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Originally Posted by California98Civic
Exceptional! It has changed quite a bit since 2014. Hey, tell us what you mean about it being a mechanically very good car. It drives well? It is a reliable runner. Thanks for bringing us your story. This is legend stuff.
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Well it’s just a Geo Metro. It’s a 900cc in-line 3 with a 5-speed manual transmission from a 4-cylinder metro for taller gears. The engine is almost completely in modified, save for an XFI cam. That cam makes it a little grumpy at idle but other than that I could drive this car every single day if I didn’t have my Crown Victoria. In fact, I’ve driven this car almost every day that I’ve owned it so far. The transmission shifts
perfectly smoothly.
The only unreliable part is my fault. I installed a dash cam+rear view camera+mirror combo and connected it to a handy 12v line that was in the cabin that wasn’t switched by ignition, so now I’ve injured the battery. I’ve since put the camera on a switch though so once I get a new battery it’ll be perfectly fine. For now I just use a kill switch to disconnect it when I’m done driving.
I’m planning on doing a 400 mile round trip in this car next weekend, so that should give you an idea of my confidence in it.
And you’re quite welcome. I’m a big attention... lover so it just tickles me pink to spread this story around, and I also love answering unsolved mysteries.