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| macuserman | Mar 28 2012, 10:15 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Hi, This is my first car(1991 2dr Geo Metro) given to me by my uncle I am a college student and my life was getting a bit difficult without one. I joined this forum just to learn about geo metros. I don't know hardly anything about them(I don't even know what model mine is lol) except I'm delighted by the gas mileage and mine is surprisingly fun to drive. Hopefully I can learn a lot and figure out how to take care of it properly, some things on my to do list for it are to figure out what tools are handy to have and make a tool box for it(suggestions welcome), and to fix some of the cosmetic stuff inside minor things like missing hood lever, and radio bezel stuff like that. Although I'm finding 1991 parts are hard to get. Anyways glad to meet everybody. Ivan Can't seem to get the picture link to work so if you want to see it here is the url. Edited by bogs, Mar 30 2012, 12:34 PM.
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| Coche Blanco | Mar 28 2012, 10:19 PM Post #2 |
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Troll Certified
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Keep oil in it and you'll do good, welcome! |
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| HelterSkelter | Mar 29 2012, 12:28 AM Post #3 |
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#1 Pizza Driver
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is that a winch on the front? >.< |
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| dover | Mar 29 2012, 01:53 AM Post #4 |
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you'll want a 10mm and 12mm wrenches for sure! For flickr pictures you'll want to click the share button above the picture to get the direct link to that photo. |
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| c140flyer | Mar 29 2012, 04:01 AM Post #5 |
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I imagine that that's a tow rig for towing the car behind a motor home. Good choice on cars Ivan. If you ever get that hood open, you will find a 1.0 liter 3 cylinder engine that puts (put) out 55h.p. and if you have the 5 speed manual transmission, you should see 45-55 m.p.g.! My first priority would be to fix that hood latch so you can service the engine. Also check the lower control arm mounts for rust. It's the achille's heel of the Geo Metro and if bad, can cause wheel separation from the car ( Don't ask me how I know!). Good Luck, Larry P.S. Love the old Jeep. Looks like many carefree miles ahead for that rig! Edited by c140flyer, Mar 29 2012, 05:01 AM.
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| dayle1960 | Mar 29 2012, 05:59 AM Post #6 |
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Fastest Hampster EVER
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Treat it like a lady and it will treat you nice. Be mean to it and it WILL die very quickly. Change the oil regularly and don't stomp on the gas. Metros are very robust vehicles that can attain wonderful fuel mileage if you limit heavy footed driving techniques. Glad you are an owner of a metro. When friends and relatives start giving you the "business" about owning a metro, just let them have their laughs. You will be spending a lot less in gas money plus achieving the same goal they are: arriving at a destination. Though the metro is not a glamorous vehicle, it still can get from point A to point B just like every other car. Consider yourself lucky to find one. And the best part about owning one, is that when the price of gas hits ten bucks a gallon, you can sell you metro for a lot more money than when you bought it. Good luck and welcome to GMF. |
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| macuserman | Mar 29 2012, 12:04 PM Post #7 |
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Yep you are quite right its something my uncle had installed on it before I got it so he could drag it around.. |
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| Old Man | Mar 29 2012, 12:40 PM Post #8 |
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costing you about 5 MPG |
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| Bad Bent | Mar 29 2012, 09:23 PM Post #9 |
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Facetious Educated Donkey
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Welcome to your new forum, macuserman!
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| allmountain40 | Mar 29 2012, 09:51 PM Post #10 |
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Welcome aboard |
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| Jittney | Mar 29 2012, 10:48 PM Post #11 |
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Anchorage 92 XFi
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Welcome to the forum, macuserman ![]() The 91 will get you great gas mileage. Congratulations.
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| Woodie | Mar 30 2012, 05:29 AM Post #12 |
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Welcome! You have a MK2 base model. Not an LSI limousine or an XFI mega mileage special. A base model, just right. |
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| bogs | Mar 30 2012, 12:43 PM Post #13 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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Welcome here I edited your post to show the initial picture you were trying for (using some, erm, techniques ) to get the proper address. While I was at it, I came across the reason you were unsuccessful, which was this message from Flickr : " Looking for the HTML code and photo file link? Check out this FAQ." which brings you to this : I was unable to find the BB codes for your pictures, so I cheated outrageously, check to see that you've enabled sharing and that your pictures have that linking available if you want to use Flickr for hosting to post pics here
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| macuserman | Mar 30 2012, 12:54 PM Post #14 |
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Sweet thanks I just realized that the button for bbl code also does the html and you have to select bbl after you choose it to get the correct link. Thanks for going to all that trouble.
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| bogs | Mar 30 2012, 02:06 PM Post #15 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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No problems
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) to get the proper address. While I was at it, I came across the reason you were unsuccessful, which was this message from Flickr :
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