My dad had a 91 3 cylinder and I had a 98 (Suzuki badge) 4 cylinder. Both cars are gone now sadly. I have a dream every now and then that is basically this video where I find them hidden behind my old house and they still work.
I told this to my brother and he gave me a couple more i hadn't heard. Why do Yugo's have heated rear windows? To keep your hands warm while you push. and Why do F-150s have such nice tailgates? To give you a comfortable place to sit while waiting for the tow truck.
Quick video I filmed today and thought I would share it with you all. I wanted to get this beast out of the yard and thought some of you would be interested. I may start doing some more shorter easier videos in the future and sharing them on the channel if you all are interested. Thanks for watching
I fought with one of these a while ago. No brakes was the main problem but as soon as it got in my shop it brought on a whole set of hells. Didn't charge, sloppy shifter, you name it. It might've gotten 50mpg had it not a constant fuel leak. Lol. Yknow, Metros are oddly common in Kentucky. Probably because they don't rust so fast here.
@@RichieRichOverdrive I always sprayed use oil in the body panels and sub frame. This one is almost rust free. The brakes on these were bad when they were new. It was a common upgrade to swap for larger rotors and better calipers. Thanks for watching friend👍
@Liams Lexus Build it doesn't even look like what it used to the Chevy not realize that they have the capacity to make a brand new car look exactly like a car from the 90s? They're just choosing not to and besides a 2021 Blazer is not going to be any more reliable then the rest of the junk they make these days like who buys a 2018 Malibu to have cylinder 1 fail completely at 20,000 miles? That's just gross
Randy_bosss could like my old civic. Sat for 5 years and fired up with no problem and been driving it for 6 years now. 411,000 miles and still going strong.
@@thumperpaul that type of cars were made here in Hungary too. Has been sold as a Suzuki Swift :) from 1.0L to 1.6L. Im sure both got some differences tho.
Wow, That brings back memories. I was handed a 96 Geo Metro to play with. And since the previous owner looked like she used it for a demolition derby contender. There wasn't one panel or door or even the top that wasn't seriously damaged. I thought I would try my hand at auto-body repair, just because. Amazingly, I did teach myself after many many times of redoing the same areas and not liking how they looked. But then I finally understood how it was done and refurbished that car back to new condition. Even the inside headliner and seats, carpet and you name it. It was amazing the difference in that vehicle once I was finished refurbishing it. The new paint finish was near perfect and the local body repair guy stated he couldn't have done it any better and was amazed I did that on my first attempt. And it was that same red color as well...
@@marksimmons3801 Good question. These motors are known for running for like 500k miles, but the prizm ones (mostly 1998 and later) burned lots of oil. So the ones in the junkyard are all ran out of oil, thats the only thing that kill these things. Even a good junkyard motor will start burning oil shortly after I install it. To fix the issue, you have to drill 2 extra oil drain holes in the piston. I figured I could either get a junkyard motor that will maybe run for 20k more miles before oil consumption kills it, or I could rebuild mine with fixed pistons and run it for another 200k.
It's a US version of the Suzuki Swift. :) We have a lot of running ones here, because here was the European manufacturing site. Greetings from Budapest! :)
In Canada, the Suzuki Swift version used a 4 cylinder, and this car was also sold as a Chevrolet Sprint and a Pontiac Firefly, using the 3 cylinder. There was a convertible version of those. We had a Geo Metro with the 3 cylinder and automatic for a while. It was "cheap and cheerful", but not your first pick to be in for a collision with a Mack truck. My main memory of it is of following a truck on a highway in thick fog at night, seeing his tail lights jump up and down, and then following him over a dead deer. We had fur on the underside for a while. 270,000 miles is really impressive, as is 50 mpg (62.5, in Imperial gallons) with the technology of that time. We aren't making the great advances in mpg I'd like to see.
Nice to see one of these in working condition again! My wife had a '94 when we met; it was a good little runner, getting 45+ MPG on cross-country runs...we have a friend w/ the later style, 2000 one; he's meticulously kept it up over its 20 years, and now has 500K miles on the original engine (he does all his own maintenance/repair work, and keeps a storage unit full of spares, since they were discontinued)!
Still sounds like when it was new!✌😂👍i knew a semi truck driver who have one of those, and he's about 6'4" and he said he loves the little thing! Because of the mileage he gets, he also told me that his car got over 300,000 thousand miles on it! Wow! Very impressive!
