10-03-2014, 09:48 AM
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I hate to do this, but I am going to have to say my obligatory comment whenever you get a new eco car: ahem...EV conversion.....ahem.
Now that that's out of my system, I am excited to see what you can do with the Metro!
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10-03-2014, 10:06 AM
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I'm surprised to learn it has a factory rear stabilizer bar. Mine only has a front one. Ditch it and save weight!
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Really? I've never seen a 1995+ Metro without both front and rear bars. Was the Firefly version even less equipped than the Metros?
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10-03-2014, 10:22 AM
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Looks like I might have found a killer deal on a full set of new tires (with wheels).
4x114 13" Steelies with new tires - $100 |
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10-03-2014, 10:56 AM
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sway bar oops & curb weights
OOps - my bad. Just checked, and the Flea has a rear bar. I was probably thinking of the ForkenSwift (prev. generation car).
In comparing notes with Tim, GM Canada has wildly different curb weights for the '98 Firefly (815 kg / 1795 lbs) vs. the '99 Metro (845 kg / 1895 lbs). No idea what's going on there, but looks like a mistake somewhere.
Edit: yup the kg -> lbs conversion is wrong in the Metro figures given. It works out to 1862 lbs , which is pretty much what Edmunds says for the '99 (1865).
Still not sure why the '99 would weigh that much more though.
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10-03-2014, 11:23 AM
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I'm going to check out the tires tomorrow morning.
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10-03-2014, 12:25 PM
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I hate to do this, but I am going to have to say my obligatory comment whenever you get a new eco car: ahem...EV conversion.....ahem.
Now that that's out of my system, I am excited to see what you can do with the Metro!
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Haha, I really wish I had the cash to build an EV... perhaps someday. |
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10-03-2014, 01:32 PM
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The old Metro upholstery holds up really well compared to some other makes' older cars (Honda, I'm looking at you).
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My civic has held up extremely well considering its age and mileage.
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Really? I've never seen a 1995+ Metro without both front and rear bars. Was the Firefly version even less equipped than the Metros?
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Seems redundant that they even came with sway bars at all. I would probably just ditch them both if you are scrounging for every pound lost for efficiency 
$1200 sounds like a good deal for a project car, I'm sure within a year that car will have paid for itself
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10-03-2014, 01:46 PM
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Oh yeah, it'll actually pay for itself the instant I sell the Sunfire. I'll be selling the Sunfire for the same or a bit more than the price I bought the Metro for. The Metro really was a want, not a need. I just didn't like driving the Sunfire with its auto transmission. If it would have been manual, I probably would have kept it. The extra mileage is just icing on the cake. It'll probably save me ~$400 a year in gas if I had to guess. Insurance is quite probably lower too.
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10-04-2014, 12:16 AM
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I love how my Civic corners. Does the Metro corner equally. I just imagine someone removing them, driving once, and hurriedly reinstalling them.
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10-04-2014, 12:40 PM
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The Metro's handling is not often compared to a Honda's, no.
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