, not sure it was actually that fast) and hit a pothole, went slightly airborne, and the light started working again.
That’s awesome. Did it stay working forever after that?
Good old percussive maintenance! I've seen that work numerous times, a few times have even had a malfunction (can't remember what exactly, possibly gauge backlights) where I thought "Okay, need to find biggest pothole to hit square on."
It did stay on!
This same thing would "fix" the CD player in my 01 cavalier. Incredible.
My Geo Metro has an aftermarket JVC head unit (period correct) which cuts out on potholes... sometime you have to smack the dash to get it back. The funny thing is when the music cuts out you look down at the head unit and have time to see screen scrolling, "GOODBYE". Some times you have to bang the top of the dash to get it back with a friendly, H E L L O that scrolls across the screen. That reminds me I ordered the JVC removal tools months ago.
This car is the definition of what a pizza delivery guy would drive in a 90's movie.
not a CRX or minitruck?
I was a pizza guy in the 90's....driving my '86 Sprint Plus 4 door hatch!
I delivered pizzas for a summer in 95. Old head drove a geo metro
90s? Dude in Hungary these are still THE pizza delivery car.
Changin the engine 3 time my father did when delivering pizza
In Europe we had the Suzuki Swift. Came with a variety of engines from 1,0-1,6. My neighbor used to have a gti version with a twin-cam 1,3 engine, that produced around a 100hp. But with weight of less than 800kg it did 0-100 kmh (60mph) in 8,6 seconds. Quite the difference compared to the 1,0 :)
My first car! The Swift GTi was actually faster than the Golf Gti from the same year.
judging by how they talked about the swift in grwn Turismo 7, seemed really beloved in Japan, but it's the sport with a 1.6 in 07 and the 17 with the 1.4 turbo
These things are like tiny muscle cars with the 1.3 or 1.6 and you can tune them for a few extra hp. They’re easy to work on
The one I drove was nothing like this Geo Metro. 1.3 L, fuel injected with coil on plug, AC, hydraulic power steering, 185 width tires, independent rear suspension, pioneer factory stereo, and the seats were decently bolstered and had height and tilt adjustments! If you got a sedan you’d have ok interior space too and a genuinely big trunk. Pretty cool for a tiny car from that era
Downsides were that it felt flimsy, I would almost certainly die in a crash, the steering had no adjustment at all, the ride was rough, the clutch engagement was high, the throttle was super sensitive (which made it super fun, but not easy for a beginner driver). I probably wound not drive this thing today, just too unsafe especially with all the SUVs around. But it was a good little car
I still have a Canadian spec '94 Swift GTi. I've had some fast cars, and I also have an older STi, but the Swift still feels fast to me, and it's and absolute riot when driven hard.
I still see a couple GTIs around, plus the occasional badge-engineered Subaru Justy with standard AWD
My mom and dad bought one in 89. Special ordered it with air conditioning, and a rear wiper believe it or not. 3 cylinder stick. My dad let me drive it in high school. I remember when the air conditioning on, I didn't want to go up any hills. I had no problem doing 65 or even 70 on the interstate though. One of the most fun cars I've ever driven. You hardly had to fill the tank. Great little commuter. If I could find another one that nice I'd buy it.
I've got a '97 Metro 3 cyl 5 speed, as a summer time hobby car. I guess you could say, it's made for a different realm of max performance, miles per gallon vs horsepower. Seen as high as 53 mpg with it on a highway trip. I keep the tires at 40 lbs, for less resistance, and still seems to ride ok. 5W-30 synthetic engine oil. Synthetic Synchromesh trans oil. I tune the engine exactly to factory specs. For accelerating, I wind it out a bit in the first two gears to basically get it up to speed, and then shift directly into 5th. It seems to move out faster this way, and is a couple of less shifts to have to do. I don't downshift to come to a stop from speed, I let it coast down in 5th, then just before it starts to lug, I just push in the clutch and use the brakes. I also found that the parking brake if kept one notch up from all the way down will turn off the daytime running headlights without engaging the parking brakes, i figure this saves a skosh more engine labor.