Buddy had one about the same year with a wore out engine, He took it a mechanic in town who rebuilt these things frequently.....about 4 hours they had new bearings and rings in it(rebuilt without pulling the engine) and he drove it for another couple of years and sold it still running good
I loved my Geo metro. They were incredible on gas. I used to shut the AC off to get more horsepower to merge into traffic. Mine starting using huge amounts of oil and I suspected it had a broken ring. Thanks for sharing.
@JohnDoe You MUST like writing this comment, as you clearly already told 'Sumtingwong Richard' the same thing. I can READ, it's just sad to see good cars parked in the woods to rot.
@@julioc.7760 when gas hit $4.00 a gallon a few years back Volkswagen Rabbits were selling for $5,000 or higher on Ebay. Diesel at that time was selling for $2 a gallon. Now that the big 3 have decided to stop selling small cars in favor of high dollar low mpg suvs the resale on these little cars has gone up.
Got me beat, Steve! I bought a 1992 Subaru Legacy wagon from a co-worker for $150. He'd abandoned it in the employee parking lot for about 3 years. All four tires were sitting on the rims, so I aired them up and put a new battery in it and it turned over about 1.5x and popped right off. I drove it for about 5 years and then gave it to my dad, who is still driving it to this day. Japanese cars from this era were absolutely indestructible.
My daily driver now is 94 geo metro, now 27 years old. Still start like a champ and drives fine. of course you don't expect 0-60 times of a sports car, but given the high mpg, you get a small, fuel efficient engine.
Unfunny You Should Say That, Dickhead, Because My '90 3 Cylinder Automatic HAULS ASS And Gets Me In A Whole Lot Of Trouble With POLICE!! ESPECIALLY CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL!!
You said, “You don’t have to worry about this thing rolling away.” You’re my favorite comedian. You make me laugh out loud frequently but the viewer HAS to listen carefully. Your very funny but you are also very quick with your comments. Thanks for sharing.
i love little reliable econobox cars. I had a toyota i got 300k+ miles out of. Didnt win any beauty awards and it hit 0-60 in ... several minutes but with minimal maintenance it basically never broke. Good to see you getting more life outta that old Metro.
The Metro looks very similar to the 1988 Dodge Colt I owned. Those big windows gave it great visibility, but its shortcoming was its lack of power. Despite that, I loved it!
You can fix oil burners with a garden hose with a sprayer on mist. Get the engine up to operating temp and rev the engine up. Now slowly start spraying water do this for about 10 minutes. This cleans the carbon out of the ring lands and allows the oil control rings to work again.
@@discerningmind yes, yugo had lots of problems, but Geo metro/susuzki Swift was a proven design which served millions around the world over the years.
For us in Europe (Suzuki Swift) These are quite tough cars. The engine can indeed last quite some time and will easy do 300 000 km+. To reach that: Just give it its regular service, oil, coolant and the car is indestructible!
Best part about geo metro is ease of service. I can do oil/filer change in just 10 minute flat. No jacking needed. Way easier than any other car, including toyota and honda.
I ran a half dozen of these into the ground commuting. They were incredible. I got to where I could pull that 3 banger out in an hour and a half. Easy to work on. Fantastic mileage.
These little Suzuki Swift's are super reliable , in Hungary everyone has one since they were built here , they keep it as the cheap economy car , we have a Suzuki alto , a similar 4 cylinder small car
i knew a teacher from hungary who had a swift, when she moved to the uk she put all her stuff in it and drove it over, got it re-registered and kept driving it over here until it was crashed into, she swore by that little lhd car
@@jimby_vokk3110 yeah here in Pakistan, they have sold it till 2017, with 4 cylinders 1.0, i still have it, Suzuki changed few things like headlights, interior grill color, backlights, door mouldings etc and named it, "Suzuki Cultus Euro 2"
We had the same year make and model of that POS. Those 3 cylinders were bullet proof for a long time. Head gasket finally went at about 400K miles. We called it "putt-putt". Local kid bought it for 100 bucks and we still see that damn car running around today. Damn thing just won't die.
Dude, either fix it or sell it. Those go for a decent little wedge I think as folks love the high millage, also I hate seeing stuff return to the earth.
I had a 1987 Chevy Sprint which was the forerunner to these cars. I bought it brand new and got 327,000 miles out of it. You are correct, for the price they were great cars. I also had a 92 metro and the Geos didn't have the engine and transmission matched as well as the Sprints did. The Geo always seemed underpowered while the Sprint had more than enough. I was amazed at the torque that little 3 cylinder put out as long as you shifted frequently and kept it in the torque curve.
