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> My old '96 geo metro (four door) was is 1,984 lbs I drove one of those, and there's no way they were typical American car in any way in any era, so I don't t
by tivert 3y ago
> My old '96 geo metro (four door) was is 1,984 lbs
I drove one of those, and there's no way they were typical American car in any way in any era, so I don't think it's a valid starting point for plotting a valid trend line. They were weird things. Mine had a 3-cylindar 55hp engine, and I'd joke there were lawnmowers that were more powerful.
- bombcar 3y agoThe Geo Metro was at least common enough that people knew what they were, but they were certainly outliers. But there were small cars, like the Nissan Sentra and friends.
- tivert 3y ago> But there were small cars, like the Nissan Sentra and friends. IIRC, a Sentra was Civic-sized. I drove a Civic before my Metro, and it was literally twice as powerful and much more fun to drive. The Metro took smallness/cheapness/fuel efficiency to the maximum extreme (for the US at least). It was not fun to drive, and I was constantly reminded about how under-powered it was. IIRC, the thing struggled with hills and couldn't even make it to 80 or 85 on perfectly flat, level ground.
- bombcar 3y agoThe problem with the Metro (and similar sized cars) is nobody wants to buy them new - the entire market is people who want a tiny used car. Because if you have $10-15k for a Metro you just buy a used better car.