I drove the chevy version of this, also called a Metro. I believe it had 3 cylinder 70 HP engine? It felt like driving an old washing machine. Exposed sheet metal everywhere and struggled to hit 65mph. But easily got 45mpg!
yes, Geo was basically Japanese GM
I can't recall how many times I climbed Flaming Gorge in Utah in 3rd gear in my Metro. I sure miss that little car.
I once had a 1989 Nissan Micra 1.0, seems similar in many ways. The simplicity, the sound it makes at still doesn’t go anywhere. Strangely enough, I enjoyed driving that car. It never died on me. Only time it felt like it was going to blow up was in -30celcius at 120km/h, the engine started to complain and coolant temp was dropping so I had to slow down and hope for the best.
A guy I knew a little bit said to me one time when I was at a store with my 94 metro that he wouldn't have a small car like that because if you got in a wreck you could get killed easy. So I thought for a minute and said I see you riding a nice Harley the other day. He looked down at the floor and left the store.
The engine does actually sound pretty good for being that overworked. It's like the little engine that could...
There actually were Geo branded Delco head units and I'm 90% sure this car had one originally because it looks like one will fit perfectly. They even had a lockout code, in case someone wanted to steal your Geo radio.
lol, stealing my GM Geo branded radio
I would love this as a daily driver.
Maybe. Depends on how often you need to merge into freeway traffic.
These were fun in the 90's when being young and dumb made driving these cars an adventure!
Here's a crazy idea, a Metro racing league where there's a ballast passenger in the back like in a side car motorcycle
I bought a 92 metro off my mom for $200. It was slow, dangerous, and mostly glass. I loved that car it got 38mpg when i ran it 24/7 November to March. Too cold to for the starter
That’s gotta be one of the cleanest Metro left
Lol I had 2 of them and for some reason I miss them lol
I test drove a 91 with AC. When the AC was turned on it lost half of its power. Bought a Daihatsu Charade instead. 6800 bucks. At least it could accelerate with the AC on. 50+ MPG.
A turbo solves everything
We're gonna have to ask him back for a comparo between this and its modern day analog, the three-cylinder Mitsubishi Mirage hatchback.
Slow, light, and cheap is what mypermilers want in a commuter car
You should try the turbo variant
Yeah! The turbo pulled 28 sec 1/4s all day! The NA, well, it'd pull about 1:43 1/4s@50 😂👍🍻
One day. I'll own this baby. I can only dream.
Your metro had a radio? You must have gotten one of the luxury models😁😁😁😁 my motorcycle had a bigger engine.
This is exactly how the cars in DayZ drive
”This thing’s got three speeds, here, there and gone it’s got the power of infinity and beyond.” 😂
You have to know how to drive one they're actually are pretty fast. And definitely ignore the shift light and they like the high RPMs only if you use high performance oil it's the perfect little race car Superlight with high RPMs Handel's excellent with wider tires
My mom had one of these, tires were $30 bucks each new
The owner looks like Jeff Fahey
You drive manual so weirdly, you are always putting it into neutral instead of using the engine to help you brake the car, first time seeing that 👀
I bet the Hess Truck Toy Truck From Hess is even slower LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Drive faster Neddy”
“I can’t, it’s a Geo!”
Came here to say that. We had a metro when I was a kid
Neddy? Neddy!
My first thought upon reading title of video.
Dad he’s gaining on us!
I remember I was driving home from work one day and one of these went flying by me at like 85-90 mph. I didn't even know that was possible
I had a 2cv zoom past me on the 9 to Agassiz. Two things confused me: how the fuck a 2cv passed me, and why is there a 2CV out in the countryside of British Columbia.
It was probably the 4-cyl model.
It also depends how you drive them, I use a lot of momentum, g-slingshots and "powershifting" (pfft). Also, when properly tuned with the spark timing at 7-8°, they get really zoomie.
Was it blue by chance? I got mine up to 110mph regularly.
