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Originally posted by Ardax
/me removes foot from mouth. 
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*laughs* It's all good.
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How is the 4-cyl version, as I only had the joy *cough* of driving 3-cyl models? Those ones could barely make it up the hills around town. I'm talking "pedal on the floor, 35 mph and dropping" kind of "barely make it up hills." This was a brand new car, being delivered to a customer too.
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The Joys of Driving a Geo Metro by Sycamore
For the most part, the Geo Metro is a solid vehicle. Acceleration is weak, as should be expected--zero to 60 in about 15 seconds or so. No problems on inclines though. The 3-speed automatic transmission gives fair acceleration and steady throttle. Fuel economy varies, depending on driving conditions--as low as 24mpg in the city and as high as 35mpg on the highway. I will test this again shortly, as it just received a tune-up.
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Now the '95 Chevy Impalas were cars with some serious balls. Black, v-8, and every amenity you could imagine except for a hot sex slave in the passenger seat.
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Those WERE great cars. I don't like the new ones...in fact, I'm pissed that they dropped the Caprices...how can you go wrong with a rear-wheel drive, 350 short block V-8, full size luxury sedan? I had an '88 Caprice for 2 years. Man, I loved that car so much. Driving in snow sucked, but everything has a limitation.
Said car can be found
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Much as I'd love to have that kind of fuel economy, I find myself needing lots of cargo space far too often for such a small car to be viable. That and I'm 6'2" -- those cars don't look comfortable to me. (I could be wrong on that though, I'll reserve final judgement until I can sit in one.)
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Incidentally, my best friend from high school and his family drove a Chevette from 1980 to 1993 or so. Unusual? When your entire family is over 6'2" (and my friend is 6'10"), it is. And they didn't have a problem with height, space, etc.
During my last week at my job, we had a company luncheon. They asked me if I could take a couple of people. I was leery, given that I own a Geo Metro (and it was a mess at the time). Somehow, I fit myself (5'8", about 275 lbs.), a woman over 300 lbs., and a man 6'5" tall--and he was in the back. How we did it, I will never know.