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zonker · 09-20-2022, 01:05 PM

I second the Geo Metro / Suzuki Swift / Pontiac Firefly suggestion made earlier.

In June I purchased an '89 Geo Metro that was in pretty good shape except it did not pass a California Smog Check. After a little well needed maintenance and smog friendly tune up, the car passed.

Since then I have logged 6,000 trouble free miles with a 50 mpg average to boot. Not only that, but Hagerty Classic car insured it for $100 a year! Reliable, simple to fix, and easy on the pocketbook.

It's an Ecomodder's hat trick.

09-20-2022, 01:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
zonker 500 Mile Metro Traveler Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sun City, CA Posts: 183 '89 Dakota LB - blue - '89 Dodge Dakota V6 LE 90 day: 19.8 mpg (US) '17 Fiat 124 - SunFiat - '17 Fiat 124 Spider Classica 90 day: 30.51 mpg (US) '89 Metro - The Egg - '89 Geo Metro Base 90 day: 50.71 mpg (US) '94 Alto - The Box - '94 Suzuki Alto Ce-L 90 day: 39.5 mpg (US) Thanks: 14 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts	I second the Geo Metro / Suzuki Swift / Pontiac Firefly suggestion made earlier. In June I purchased an '89 Geo Metro that was in pretty good shape except it did not pass a California Smog Check. After a little well needed maintenance and smog friendly tune up, the car passed. Since then I have logged 6,000 trouble free miles with a 50 mpg average to boot. Not only that, but Hagerty Classic car insured it for $100 a year! Reliable, simple to fix, and easy on the pocketbook. It's an Ecomodder's hat trick.