@@herbienbrian2 Downhill with a strong tailwind?
Geo Metro Hill Climb should be a motorsports series
Good idea, but it’d never end.
I'd love to see a race of 50 stock geos chugging it up pike's peak. I doubt any of them would use 3rd gear.
My Dad had a late 90s Chevy Metro after the Geo name was dropped. Same spec. Good little car. When I would come back from college I would sometimes add a gallon of gas to the tank without telling him. Inevitably a week or two later he would call me crazy excited about the 71 mph he just measured at the pump.😂 He did average in the 50s regularly on his commute.
That’s hilarious!
Does he know you did that, or does he still think he got 70 MPG?
The jean jacket is as nostalgic and probably as old as the car. Approved 👍🏻
He went Canadian tuxedo with the jeans on too
Not everyone can pull off the Canadian tuxedo
@@ODPTV1 The fact that they're slightly different colors really helps. Prevents it from blending together into overalls.
Canadian tuxedo only applies if you also have a denim button-up shirt.
Probably one of the only cars on the road today that gives that 25mph limit sign any significance.
😂😂😂
I can't quite put my finger on why, but I find this much more entertaining than some other more popular UA-camr driving around in a Ferrari
Agreed!
After you see a bunch of hypercars, they all start to seem to be the same and blend in
love these rcr pov drive videos. listening to mr regular and the owner talk makes me feel happy
makes you happy huh 🥴🥴
That 3 cyl may be slow but it sounds great!
i don't get why you americans think this car is slow. We have the same car here in europe and we drive it in steep mountains no problem, it's a lot more responsive in city traffic than vw golfs etc. And we highway it regularly over 110 km/h, even gone up to 180.
@@jstMir unsafe for modern american drivers.
@@jstMir so what you're saying, you wouldn't survive European roads.
They do have a meaty sound
Ikr that caught me off guard lol
It's actually got a nice engine note. Better than most v6's lol
Inline 3 is the way to be
Faster than the bus, does the job.
We got pulled over for peeling out from a stop sign and having the music too loud in a small midwestern town in 1993 in one of these. We had no idea that we were living our best lives at the moment. Life is still good but the early 90’s are missed.
Sounds a lot like a story from my youth in the same era, packed 5 in my Escort and we're bouncing up and down to "Jump Around" by House of Pain, the whole car was rocking and bouncing. Got pulled over and the cop said "looked like someone was getting their ass kicked inside that car!". He was so amused by the situation he let me go with a warning and told us all to calm down and be safe 😂
@@100percentSNAFU this made me literally chuckle out loud 😆 sooo relatable and that was definitely the perfect song to lift the wheels off the ground with. That cop was pretty cool too.
I love this comment ❤
I bought a 94 new. It got 80 mpg. Great car, even if it had no power. I loved that I could change the oil, from the top...just kick the catch pan under it. Glad you're finally making a vid about the metro.
I'm still not sure how OBD2 made them have worse mileage in '96..
Kunkleman offered a sweet performance package for this specific model.
I'm guessing it was still the 1.0L 3cylinder engine, just with a "performance" (louder) muffler, airbox delete to release more intake noise, and some decals?
@@quillmaurer6563 #1. Don't disrespect the "Hyena Package Metro". #2. Don't forget the hood scoop.
[non functional] hood scoop 😂
@@100percentSNAFU No, the hood scoop is very functional - it brings road salt, grime, bugs, gravel, and other crap into the engine compartment. Though I guess it would be easier and cheaper to rivet it to the hood without cutting a hole in the hood, which would prevent it doing that.
I had a '98 Metro... Same 1 liter engine, but I did have A/C. Drove it in West Virginia. Good times.
Makes me really appreciate my '16 fiesta with a 1.0 3-cylinder turbo and a 5 speed. We've come a long way!
No personal offense...
