Originally posted by: Arkaign
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I drove one of those, and reaching 60 was an event. That was in the early '90s as well, it's probably rare to find one of those cars in good shape by this time.
Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
Originally posted by: Arkaign
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I drove one of those, and reaching 60 was an event. That was in the early '90s as well, it's probably rare to find one of those cars in good shape by this time.
My wife had a '95 3cyl Metro when we met. Drove the hell out of that thing, and yes, 20 secs to 60, downhill, with a tail wind and no a/c.
Replaced it with a new Jetta TDI about 6 years ago (similar mileage). The funny thing is that my father in law, who owns: a classic fastback Mustang, a 2007 F150 king cab 4x4, a 2005 Lincoln LS (stick, actually kinda fun to drive), and a bigass 2007 Caddy (his wife's daily driver) , drives the Metro as his everyday driver. He loves the thing. I have no idea why anyone would willingly put up with it at this point, but he swears by it. I forgot to mention that the roof lining fell out, he stapled it back up, and its now coming unstapled, the radio is broken, the windshield and the dash are cracked, and the last time I rode in it, it sounded like the CV joint was done. Oh, and it leaks oil, and has badly corroded off-brand chrome rims that the previous owner/wannabe thug installed. "Rollin' on 13's Yo!!"
My favorite is when he strapped a surf board on it and drove to the beach to get some waves in. A bad wind storm rolled in and half buried the wheels under sand, and he had to get towed out (remember, this man owns a 4x4 "fun" truck for offroading)
He actually drives that thing to his job - he is a project/field manager in the Nuclear Energy industry. I can't imagine what his employees think. "Eccentric" might be the nice way of saying it.
Originally posted by: Scouzer
Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
Originally posted by: Arkaign
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I drove one of those, and reaching 60 was an event. That was in the early '90s as well, it's probably rare to find one of those cars in good shape by this time.
My wife had a '95 3cyl Metro when we met. Drove the hell out of that thing, and yes, 20 secs to 60, downhill, with a tail wind and no a/c.
Replaced it with a new Jetta TDI about 6 years ago (similar mileage). The funny thing is that my father in law, who owns: a classic fastback Mustang, a 2007 F150 king cab 4x4, a 2005 Lincoln LS (stick, actually kinda fun to drive), and a bigass 2007 Caddy (his wife's daily driver) , drives the Metro as his everyday driver. He loves the thing. I have no idea why anyone would willingly put up with it at this point, but he swears by it. I forgot to mention that the roof lining fell out, he stapled it back up, and its now coming unstapled, the radio is broken, the windshield and the dash are cracked, and the last time I rode in it, it sounded like the CV joint was done. Oh, and it leaks oil, and has badly corroded off-brand chrome rims that the previous owner/wannabe thug installed. "Rollin' on 13's Yo!!"
My favorite is when he strapped a surf board on it and drove to the beach to get some waves in. A bad wind storm rolled in and half buried the wheels under sand, and he had to get towed out (remember, this man owns a 4x4 "fun" truck for offroading)
He actually drives that thing to his job - he is a project/field manager in the Nuclear Energy industry. I can't imagine what his employees think. "Eccentric" might be the nice way of saying it.
I am fairly certain Metro's have 12" Wheels stock... lol
Originally posted by: SonicIce
Originally posted by: M2008S
Originally posted by: compman25
Originally posted by: SonicIce
1986 Ford F-250, 350cid 3-speed auto with 250,000mi. It's still kinda neat tho.
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You sure it's a 350?
its an 89 f250? mostly likely has a 351 windsor motor.. if not then a 302. 350 is chevy. ford had 351's and an oddball 352 in the 60's or so
unless of course.. someone in virginia had a welder and a cutter and shes a fevvy. you know, chevy powered ford.
my ride is in my sig, its not too bad for age and being in NE ohio. i cant afford gas for it and im going to college so its going up for sale soon. feel free to pm with offers its a classic daily driver. LOL all original with 130k
Yea it's a 351 Windsor, not 350. First post was a typo.
Gas mileage sucks as you can imagine. 8mpg maybe less. I try not to floor it because it will burn oil for one thing.
Also, front gas tanks leaks, passenger door won't open, one window busted out in the back, heater core leaks so I drive with windows down in winter, rear-view mirror fell off, tires leak, engine won't warm itself up in winter unless you sit there and pump the pedal, brakes went out but we fixed that, and it smells terrible. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head. Can you believe it passed emissions though? Engine and trans seems to be in great shape for the most part.
How'd you like our Ohio snow storm? I put it to good use
. i got a 1992 chevy with 240k on it needs the trans swapped. shitty weather..
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