If you look at surveys of why people buy cars you will usually see that same trend. When asked people always say that safety on fuel economy are their highest priority whenh shopping for a new car. But when people ACTUALLY buy a new car it's styling and performance that really sell.
So now that gas prices are soaring ever higher is there a new trend forming? This story on CNN talks about how cheap, fuel efficient cars from the early 90's are going for big money now on ebay. Now I think it's great that a 15 year old Geo Metro that gets 50+ MPG is making a comeback but there are serious issues with comparing it to a Prius. I doubt that ANY manufacturer could produce a car as light weight as a early 90's Geo Metro without resorting to ultra exotic and expensive materials like carbon fiber. Today's safety regulations make a car like those Metros and CRXs difficult to produce and still meet government imposed safety requirements. Also you can forget about that engine being "green" because while it gets good mileage it has a very basic emissions system. Which is the other reason these cars are no longer made, stricter government regulation of emissions. That is why Toyota is banking on hybrid cars like the Prius.
If you go out and buy a 15 year old Metro then make sure you have plenty of LIFE insurance because if you stuff it into something its not going to pretty.
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So how much do you think a Metro can be had for that is not on ebay but in the paper? $300? You wanna go in on one together, fix it up and sell it on ebay? Looks like the average sell price is $2k - $3k. That sounds good to me.
I thought about it but I was reading a couple of forums and supposedly they are VERY prone to serious rust issues. They have a serious issue with rusting out around the front suspension mounting points so basically the front wheels fall off. Any that you find around here are going to have so much winter induced rust-through that it would be to labor intensive to be worth while. Lots of welding/leading = no fun.
Way to ruin my Geo Metro world domination dreams. At least you can't take away my dream of a Metro pyramid of death.
I don't think you like money. That's why you don't want to resell some Metros. Are you one of Castro's communist or a PRC communist?
A life size voltron, not the stupid lion one, made out of wait for it....Metros!
Wow, Voltron made of Metros. Who the hell is going to be afraid of that, Topaz owners? LOL!
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