My 05 Element.. with a 2.4ltr 4cyl has done 115mph. Ive gotten tickets in it. She regularly does 85, 90.... for all of I-95. I cant imagine driving a 3cyl car.. with a turbo. Im thrilled ya got a Fiesta and a 5spd.. but I couldnt handle a 1ltr motor with a turbo.
@@SlidTossedPissed literally any modern cars even with small engines can hit 115.
@@SlidTossedPissedthat element isn't much faster
I love how in europe this power to weight ratio is perfectly acceptable
Exactly. My friend from Ireland say "Americans are so over the top". She is so right.
@@thelorax7704Different landscape.
leaning in a metro like it's a motorcycle is the pinnacle of the geo experience
never done that, have been driving in these things for my whole life through mountains.
I had one, I'd wot shift it going up big hills.
I drove my 1990 metro from Sacramento California to Schuylkill County Pa in 1991 for less than $80 in gas and that was with 2 adults, a full roof rack, 2 dogs and a loaded car. It had 200k miles on it when we finally got rid of it. Bought it new for $5k and definitely got my money’s worth out of it.
Good luck youll never find something like it again
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I thought you shifted 1 to 3 up that hill at first, wow that gearing is WIDE apart! With closer ratio gears I bet this thing would liven up a ton, or at least feel more lively
I thought the same thing! Like holy crap why is the 1-2 so damn wide?? Hell, 1-2-3 should be fairly close, leaving 4 and 5 to be eco-focused.
I think this is an XFI model, designed with fuel efficiency in mind. The normal Metro didn't have this tall gearing
I had a job in college picking up medical samples for testing from doctors offices all over San Diego in Geo Metros. It was so much fun tearing around in those cars at their absolute limits that I became a car enthusiast from the experience. You might have a compression issue because they weren't that slow. I could wind it out in every gear and get up some pretty steep hills without too much trouble. Maybe it just the fog of nostalgia and that I had only driven other slow cars up to that point but I will always love Metros.
I generally like big slow cruisers with long gears, thats this but in a tiny package, what an interesting car.
Years ago, I knew someone who drove a 1st gen Geo Metro convertible. What made it hilarious is that he was a college football player and was a big guy. I mean 350+ lbs, built like a Mack truck, broad guy. Driving a Metro convertible. The driver's seat was completely blown out - as flat as a city bus seat. The car leaned a little bit even with him out of it. There was zero room for a passenger to sit unless the passenger was under the teenage years. The top never really went up because there would have been no room for his head. And yet he drove that car and loved it. How that engine continued to run is beyond me. But that was my first intro to a Geo Metro - cramming myself in that car, wondering how that seat belt managed to wrap around him, and wondering if it could even move forward around the flat streets of Kansas.
I had a friend who had the convertible automatic version, it may have been a rust palace, but it was actually novel and interesting for todays standards. Would drive again.
@@nameunavailable456 plastic just degraded
I play in a band with a guy that has one of these. It sounds like it's dying, as the belt has been slipping for 2 years now, but it takes a licking and keeps on ticking. I don't know how a trombone fits inside the tiny trunk.
They idle weird too, because it's a 3 cylinder. Don't know what kind of balance shaft they have but either their geometry isn't within a good tolerance or the...... Suzuki (I think) motor really does shake like a paint stirring machine.
@@Rhythm_R_UsNo balance shaft. That's cost savings.
@@jessebrook1688 wow yeah that sounds about right for a Geo lol
I had a 94 metro. Such a garbage little car, but something very lovable about it. Slow, but entertaining to drive somehow. It never failed me and was a workhorse that got 51mpg. I don’t know why, but I miss that little car!
Love to see the POV drives coming back!
omg! my summer car is what brought me to your channel in the first place; the desire to learn more about cars!
It's much more fun to go fast in a slow car than slow in a fast car!
You could race another Geo Metro on the street and no one would know you are racing.
My buddy had the Pontiac version of this, a '98 Firefly. He got it because his mom insisted he had to buy new and the budget was low. He lowered it with some nice light 14s and a cat back exhaust and it somehow felt peppy!
He once got ticketed at 100mph!
