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Old 11-30-2020, 05:15 PM   #337 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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Remember this Metro has a torn CV boot and a sometimes clicky CV joint?

Well, someone was clearing out their garage, giving away a pair of new '98 Swift axles:




I nabbed them even though the shafts are the wrong lengths (they're for a 4-cylinder car). I'm assuming the CV joint components themselves are interchangeable.

I never fixed the Metro's CV joint aside from re-packing it a couple of times & trying to seal the boot with Gorilla tape (failed within 500 km).


The guy giving them away had long since gotten rid of his fleet: Swift ice racer, and a 2nd gen Firefly and and Metro. What is it about these cars that brings out the hoarders?
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