Them Geo Metros are tough little SOBs. Years ago my cousins were ran off the road while in a Metro it rolled several times and slid upside down into a telephone pole. The car was still running when the first responders arrived.
brother owned one. good car for a high school kid and a person who doesn't want to put lots of money into a car.easy to repair with the right tools. Kind of miss cars like these. Reason brother had to get rid of it was it cant handle the winters where we live and eventually from driving it everyday the frame started to rust out.
Hey Steve! This video made my evening, I don’t know if you intended to be comical with it but I had some genuine laughs! I really enjoy your channel, thanks for sharing your time.
I had a '95 in the same car. Most reliable car I've ever owned. I was careful about preventive maintenance and went 239K then turned it over to a 17 year old. He took it to 260K then I sold it to my neighbor. He still has it. I wish I could buy something comparable now. It was cheap to run and cheap to maintain.
They can be a fun rally car with suspension mods. There is room for a Honda swap. The K20 is probably not a good choice but it has been done by notching the "frame" to clear the crankshaft pulley.
I had a 1990 Firefly, a Canadian version of the Suzuki and it was a great car! Not alot of power but got awesome fuel milage. Very basic car, no power windows or power steering but the heater worked well in the winter. Extremely easy to work on, lots of room under the hood. Wish I still had that car to mess around with!
During the 90's Art Bell spoke highly of his pair of cherished Geo Metros on his radio show. He had one for himself and one for his wife. With a peak radio audience of nearly 15 million listeners, he helped sell a lot of Geo Metros!
The excessive oil consumption is most likely caused by bad valve seals. Nothing more. These Suzuki engines (Geo = Suzuki), are pretty durable for such dinky things.
I’m in U.K. and have owned a Suzuki Swift (same car, different name) for ten years. I bought it for just £825 with 14,000 miles on it. It’s been the most reliable car I’ve ever owned in forty seven years of car ownership and by far the cheapest to run.
Unironically for a total shitbox these were great commuter cars. Tougb, reliable & got insane mileage if you drove them right. It takes a lot to screw these little cars up. Couldn't get away from their own shadow though.
How are the frame horns? I loved my Geo Metro, the wife not as much. LOL. I rebuilt it twice and the last straw, the heater hose blew off and I didn't know until it was too late. I got 45mpg burning oil and 48 after a rebuild, I drove it like I stole it. The block fit in the dishwasher..... Everybody ripped me for it at work. I told them I have the pink slip while they are paying $6-800 a month for their fancy diesels!
What a charming little car, I always admired those little Geos. My buddy's father drove one even though I'm sure the family could have easily replaced it with something newer. Reminds me of my 88 Corolla, wish we still had that one sitting around. I hope you didn't have to walk too far with that heavy battery!
This inspires me. I should try to start my 98 Cadillac STS that has been sitting for 4-1/2 years. The only thing that scares me are all the bees, hornets or wasps nests in the damn thing...
I'm in the same boat. I'm not worried about the wasps, I'll buy a can of raid and give them hell. I just hope that no mice chewed up my starter wires. I just put new everything in it before I parked it.
Bought one new in 1991. Up here in Canada they were made by Suzuki and sold by Pontiac as the Firefly when they first came out. Man, they were dirt cheap and tough as nails! They were pretty gutless on the highway but you couldn’t beat the mileage! I sold mine with nearly 400,000 km on it. Still ran good but smoked a little. Nice to see one running again. Thanks for the memories!
my dad had one of these until about 2008 then my mom deemed it too unsafer for him and me lol i think it was the later model like mid '93 but it wasnt in that nice red it was in that horrible 90s dark green lol good times!
One of the best parts of this video was how there was a natural discovery in every next thing you opened... Spider's webs across the engine bay, rat's nest in the glove box, wasp nest in the fuel cap... 😂
I remember when these cars became gold back when gas skyrocketed. I think that was about 10 or so years ago? These cars in barely running shape was at least a grand. I always wanted one but I couldn't bring myself to paying an exorbitant price for a tin can.
I used to have the same exact geo in white, It threw a rod on me at 146,000. I loved that little car with my entire soul, definitely would buy another.
@@KronosIV In the US, that is. AFAIK in Austria it's still mandatory to learn driving in a manual, otherwise you'll get a note in your licence stating you're only allowed to drive auto! Automatic cars are still a minority in Europe.
Best car I ever owned was a 91 Metro xfi. Never had a day's trouble with it. 65 mpg on the highway. 55 in the city. Only thing I ever changed on it was put a new muffler on it when I bought it. It had a small hole in it. I was driving with copper spark plugs and had to drop a gear to get over a tall bridge. Replaced them with platinums and made it over the bridge in 5th gear and was still accelerating. Great little car. Neon blue. Called her, Doodlebug, because with the hole in the muffler she sounded like a VW bug.