A friend in highschool had a 89 lx 5.0 and he lost it going into second and crashed into a metro. The metros whole engine compartment completely separated from the cab part of the car. Mustang needed a new bumper 🤣
Back in the day my first good car that had a legal inspection sticker was a 1987 Ford escort, a fwd 4 cylinder 4 speed that I drove like a race car. My friend had a 1987 Ford Mustang that was a rwd 4 cylinder 4 speed. We used to race each other and it was always a tie. No ac, ps, pb, pw pl, but did have a automatic seat belt...
Here's a PA story. I once had to drive my aunts Geo Storm from OCMD back home to Scranton. It was a 4 spd auto. That had no overdrive. At 70 mph the car was at 4K on the tac. Got like 15 mpg on the trip. And it had 11 gallon tank. Had to stop twice for gas.
I’ve always wanted to put a hopped up 2 stroke snowmobile engine in my 1994 Geo metro but I can’t bring myself to do it.
I bought it on a whim to go on a road trip to Colorado from Texas because it was only 1000 bucks which was cheaper than a rental car. The previous owner claimed it had a rebuilt engine but wouldn’t you know it, lost the receipts… that was 2018 still daily driving it now averaging about 53 mpg. It’s like daily driving a go kart. I fill up once every 2 weeks sometimes 3.
The only time I drove a Geo Metro was August 8th 1988. After that drive I decided to test drive a 1985 Honda Civic and bought that one.
I am convinced they put the absolute minimum possible power in this thing. A little bit less and it would no longer be AN car
From what I read the early 90s version base model had 49 hp.
My first car at age 19 was a 2000 Opel Corsa with 54 horsepower. I can tell you it was hard to make this thing move. 0-60 about 17 seconds, and 50-62 mph felt like an eternity. But despite weighing about 240 pounds more than the Geo it wasn't impossible to get it moving. In the twisty turns it was absolutely insane, the fact that I could put bus lengths between me and a car that's stuck behind me when going uphill says a lot. Of course it was no race but it felt faster than it should have. I think the maximum range I could get with this thing was 450 miles despite the fact I was pushing it literally everywhere. I went to car shows that were a hundred miles away in any weather conditions, no A/C, always at the top speed which was like 94 mph or something (German Autobahn in case you're wondering). I couldn't really go to the right lane because it would have taken forever for me to overtake the car in front. I had a person or two cheer for me for actually keeping pace with them.
I really miss the car sometimes. Almost killed myself when I crashed it. A few months afterwards I got a 2009 Ford Mondeo and the 800 mile range is just so out of this world that I can forget about the aspects that made the previous so fun for me. In other words, it may not be that fun but it's equally reliable and no pain to drive on the highway. A few big goods for one or two bads seems like no bad trade to me.
There's a unicorn 1990 (?) droptop version of one of these in my town, clean as the day it was extruded, and it makes me smile because it's so awful. I live in BC, so my assumption is it rolled into the valley one year and didn't have the guts to climb back up the mountain. No joke:, it's a 6% grade, there's no way that's getting out of here under its own power.
I bought a 94 metro from a elderly man who was widowed. It was his wifes car. It sat for over a decade in his garage.
It had 140k on it with really no problems.paid 1,500 for it.
My job is 116 miles from my front door and this little commute car has done great! Ac works ,but it really eats away at what little power it already has lol every now and then I'll have coworkers commute with me and this poor little car doesn't like it especially when theres 4 or five of us packed into it. I live in Wyoming so there is alot of grades ,hills and wind. Extreme weather from -25 below in winter to 100+ in summer. It has 206k on it now and only things I've needed to do so far was tires, Belts, waterpump, and thermostat. Great fun work car. Reliable little thing..
Dude. I owned 2 Chevrolet sprints (same car). They’re perfect. You can fit fucking anything in the back because it’s a hatch. 5 passengers, infinite gas mileage. Cheap to buy, cheaper to maintain. They’re not fast, but I wish they still made cars that. A car that’s perfect for poor people. (Most people).
