I test drove an 2000 Metro yesterday and I was unimpressed. This car had a nice interior and low miles and is a one owner car, but the outside was bashed up and the engine was covered with oily dirt from a leak somewhere.
The car seemed to vibrate pretty badly, and I'm wondering if this is normal for a 3 cylinder engine. I'm guessing that something was wrong, and that it was only running on 2, but I have no experience with these engines, and I did no further testing. It clearly would not climb the steep hills in my neighborhood, as it had a hard time accelerating once it was up to about 50 MPH.
Also the shifter for the 5 speed was very stiff. Stiffer than any car I've driven, and I've driven many different cars over 35 years.
Are these idiosyncrasies that Metro owners are used to, or is this as I suspect, just a POS?
This guy didn't know much about the car. He is selling it for his mother, and I think his main selling point is the low miles. 72k for a 2000.