I thought that thing would start up pretty easily my car before I got it sat for 8 years we put a battery in it through some gas in it and it started right up yes it did need other repairs but it was just funny that it started right up after 8 years of sitting
We have a car called a metro in the uk ,it’s a “modern”squared off version of a mini and if you sit quietly you can hear it rust. Keep the videos coming they are something to look forward to in the cold wet uk..
Hi Steve, most importantly, take the best care of Elizabeth as possible. Had the chance to meet you both at the Bash last year. We all love your videos but home life takes the front seat. Take care and God bless to you both.
Weren't those actually mfg by Suzuki in partnership with GM? Those little Zooks are practically bulletproof... Well, except for the one with the broken rod ;)
We took a Metro like the red one 3 hours one way to see KISS in Memphis. 5 people is a bit generous in that car, especially when everyone but you weighs two fifty
I drove one of these for like 7 years. Loved it! I'm 6'4" so a little tight fit for me but I didn't care. My buddy always said if I ever put er in the ditch they'd use the jaws of life to get me out even though there was no damage to the car.
Looking at this I'm pretty sure that if you left a contemporary modern car out in the open like that with all the computers and flash memory in them they wouldn't start. Much less one of these current modern cars that would be 28 years old like this Metro. You'd need replacement LCD screens and other such nonsense after 2 or 3 years that would be obsolete and a whole bunch of other computers/electronics that would be obsolete. Not looking forward to the day when I have to replace my "simple" car.
My daily is my late mums car for 26 years.1995 Suzuki Swift HB 4cyl 1.3 sohc 5pd ABS purple her name is Smudge 218km running strong. Fun to drive has some power!
I owned the same car in 2002. Ran forever. What a great gas saver. The perfect commuter.
My dad had a 91 3 cylinder and I had a 98 (Suzuki badge) 4 cylinder. Both cars are gone now sadly. I have a dream every now and then that is basically this video where I find them hidden behind my old house and they still work.
15 years ago back in highschool there was an expression- How do you double the value of a Geo Metro? - You fill up the tank.
Back then when high schoolers actually had humor, and it wasn't about school shooting
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I told this to my brother and he gave me a couple more i hadn't heard.
Why do Yugo's have heated rear windows? To keep your hands warm while you push.
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Why do F-150s have such nice tailgates? To give you a comfortable place to sit while waiting for the tow truck.
@@RadJordy This is so fucking accurate lmao! God I hate Ford and Chevy....
In New Zealand the joke was " How do you double the value of a European Car?"
You Scrap it.
Quick video I filmed today and thought I would share it with you all. I wanted to get this beast out of the yard and thought some of you would be interested. I may start doing some more shorter easier videos in the future and sharing them on the channel if you all are interested. Thanks for watching
I fought with one of these a while ago. No brakes was the main problem but as soon as it got in my shop it brought on a whole set of hells. Didn't charge, sloppy shifter, you name it.
It might've gotten 50mpg had it not a constant fuel leak. Lol.
Yknow, Metros are oddly common in Kentucky. Probably because they don't rust so fast here.
@@RichieRichOverdrive I always sprayed use oil in the body panels and sub frame. This one is almost rust free. The brakes on these were bad when they were new. It was a common upgrade to swap for larger rotors and better calipers. Thanks for watching friend👍
Please do - if you have any little videos like this feel free to make them, I'm sure a lot of us would watch them all. I know I definitely will.
Please do - if you have any little videos like this feel free to make them, I'm sure a lot of us would watch them all. I know I definitely will.
Steve Summers Adventures channel... hahaha! Why not!?
That battery is literally the size of that little 3 cylinder 😂
@Liams Lexus Build it doesn't even look like what it used to the Chevy not realize that they have the capacity to make a brand new car look exactly like a car from the 90s? They're just choosing not to and besides a 2021 Blazer is not going to be any more reliable then the rest of the junk they make these days like who buys a 2018 Malibu to have cylinder 1 fail completely at 20,000 miles? That's just gross
Prawn Stars lol
Lol 🤣
The battery would have started a truck ! lol
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Steve, you probably made your pet squirrel very mad, that was probably one of his favorite spots to hang out!!! LOL
Yeah peanut come back from a trip in the woods to find his condo gone.
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Not a squirrel. A giant rat!
@@springer-qb4dv no a mouse
i love cars that just get up and go when you leave/find them
they don't ever give up
Randy_bosss could like my old civic. Sat for 5 years and fired up with no problem and been driving it for 6 years now. 411,000 miles and still going strong.