I don't know it might still accelerate faster than my 2021 Impreza "SPORT" 🤣 hatchback in MANUAL . 🏹🤠👍
Slow 3 cylinder cars are the best because you rev the absolute nuts off them all the time out of sheer necessity without being a public menace because you’re going so slow! So you’re ragging the poor thing with a grin on your face, and yet you’re still well within the law and doing 50mpg - what’s not to love??
That was the family car when I was a kid. So many good memories 🥲
For some GM dealerships in the early and mid 90's Geo Metro's were "second chance finance" vehicles for people with bad credit. A lot of buyers got hit with interest rates in the high 20's and paid MSRP!
My Grandma had one of these. It had over 363000 miles on it and the odometer was not working anymore and she drove it another 150 k easy. That car was a tank.
This totally reminds me of the 86 Toyota Tercel of my stepmother's I drove in high school. Foot to the floor all. the. time. It had AC, but if you used it the car slowed down significantly.
My aunt had a Metro with A/C because she lived in Houston so obviously you'd need A/C. She'd run it while idling at red lights or already at speed on the highway and when the light turned green or a hill came up or she needed to get over, she'd switch the A/C off and go "turbo boooooost!" It was the funniest thing to 3 year old me. What a fond memory.
Also very reminiscent of my first car which was an '85 Honda Civic three door. Bad boy had about 70hp, 4-speed manual, and a 1.3L 4 banger, no power steering, and was carbureted. Thing only weighed 1700 lbs and was still a dog. It has tall gears like this Geo, 4th gear being pretty much useless unless on the highway at cruising speed.
@@100percentSNAFU fourth gear in these cars is effectively overdrive. Gear one gets you moving, you spend all your time in gear two and three, and gear four is for saving fuel and making 55 mpg at 55 mph.
Best... video... ever...
You are really hitting your stride, my brother. Ride the wave : )
I had a Geo Storm which was a Toyota and on I4 going to Tampa it would rip. I had it when I first met my wife. It had a electrical fire and I scrapped it. Those were fun days, I wish I still had both of them. Lost her in 2020. Cool Video Thanks for the Memories, they were great ones!!!
izuzu impulse with suspension tweaks by lotus.
Not a Toyota
Wow. Haven't been in one of these since high school. 2005, senior year, my best friend and I drove his metro from Flint Michigan to Barstow California.
It sucked!
Good memories though.
Thanks RCR!
Basically American version of opel Corsa/Chevrolet Chevy C2
Now I wanna go get a geo metro
A used Chevy Spark may be the closest you can get.
I had a 94, with the 1.0,
Every stop light, I was racing the person next to me.
They had no idea they were winning most the time
I think this thing got killed more by the long ass gears than the power. I had a Fiat Panda rental in Tuscany... only made 70HP (which I know is like 20% more than this) but I never found it unable to accelerate. That drop from 1st to 2nd is brutal. 2nd is like what you'd expect 3rd to be
I had a 2000 4 runner exactly like yours.
It was taken out in a collision with a cargo van in July with 300 miles away from 250,000. Total loss, funds from insurance wasn’t enough to buy another one. The market priced me out. I’m still furious about the incident and, I’ll never not miss that truck.
Hold on to yours!
In high school drivers education they had a couple four door Geo Metros, with automatic transmissions. I’ve never driven another car that slow and unresponsive! Great car for learning to drive on empty roads, but not so great for rush hour highway driving, unless it’s 5 mph bumper to bumper gridlock
Experiences with this car probably vary very widely between owners in mountainous states vs flat ones
This is actually the perfect city car. If we really gave a shit about conserving resources, there’s be a 2023 version of it that would get even better mileage.
Sadly we have regulations that make everything on the road 30% heavier than it need be, so we don’t get it.
Seeing two guys in that reminds me of a Cessna 170…
I'm 27 but I have serious and anemoia for cars like these. Extremely reliable, extremely simple, extremely cheap to repair, and 50 miles per gallon - and of course, a manual transmission. I have a 300hp Genesis coupe for weekends which I love but I drive for a living so I'd love to have a car like a Metro.
