So I sold my turbo Miata and bought ...
Two weeks ago I sold Red Beast and bought...
... a '97 Geo Metro! eBay Motors: Geo : Metro (item 250328572788 end time Nov-26-08 13:44:39 PST) The weight is about the same but I am losing around 160 HP. |
Jesus, it looks like they just got lazy and left a cylinder off.
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new project?
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Originally Posted by Savington
(Post 334867)
Jesus, it looks like they just got lazy and left a cylinder off.
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Originally Posted by akaryrye
(Post 334870)
new project?
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So, why the change?
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Originally Posted by jayc72
(Post 334886)
So, why the change?
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Originally Posted by rmcelwee
(Post 334884)
Nah, this one is an I4. I would have loved to buy a 3-cyl manual but this one seemed like a pretty good deal. I'll drive it for a few years and sell it for double what I paid for it (when gas hits $5 <G>).
I'd rather get an old Civic. My friend's old, stock, 5spd DX 2 door hatch gets 50mpg on the highway. And at least it's a Civic. Back in high school, or maybe just after, 2 friends and I picked up the front end of a parked 3 cyl Metro and rolled it like a wheelbarrow down the block while the driver was inside the house. :giggle: |
Id love to get one of those, put a turbo and a 50 shot on it and watch the jaws drop
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Time to bust out my favorite youtube vid
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Originally Posted by Ben
(Post 334904)
Yeah I did hear that the 12 year old Geo market was the hot one right now. :jerkit:
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Soo many things to laugh about in this thread....:bowrofl:
Vash- |
I should buy the wife one of those 50 MPG, and no need to go ballistic when the dent fairy shows up.
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I dont get it. why not just convert your hummer to a turbo 4 cylinder that gets 30mpg? you can still cruise around all bling and not go brokes.
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hmmm.... hummer tdi swap? :D
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Originally Posted by rmcelwee
(Post 334914)
You under estimate how stupid people are.
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I've seen a 2 cylinder geo. Guy took the engine apart and removed a piston/rod from the crank. Ground the lobes of the camshaft for that cylinder. And then buttoned it back up. Car had no power. And wasn't very smoother. WOT it would go 50mph. He had to add weight to the flywheel so it would get going from a stop without stalling. But it got 65mpg. Sounded funny running too.
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Originally Posted by bryantaylor
(Post 334974)
yeah, kinda like paying almost 2 grand for a 12 year old fucking geo
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I'm in th boat with ya, I love the 3 cylinders, they are pepy drivable around town. And once you ever get to 80 you can do it all day. Me and my brother had his Charade (same thing but Dihatsu) to 105 and it only took 5 miles. LOL But it got 52 mpg the whole way!
I almost sold the miata to get a convertable one. I bought one this summer for $600 and sold it for $1750.00. I had to clean it up alot, and fix the doors etc. etc. etc. The worst thing was the blood stain from where the woman sat. I am serious. I couldn't do it. My brother had too. |
absolutely no offense, but I'd still never get a geo. there are 100+ other cheap cars that get just as good, if not better gas mileage.
that and its terribly ugly. and there is next to nothing available for them aftermarket wise should you decide to try to fix the ugliness. I know that you will most likely get your money back if you sell it though, you are right: people are stupid. |
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