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Originally Posted by bluejoey
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I read that article before and found it to be complete and utter rubbish. Yes, if you buy the automatic it isn't really that good but the manual is exceptional. Plus, if you buy a Metro, you know what you are getting. It's not luxurious, but it is a simple, honest piece of basic transportation that will neither rob you blind at the gas pump nor force you to make huge monthly payments like a new hybrid. However, the Metro doesn't pay advertising revenues to US News and World report thus it must not be any good. Hybrids do though and so their advice is to spend 20-50x more than the price of a Metro to get the same fuel economy as a Metro. Those of us who own them though know differently and love them for what they are. Most of us know how to do our own repairs and can (and will) keep them running indefinitely so long as we can find parts. Once you own one it ruins you for any other car because by comparison any other car is just a money waster. If I had the choice, I would prefer to drive my old Metro every day over a new Rolls Royce. I would be embarrassed to be seen in a car that wasted my money like the Rolls.
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(Note: the car sees 100% city driving and is EPA rated at 37 mpg city)