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I have had my Civic HCH II for a year now and have been very happy with it. I get 44 MPG no matter how I drive.
My only experience with the Metro was working on a friends about 10 years ago. I changed the spark plugs and noticed the interior windows had a sticky film. Further investigation of the cause was a leaking heater core.
So being I nice guy I offered to replace the core. Big mistake!
It turns out the heater core is inside the dash, requiring removal of most of the dashboard. Then found out that you need to drill out rivets to remove the housing!
The operation took about 6 hours, with a few cuts from the sharp dash parts.
Good news was that the woman who owned the car had Flu like symptoms for 6 months and doctors could not find the cause. After the heater core was replaced, her Flu like symptoms disappeared.
From that experience, I was a bit Jaded on the owning a Metro after seeing the difficulty of shade tree repairs.
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