Geo Metros are Dumb
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uaZpUIptjE

Bonus points:
Count the eco mods on the purple Geo
Count the Geos
Spot the G1 Insight

That was interesting on several levels.

Nice MPGuino!

Geo caching... *facepalm*

Everything about this video is why I make fun of Geo Metros.

Reminds me of my Subaru glory days. I hope to always own a beater vehicle. Currently it's my ODOT truck, but I've already put a few light scratches on the Prius.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...nt/Work018.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...r06/4x4005.jpg

What did I just watch?

Sometimes it does surprise me that GM didn't release the Metro in my country instead of the Opel Corsa. It seems to stand up to abuse quite well for a subcompact.

I had a 987 Chevy Sprint, 1.0L 5 speed 2 door...awesome fuel economy, unstoppable in the snow...so much fun to drive as a teen.

That's the reason they stopped selling it...it got too good of MPG's and was too reliable. ;)

Tree farm. They had a long way to go to get that One Very Special Log.

So much sap on that car...

Also, what are they going to do, burn that log? Someone should tell them about a little thing called creosote.

Reminds me of the Peugeot 306 I had in Australia, that thing made it across the outback and up some pretty impressive offroad trails when they were dry. Small FWD cars can go though a surprising amount of stuff if driven carefully with a bit of skill. I kept it going but it was basically worth scrap when traded it for a ride to the airport when it was time to go back home.

That was a nice Geographic display of Geological Geotracking by a GeoMetric :)

I had a lot of fun off-roading small FWD cars while I was learning how to drive.

For me it was RWD sideways on gravel. :thumbup: It ended when I tried it in a car with a fresh coat of paint. :(

They don't make fun of you

RWD was not mainstream anymore when I started driving.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-fr...studebaker.jpg

One of my chores, once I got the car was to go to a local dairy (up the gravel road) and get milk in wide-mouth gallon jars with wax paper under the lid. It was churned for the butter.

The paint that got eaten off the front valance [of my '57 Beetle] was jet-black Imron enamel, which was new at the time. Same Beetle as in my avatar, after the front clip was replaced.

I'm not sure why they don't. I mean, a G2 Insight? Thousands of dollars of hybrid technology and yet it struggles to beat a Metro that's 12 years older than it when it comes to MPG.

Btw the purple one in the video has an alternator delete, roof-solar panel to charge some special batteries that run the car, busted grill block, MPGuino, water temperature display, RE92 LRR tires, and an engine kill switch. It smokes my G2 Insight any day.

Size, weight (safety equipment), power?

I'm bumping this thread because more people need to watch that video.

There's pitch all over mine because it parks [in a carport] beneath a lonesome pine tree.

But they didn't even disable the daytime running lights.



Amateurs!

Perhaps that is a ploy to distract you from a possible superior effort. As in: we are so efficient we can waste power.

Edit: some roads DRLs are.mandated with a resulting hefty fine

True! They're mandated in Canada on road vehicles.


But they're not on a road. :P


To be honest, I'm not sure what the fine would be for inoperable DRLs where I live (same province where the videographer lives!).




Let's go with the "so efficient we can waste power" explanation. More fun.

Hey, Natalya's still around.

Watched it again. Odd seeing RWD on a small car.

I still see Chevettes and Beetles roaming around.