05-25-2003, 11:43 PM
is that it is "tiny". I am six foot tall, and the Metro fits me very well. I have a friend who is 6' 4'' and he still has head room in the car. I fit that car a lot better than say a Taurus or Cavalier (which I think are still the flagship cars for Ford and Chevy). The back seat has more leg room and head room than either as well. Though I can't speak on other Geo's. My oldest brother did have a Prism I believe, and I had no comfort issues driving it or riding in the back seat. Both the Geo's I have had a lot of time in were a heck of a lot more comfortable than my in-laws Taurus.
I have fit dressers, beds, stereo systems, washing machines, 36 inch TV's and much more in it as well. Of course that is because it is a hatchback. And until recently when she started to have some problems (mostly from sitting to much and a really bad placement of the fuel filter which makes it impossible to change without dropping the fuel tank and me not having the money to pay someone to do it or me having the time to do it on my own) it could go up hills just fine and maintain 60 MPH with a full load. Now with the fuel intake issues she has, it drives like what everyone thinks a Metro drives like.
As to why it was attractive. I was a college student, paying my way through school, and being able to go 400-500 miles on a 10 gallon tank was nice. Living in MO and WI is why the gas was so cheap, though that sub $1 was all pre 2000 (but that was 4 years of the time I owned it, and it actually got most of its milage under me in that time as well). You said it yourself, 40-50 MPG is nice.
So, you actually would fit just fine in a Metro (at least an 89).
The biggest problem is that it has very poor acceleration (though since I have a manual and not one of the crappier automatics I can make up for a lot of that), and I know that if I get in an accident it would be totaled. Of course historyically Metro's aren't accident prone. A lot of this is because they don't have really good acceleration and you have to drive defensively. Knowing that there isn't much vehicle around you also makes you more careful. I personally think everyone should drive a little Metro-esque car for awhile so that they learn to pay better attention to the road and those around them. If they don't learn they will probably get in a fatal accident and then we don't have worry about them being on the road anymore. :)
I have fit dressers, beds, stereo systems, washing machines, 36 inch TV's and much more in it as well. Of course that is because it is a hatchback. And until recently when she started to have some problems (mostly from sitting to much and a really bad placement of the fuel filter which makes it impossible to change without dropping the fuel tank and me not having the money to pay someone to do it or me having the time to do it on my own) it could go up hills just fine and maintain 60 MPH with a full load. Now with the fuel intake issues she has, it drives like what everyone thinks a Metro drives like.
As to why it was attractive. I was a college student, paying my way through school, and being able to go 400-500 miles on a 10 gallon tank was nice. Living in MO and WI is why the gas was so cheap, though that sub $1 was all pre 2000 (but that was 4 years of the time I owned it, and it actually got most of its milage under me in that time as well). You said it yourself, 40-50 MPG is nice.
So, you actually would fit just fine in a Metro (at least an 89).
The biggest problem is that it has very poor acceleration (though since I have a manual and not one of the crappier automatics I can make up for a lot of that), and I know that if I get in an accident it would be totaled. Of course historyically Metro's aren't accident prone. A lot of this is because they don't have really good acceleration and you have to drive defensively. Knowing that there isn't much vehicle around you also makes you more careful. I personally think everyone should drive a little Metro-esque car for awhile so that they learn to pay better attention to the road and those around them. If they don't learn they will probably get in a fatal accident and then we don't have worry about them being on the road anymore. :)
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.