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I love my Geo Metro!!

I bought in in January of 1991. Test drove one in a 0 deg snowstorm. The guy
said "I don't know if we'll get this to start up, it hasn't been started all
week." It started immediately and I was sold! It had taken two people and a
bottle of starter ether to get my junker car going to get to the car lot.

The main reasons I bought my Metro are because the small size and sleek shape
fit my personality (it's small and zippy like me), you can't find much cheaper
price-wise, and the gas mileage really is terrific. I get about 40 miles to the
gallon doing city driving and about 47 for freeway driving. It handles like a
charm, has a great turning radius, and my boyfriend kept raving about how well
it handled in the snow - as well as some 4 wheel drives he'd tried. I don't know
about that, but I've never been afraid to drive it in the snow, and it's only
gotten stuck once - in our front driveway.

Since I bought mine new a year and a half ago, I've put 21 thousand miles on it.
I take it in faithfully for its 3,000 mile checkups and oil changes, and I've
never had a problem with it mechanically. I've driven two round trips from
Boulder to Chicago in it, non-stop. What a car! It keeps on ticking, and I can
park in spots only motorcycles would dare to.

It's main problem is power. We're only talking three cylinders here. Driving
from Boulder to Denver can be a problem up the hills on Hwy 36 unless you can
get your speed up. This is not a car I would want to drive in the mountains on a
regular basis. Also, it's a great car for me and my dog, but it's not so good as
a passenger car. The back seat is very cramped on leg room for non-small people.
My 6'2" boyfriend finds the interior cramped, but it's the perfect size for 5'3"
me.

That's about all I can think of. Overall, I think it's a terrific car and I'd
buy a Metro again! Actually if I had the budget, my next car might be a Geo
Storm... I've been nothing but satified with my choice of vehicle and I'd
recommend it to most people (those of smaller stature).

Good luck!

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