03-20-2020, 10:23 PM
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Geo Metro on Watch JrGO
The YouTuber who goes under the name Watch JrGO bought a Metro to flip. He paid just $300. He notices a couple switches on the dashboard that no longer do anything, but I suspect they might have been an Ecomodder's injector killswitch and maybe an alternator or radiator fan switch.
JR and a couple friends make quick work of replacing a few parts, cleaning it, and then selling it. All in one day.
Ever wonder how quickly a Metro can do 60 feet, 0 to 60 mph, or the 1/8 mile, or the 1/4 mile? You'll find out.
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03-21-2020, 09:38 PM
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Incredibly simple to work on! That's an engine bay that is not at all intimidating.
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03-24-2020, 06:34 PM
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Incredibly simple to work on! That's an engine bay that is not at all intimidating.
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And this guy can really burn through a solid flip. With a partner or two, he seems to get all kinds of flips done in a day, generally using reasonable quality new parts from O'Reilly. He's a really good mechanic, seems to me. Speaks "internal combustion engine" fluently.
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03-24-2020, 09:02 PM
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And he likes low displacement cars too!
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03-26-2020, 02:14 PM
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And he likes low displacement cars too!
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Yeah, that's true. He does. And mostly imports. In one video he rehabilitated a Chevy sedan and ended up unable to sell it for a while. He declared he would stick to imports in that vid, IIRC.
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03-26-2020, 04:23 PM
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He did more work on that hooptie in one day than I did on my Festiva the entire time I owned it
And he's standing next to a nice G1 Volt at the start of the video 
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03-27-2020, 08:08 PM
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... he's standing next to a nice G1 Volt at the start of the video...
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Right?! He talks about that car in another video. He says he loves it as a daily driver.
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