[sarguy01]

I am pretty new to this forum, but not new to forums in general. I think this is the correct place to post this.

I found a 1995 Geo Metro for sale. I am going to look at it tomorrow morning. It has 200,000 miles on it. The seller said it was owned by his neighbor for 11 years and then he bought it from the neighbor. He doesn't want to get rid of it, but his wife and daughter don't want to learn to drive a stick. It is a sedan, with a manual transmission and he is asking $1200. The seller said he took care of it for his neighbor since he bought it. To his knowledge, the only thing that ever broke was the alternator belt. I am going to look at it tomorrow morning with cash in my pocket.

I know there are Metro enthusiasts on here and had a few questions. If I can assume that this car had the preventative maintenance done properly, what are their life (engine, trans) expectancies? I am looking to keep this car for a year until I move to Italy (hopefully) and if I don't get the orders to Italy I am going to drive it until the wheels fall off. Anything I should look for that would be a flag?

The goal for this car is to save money and to use as little gas as possible. I just sold a 2010 Sentra to get rid of a car payment (I had 2 car payments, now just one...).

The other car options are a Civic HX (manual, 121,000 miles, $3,900, dealership) or any other Craigslist 2 or 4 door Civic 5 speed up to $4,000.

Comments?? Thanks!