Here is my 2¢ worth....
My Metro gets about 45 mpg average over a year's weather conditions.
I personally drive about 18,000 miles in a year (75 miles/day) x 5 days a week etc.
Were I driving a 25 mpg car, that would be 720 gallons/year.
But my '93 Geo Metro uses 400 gallons/year.
That is 320 gallons LESS than your average car. @$3 / gallon, I save $960 / year....!
More if/when gasoline goes up....
If you have one of these, it may not matter to you....
Yes - try to find a good running Geo Metro for sale!
Most folks I run into wouldn't sell theirs ( and I ask!)....
Maybe some dip-brained Car Executive will decide to try selling them again...
although I doubt it - he wouldn't make money fast enough to suit the Corporation.
If an entrepreneur started another GEO METRO type car manufacturing organization,
the big Corps would kill him or see to it he (she) failed.
Now WHO would do such a thing......OIL, Big automotive Corporations, Parts
manufacturers, Environmentalists (it would take away their cause!)...
The US Government would also try to kill him - not enough silly "scientific" gadgets on it.
BUT - Maybe some senator could use the "Pork" for her state....Pelosi...Feinstein?
I sometimes wonder if I shouldn't buy one each of the big parts just to have
if my Phoenix craps out....parts may become harder to find !
Then - who knows, my Phoenix may become one of those Antique cars worth
a fortune just because it is
older than dirt.
DoctorBill
Have a look at this site!
http://www.car-accidents.com/car-aut...ake-model.html