I'm looking for a Geo Metro and I think I've hit all the major internet searches. Is there any little known local postings where I could find this?

4/28/2008 4:52:17 PM

Go to a gas station and pick up some of those autotrader type mags. They have lower end cars galore.

[Edited on April 28, 2008 at 4:56 PM. Reason : Not sure of the names, but there are numerous local listings magazines,,,]

4/28/2008 4:53:14 PM

Yeah, I looked on auto trader online. I figured they'd have the same listings.

4/28/2008 4:55:02 PM

keep an eye out for one in the CBT

4/28/2008 4:55:48 PM

http://www.justgeometrocars.com/geo-metro-forums.php

not local but they might know more bout it

[Edited on April 28, 2008 at 4:56 PM. Reason : 1]

4/28/2008 4:56:36 PM

CBT? I can't come up with what that might be right off. Car buyers...something maybe

4/28/2008 4:57:41 PM

carolina bargain trader

4/28/2008 5:20:54 PM

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"Is there any little known local postings where I could find this? "

You tryin to say you are a metro-sexual boy?

4/28/2008 5:32:09 PM

fordfreak45 used to have one maybe he would sell it

make sure you search for suzuki swift too

[Edited on April 28, 2008 at 5:47 PM. Reason : s]

4/28/2008 5:44:09 PM

^ actually i sold that thing a couple years back to one of my friends... he then traded it to some guy for a avalon. wish i still had it tho... that was a fun little car, not to mention i could get over 50mpg if i drove right

4/28/2008 5:52:56 PM

why not get a subaru justy?

4/28/2008 5:53:47 PM

are you trying to be a squash banana...man if you get in a wreck with a geo=history

4/28/2008 6:21:38 PM

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"are you trying to be a squash banana...man if you get in a wreck with a geo=history"

Are you related to slowback? Your post seem to be about equally worthless/incorrect, but at least you spell better.

4/28/2008 8:10:37 PM

Don't forget there's the Ford Fiesta

4/28/2008 11:44:42 PM

^Festiva.

Unless you mean the late 70's/early 80's Fiesta.

4/29/2008 12:02:10 PM

get a dodge shadow

4/29/2008 12:07:31 PM

Anybody know of anyone that might like to sell a metro?

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 1:45 PM. Reason : metro ]

4/29/2008 1:45:06 PM

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/car/651564928.html

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4/29/2008 1:57:53 PM

Yeah I saw that one. I talked to him and he was firm on the $2600. I was looking for something more like $2000 or less. He fixes em up and sells em for profit and I'm lookin for someone wanting to unload one. Thanks though.

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 2:01 PM. Reason : -]

4/29/2008 2:00:14 PM

gotcha, are you dead set on a 3 cyl geo metro for any particular reason?

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 2:08 PM. Reason : .]

4/29/2008 2:08:13 PM

The only thing I'm lookin for really is awesome gas mileage. When looking I've come across the Geo Metro/Suzuki Swift and the Honda CRX HF. It just seemed like the Geo was the easiest to find.

4/29/2008 2:11:00 PM

Consider an mx3? There is one posted online, though the paint looked like crap. I get a consistent 35 in the city. more than 40mpg on the highway if you keep it around 65mph. But I like to go 70-75, so that drops it back down to 35 then too.

4/29/2008 2:17:47 PM

Hadn't thought of that one. I could look into that too. Although I liked the sound of 50 mpg with the others.

4/29/2008 2:21:11 PM

It's going to be either that or an old Honda

Check sunday paper classifieds.

4/29/2008 2:29:54 PM

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"^Festiva. Unless you mean the late 70's/early 80's Fiesta."

yeah you're right.

am I correct in thinking that the OP isn't interested in an old VW diesel b/c their prices are too high and that diesel is too high right now. B/c the mileage from those should be much better.

4/29/2008 2:51:36 PM

There was a version of the Metro called the Metro XFI. It had an even weaker engine and it got something like 53-58 mpg.

I haven't looked into the VW diesels too much. Which models and years would be the best?

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 3:25 PM. Reason : VW]

4/29/2008 3:22:10 PM

Dude, if you want a cheap car, I got a '99 Saturn with 120k miles that gets 40 mpg highway

No need to drive a 15-20 year old car. Just give me a PM

4/29/2008 4:17:40 PM

there's one in decent shape sitting for sale in front of a house on Holden Rd. in Wake Forest. just saw it the other day.

4/29/2008 4:52:00 PM

Now that's the kind of thing I'm looking for.

4/29/2008 4:58:36 PM

look for a civic VX as well if you're considering multiple options.

4/29/2008 6:31:22 PM

4/29/2008 6:32:50 PM

is the ridiculous size, lack of comfort, and dangerously low power really worth saving a few bucks at the pump? accepting 5-8 less mpg will get you a FAR superior vehicle. i think you need to do the simple math of just how much you'd be saving and also consider that most interstates are 65-70mph speed limits now.

as for anything diesel, keep in mind that it's roughly 50 cents a gallon more than gas now. you could offset or drastically reduce that with bio fuels though.

4/29/2008 9:32:07 PM

I'd look for an early 90s Civic VX hatch. Thats probably as desparate as I'd go

4/29/2008 9:59:00 PM

Yeah the VX's look pretty good too. I would buy whichever one of these I came across first.

4/30/2008 3:48:41 PM

the civic cx aint bad either!

4/30/2008 6:01:33 PM

1995 geo

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/car/659474571.html

4/30/2008 9:06:40 PM

I was looking at gas mileage on fueleconomy.gov, it won't list what package the Civic is such as cx, vx, hx. It just has alot of listings for "Civic" with different gas mileages.

5/1/2008 8:09:16 AM

Quote :

"is the ridiculous size, lack of comfort, and dangerously low power really worth saving a few bucks at the pump? accepting 5-8 less mpg will get you a FAR superior vehicle. i think you need to do the simple math of just how much you'd be saving and also consider that most interstates are 65-70mph speed limits now."

The thought of getting in an accident in one of those little boxes doesn't make me want to go anywhere near one either.

5/1/2008 9:35:59 AM

over 40 mpg
under $2k
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/car/660818754.html

5/1/2008 10:49:03 AM

diesel = gASS rape

5/1/2008 12:41:18 PM

^^looks rock solid, but you've got to wonder with the price of diesel outpacing that of gasoline.

5/1/2008 1:32:59 PM

Yeah I'd like to find one that gets that gas mileage that's not a diesel.

5/1/2008 2:57:46 PM

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"Car gets about 42mpg if you shift it at 2500 miles"

Nice

5/1/2008 4:42:15 PM

why a geo metro??

I could probably run the 1/4 mile faster then that car.

5/1/2008 8:30:20 PM

maybe he likes look like a complete tool when driving around.

5/1/2008 9:56:02 PM

it shouldn't matter what you look like driving.

i know its a foreign concept to some but there are some of us who couldn't give two shits what they look like to complete strangers.

they dont even know you

5/1/2008 10:37:46 PM

Well its a shitbox, so when someone says hey look at that shitbox he's not being judgemental, just factual.

5/1/2008 11:32:17 PM