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I haven't seen one recently but then again, I haven't really looked.
Back in the 80's my old boss had a 25 mile commute both directions to work from his small town. His kids had
similar commutes to school and jobs. I think he cornered the market on Geos at that time.
IIRC he had three or four in the fleet. He was very mechanical and so were his sons so they kept the fleet rolling
and would buy old ones and rehab them or use for parts. I wouldn't be surprised if he still had a few.
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POMTL, b-man.
I was *just* thinking as I click on the thread again, that it's too bad that Ed "Big Daddy Roth" isn't with us today.
True. Seacrest, even then I'm not sure why I noticed what they were driving, given who was driving.
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and what's the best MPG automakers can squeeze out of a non-hybrid, non-diesel car these days?
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the heavy safety features that are mandated, and emissions controls are what made the cheap 50 mpg cars go away. The Geo Metro XFi and the Honda CIVIC CRX-HFi.
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a friend of mine has one - she has to drive all over california
it gets over 40mpg and she just can't part with it
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And speaking of old Hondas, this morning I got behind a silver Accord that looked like an old Civic hatchback on steroids.
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Man, Geo/Chevy Metros are big time.
I have an autotrader.com alert setup for 3-cylinder cars in my area. Aside from (NOW) the smart car, Metros would be the only hit.
My wife gave me the green light to buy one with low miles on it last year for $6000+ !
I passed. Not sure I should have. Oh well.
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the family and i just got back from Costco. And lo and behold I saw one in the parking lot.
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decay wrote:
not the same car or build, but we have a 1991 Geo Prizm that's running great (knock wood).
main reason is it's a Toyota Corolla, rebadged.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Prizm
I had a '94 Prizm - really sweet car. It was still going strong when I sold it with 165,000 miles on the odometer. Only reason I bought it was because mechanically it was a Corolla.
