High demand for 10 yr old Geo Metros... going for up to 10K

[Liberal_in_LA]

Radio program 'Market Place' on NPR is reporting a high demand for 10 year old Geo Metros. Gosh! Things must be getting tough.

Here is link: http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/may2008/bw20080530_752282.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5

The Geo Metro Rides Again, Sort Of
Drivers desperate for high gas mileage are snapping up the poky, discontinued Geo Metro because it offers around 44 mpg



Also, Triple A is reporting more people running out of gas... trying to get thru week on 20$ fillup. not making it.

[rzemanfl]

1. I don't think there are any ten year old GEO Metros. They

became Chevys in the 1998 model year. The Suziki Swift is the same car. I noticed this demand for Metros a week or so ago:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3337490

[madrchsod]

2. i had a 93 metro....great little car.

drove it for 4 years through all kinds of weather in northern illinois. it was still running strong till i discovered the front frame was totally rusted out. that sucked because i just put 300 dollars in engine and tires..

i`m seeing fiesta`s,metro`s, and other small cars being rescued..hell i saw a "perfect" yugo last summer..

but i have`t seen any "LeCars"

[pansypoo53219]

3. a yugo?

been ages since i saw an 024. only know of it cause my grandpa had 1.

[madrchsod]

4. ya it shocked me...the dam thing was looked brand new.....

god what an awful car...well there was the chevette..

[Wiley50]

6. Idea: A film about a fundy family going on vacation in a small foreign car that's possessed

by the devil.

Sort of My Mother the Car/ Lampoon's Summer Vacation/ Christine

working title:

YUGO TO HELL!

[originalpckelly]

8. HA!

I may steal it and make a movie, please don't sue me!

[Pavulon]

5. 10,000 dollars 2500 gallons of fuel 167 full tanks

It would take a LONG time to make that up if you consider the variation from an accepted $2 to the unaccepted $4. That would be 5000 gallons of gas. About a tanker full at the 2 dollar variance..

No bank will finance it, you will be paying cash for a vehicle that guarantees you death in any significant motor vehicle accident.

The time to recover you cash outlay here would be significant. A Hyundai or other modern subcompact would be a better deal if one felt compelled to replace a functioning vehicle.

Replacing cars is almost always a loose situation.

[Robb]

10. Ha!

"No bank will finance it, you will be paying cash for a vehicle that guarantees you death in any significant motor vehicle accident."

...Sounds like my motorbike purchase. :D 78 mpg, btw.

[originalpckelly]

7. My mom had a metro (4 dr hatchback), sold it when the transmission started going bad.

Then we got a Saturn.

I remember we used to joke that we didn't have to lock the doors on the car because no one would steal it. :rofl:

[otherlander]

9. 44? That's about the same as a Corola.

[sandnsea]

11. My car gets 40 mpg

A 1997 plymouth neon with only 60,000 original miles. Hell yes I'll sell it for $10,000!! Where are these buyers??

[Miss Carly]

12. Isn't that the same car the freecreditreport.com guy is driving off the lot in the commercial?

His credit was Whack, but that's ok, he can drive past the witches driving the gas guzzler sports car who laughed at him....who's laughing now?

Carly

[Miss Carly]

13. I have an xterra, 20 mpg is my high, but I don't drive that much

so I guess it evens out.

Carly