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| Anyone ever kick the idea around of building a "luxury" metro? | |
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| Coche Blanco | Dec 6 2011, 10:16 PM Post #31 |
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Troll Certified
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Thermostat? |
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| Horn | Dec 6 2011, 10:27 PM Post #32 |
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aahhhahahaha....no shit. man that winter looks brutal. You would be crazy not to have remote start for those winters. lol |
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| aaronvincent | Dec 7 2011, 07:09 PM Post #33 |
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Power windows! Those cranks are dreadful. Better quality door handles too (maybe carbon fiber), a 6 speed transmission if that's even possible!
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| Jezza | Dec 8 2011, 05:36 AM Post #34 |
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I'm doing ALL of that right now ... Powered doors are sourced and paid for Remote start system sourced and ordered Sound system sitting in my living room GTi seats sourced and ordered New Years will be GREAT!!!
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| Bad Bent | Dec 8 2011, 06:13 PM Post #35 |
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Facetious Educated Donkey
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Exactly! I took my Geo's sound system out of my Goldwing motorcycle.
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| Rustman | Dec 12 2011, 08:47 AM Post #36 |
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Haven't viewed the last page yet, but are you sure your thermostat was working when that happened? If it got stuck in the open position (from the cold, or whatever) it probably wouldn't warm up no matter what you did. That happened to my 96, only in reverse. It got stuck in the closed position and the engine started overheating all the time. Trouble was that the parts warehouse I tried getting a replacement from had a different sized thermostat that wouldn't physically fit, and they tried telling me that it was OEM, and they couldn't get me the right one. So now I have to drive around without a thermostat in it, which isn't too bad in the summer, but now in the winter the engine cools right down to C as soon as I start getting up to speed. |
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| Rustman | Dec 12 2011, 09:18 AM Post #37 |
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My preferences: Keep the crank windows... one less motor to go bad (and I've seen a lot of them fail, and it ain't pretty. ... sorry for my hick language, lol.) No air bags! (I can't stand the way my steering wheel looks like it's got a balloon inside of it, and if it ever goes off, I hate to think of the bill to get it put back together. My seat belt is good enough for me, thank you.) Better sound system with fog machine, neons and strobe lights (party-mobile!) 3 cyl engine with less than 5,000 miles on it. (I can CNC program, just need materials and a good mill... I'm in school learning CNC right now) Retractable headlights on a pneumatic system (not vaccum) Cruise Control on steering wheel, not on instrument panel pushbuttons for headlights and wipers Speaking of wipers, have ones that actually have an INT setting so that I don't wear them out as fast, and have a rear wiper. Speaking of rear, have rear defrost wires (ones that won't break easily) in the hatch Speaking of the hatch... (is the "speaking of" getting old?) Have a button up front to release so that I don't have to stick my finger in the mechanism to release it from the inside... maybe a hole drilled in that little pin connected on a wire?... I much prefer the manual steering over power steering. One less thing that can leak, break, crack, or just not work when the engine's dead. Have you ever tried to move a dead vehicle that has power steering? My dad's 78 F-250 is like that. We've pop-started that old *ahem* more times than I care to remember. And when it's dead, it's a real pain in the *ahem* to get that wheel to turn at all. And that's probably how the steering got so loose... 6, or 7, or 8, or more speed manual transmission, for if I ever go to Germany. (Yeah right, as if they would ever allow my Metro on the Autobahn... lol) But seriously, a 6th gear would be nice, so that my car can handle the Interstate highways better without flushing my mpgs... I don't really like the idea of remote start or remote entry. All it takes is the right code on the right frequency, and some thief can merrily drive away with your car, while you're left trying to find a ride at the truckstop... Plus, it's just another thing that can get messed up and cause trouble. Speaking of trouble, can you imagine what would happen if a vehicle lost power that has a drive-by-wire system equipped? Think about it for a moment. A drive-by-wire car basically has a video game system controlling the steering. If that car lost power, let's just say, from an EMP burst, the driver wouldn't be able to steer his car to safety. So much for that idea... Let me think... what else would I want... Ok, how about a self-cleaning system? Imagine you just took your family to Mc Donald's, and your kids spill their drinks on the carpet. No problem! just plug your car into any 110V AC outlet, and the Metro's cleaning system goes to work. Small vacuum cleaners on robotic arms come out from under the seats and spray Resolve carpet cleaner on the fabric, removing any spilt drinks from the floor. I don't know, but maybe they can shine your shoes as well... lol. ...it's still early here...
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| Bad Bent | Dec 13 2011, 07:38 PM Post #38 |
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Facetious Educated Donkey
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Nothing says luxury like...
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| Scoobs | Dec 13 2011, 07:58 PM Post #39 |
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:D
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PLEASE tell me thats photoshopped... Lmao that looks really really stupid |
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| Bad Bent | Dec 13 2011, 10:43 PM Post #40 |
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Facetious Educated Donkey
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All I can say is... I got it off the Internet.
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| Good bye | Dec 14 2011, 01:10 AM Post #41 |
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My "new" Esteem seats make my car feel much more luxurious. I installed studded tires today so the road noise will go way up. |
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| mountaineermetro | Dec 14 2011, 03:52 AM Post #42 |
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Does anyone else have vice grips for window cranks? |
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| DesmondGhostRider | Dec 14 2011, 04:48 AM Post #43 |
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I did till a week ago |
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| nerys | Dec 14 2011, 05:40 AM Post #44 |
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Grr
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Well I can not say for 100% certainty it was not a stuck thermo but once I "drove" the car it warmed up almost exactly in 1.2 miles like it always does. I would assume it would "NOT" have done that if the thermo was stuck open. also in seriously cold weather without a rad block the car will "COOL DOWN" if I stop and idle for too long. |
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| Tofuball | Dec 14 2011, 07:11 AM Post #45 |
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Strange Mechanic
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It could be stuck a little open (not closing all the way) or have a cracked\leaking inner or outer gasket.
Edited by Tofuball, Dec 14 2011, 07:11 AM.
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