The thing is a death trap, anything bigger than a motorcycle is going to put you in the hospital.
@@Kromsmitesyou if your living life worrying about what sends you to the hospital all the time then your as soft 6 ply toilet paper.
@Skeletor mellowed out a little. lol I guess self preservation isn't an instinct you possess. I worked in a hospital for 5 years and have seen head injury patients, and people in wheelchairs shitting into bags. Better yet go buy a motorcycle genius.
@@Kromsmitesyou 15 years daily driving a motorcycle in Colombia, never had an accident...
Eh, I’d love to have an Austin A30 or 1100. Guarantee it’s slower than this.
i had a chevy metro and it was nowhere near as bad as you guys are saying. it's not a sports car it's a low end car, but for that it's not bad. i actually liked it very much.
Same. Its like yeah its slow. But nowadays, getting a SIMPLE, car that gets better gas mileage than a prius, and a car you can buy cash… thats RARE. I have one and yeah I love it man. Learned to drive stick on it. Love her to death.
Never thought I'd find a car slower than my old 95 Civic DX.
I recently bought the modern version of the Geo Metro, a 2020 Mitsubishi Mirage with a 1200cc three cylinder engine. It actually does pretty well. It has two Drive positions on the gear shifter, Eco Drive and Sport Drive. I wouldn't say it is very sporty but I'm getting 43 miles to the gallon, albeit I drive like an old lady. My 1988 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic has a 1300cc engine that is slower. And the Harley only gets 30 miles per gallon of premium gasoline.
They need an RCR comparison of the Metro and the Mirage.
Dead weight is a very important factor when driving these cars. If Mr. Regular didn't have a 225 pound passenger with him he would definitely be able to feel the difference in how the car behaved.
No passengers, no unnecessary cargo, skinny tires inflated to 45+ psi, shifts at 2200 rpm. That is how you drive a Metro. 😂😂
I had a Red 1988 Hyundai Excel GS 5-speed. $8200.00 Fully loaded. Had AC, cruise control, am/fm cassette stereo. It was such a craptacular car. But God, did I love it. 68 whopping horsepower. Took between 14 and 16 seconds to her to 60 mph. That car got me through 3 Maine winters, 2 winters in Ohio. Never got stuck. Got pulled over by the cops in Cary NC. Reason, NOBODY DRIVES A HYUNDAI IN CARY, NC at the time. Electrical system only caught fire once. The 5-speed gear shifter fell out the floor when it sawed through the slider bar. Held up by the leatherette boot. Welded a quarter inch steel plate to replace the slider. Worked like a charm. You could beat that 1.5 liter and the 5-speed transmission to death, and it would still come back for more. Put 200,000 miles on it before trading it in.
There are so many memories. It was a fun car. Wish I could have it back.
Pfft they aren't that slow. I had a 93 3cyl with the auto trans.
Try driving a 40hp VW beetle if you want to feel slow
My first car was a hail damaged Geo Metro my parents purchased for $600 in the mid 90's. It was hilariously bad even by the standards of the time.
1990 Chevy Sprint… older version of this, my first car… gave me 8 solid if not slow years of reeaaallllyy basic transportation. No AC, cranks, and if you thought this one was slow, mine was an Auto. Right off the lot. Financed for 18.5%. Good times…
That is not an OEM radio. My 1995 Pontiac Firefly SE came with a Delco unit with both the cassette player and CD player - single disc, all in one unit. When I purchased the car back in 1995 I remember the dealers lot had lots of 3 cylinder 5 speed manual's with the blank plate where the radio would be. My car was the 4 cylinder, which only came with automatic that year. My car also had the SE package which meant - rear wiper, rear cargo cover, stereo & upgraded cloth on the seats. The dealer likely in an effort to draw young people in had several cars with tinted windows and stripe/decal packages and they would install an aftermarket stereo for you.