@@BACKFIREFUR good ol honda for ya
@@BACKFIREFUR sweet
Japanese knows how make small cars that can run forever.
Is that japanese
@@dereksans1015might not made in japan but its made by Suzuki.
harsha806 it looks like a Dhiatsu
Geo Metro was made by Suzuki.
@@thumperpaul that type of cars were made here in Hungary too. Has been sold as a Suzuki Swift :) from 1.0L to 1.6L. Im sure both got some differences tho.
Wow, That brings back memories. I was handed a 96 Geo Metro to play with. And since the previous owner looked like she used it for a demolition derby contender. There wasn't one panel or door or even the top that wasn't seriously damaged. I thought I would try my hand at auto-body repair, just because.
Amazingly, I did teach myself after many many times of redoing the same areas and not liking how they looked. But then I finally understood how it was done and refurbished that car back to new condition. Even the inside headliner and seats, carpet and you name it. It was amazing the difference in that vehicle once I was finished refurbishing it. The new paint finish was near perfect and the local body repair guy stated he couldn't have done it any better and was amazed I did that on my first attempt. And it was that same red color as well...
you may consider this crazy but that Metro would be a great source of content should you tear into that engine
Yogis Friend I have rebuilt the geo prizm's engine(similar but 4 cylinders), and it was easy. It Would make great content!
why tear in on a motor with 280k on it ? replace it with a good used motor
@@marksimmons3801 Good question. These motors are known for running for like 500k miles, but the prizm ones (mostly 1998 and later) burned lots of oil. So the ones in the junkyard are all ran out of oil, thats the only thing that kill these things. Even a good junkyard motor will start burning oil shortly after I install it. To fix the issue, you have to drill 2 extra oil drain holes in the piston. I figured I could either get a junkyard motor that will maybe run for 20k more miles before oil consumption kills it, or I could rebuild mine with fixed pistons and run it for another 200k.
@@jimchance5006 thanks for the info and knowledge Jim !
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It's a US version of the Suzuki Swift. :) We have a lot of running ones here, because here was the European manufacturing site. Greetings from Budapest! :)
Very cool
In Canada, the Suzuki Swift version used a 4 cylinder, and this car was also sold as a Chevrolet Sprint and a Pontiac Firefly, using the 3 cylinder. There was a convertible version of those. We had a Geo Metro with the 3 cylinder and automatic for a while. It was "cheap and cheerful", but not your first pick to be in for a collision with a Mack truck. My main memory of it is of following a truck on a highway in thick fog at night, seeing his tail lights jump up and down, and then following him over a dead deer. We had fur on the underside for a while. 270,000 miles is really impressive, as is 50 mpg (62.5, in Imperial gallons) with the technology of that time. We aren't making the great advances in mpg I'd like to see.
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Oh now i understand why there is lots of Suzuki Swifts in Magyarorzəg :) Driving in Balaton you will see them a alot :) Köszi
Wasn't the UK version 1.5l , I had this but it was called Suzuki Cultus
This car made me remember when my older sister bought her first car: a Subaru Justy 4WD 1992. It was the four door model. I loved that car.
Nice to see one of these in working condition again! My wife had a '94 when we met; it was a good little runner, getting 45+ MPG on cross-country runs...we have a friend w/ the later style, 2000 one; he's meticulously kept it up over its 20 years, and now has 500K miles on the original engine (he does all his own maintenance/repair work, and keeps a storage unit full of spares, since they were discontinued)!
Still sounds like when it was new!✌😂👍i knew a semi truck driver who have one of those, and he's about 6'4" and he said he loves the little thing! Because of the mileage he gets, he also told me that his car got over 300,000 thousand miles on it! Wow! Very impressive!
318,600+ Thousand Miles On Mine And It's An Automatic! So There!
I just don’t understand people who leave their assets out to rot.
Its because they know that someday someone is going to ask to fix it
@@robertfobbester9344 just sell it when you don't want it anymore so others can enjoy it before it's a pile of rust
@@VictorGarcia-gy8yv yea but if it dont work whos gonna enjoy something that doesn't work
@@robertfobbester9344 do you know what a project car is?? People enjoy fixing cars and tunning them that's not anything new lol
How about the fact its a POS?
Looks like she's ready for the daily commute!
Let's run it until the wheels fall off know
@@stevenbuell5387 Never! Run it forever!
Buddy had one about the same year with a wore out engine, He took it a mechanic in town who rebuilt these things frequently.....about 4 hours they had new bearings and rings in it(rebuilt without pulling the engine) and he drove it for another couple of years and sold it still running good
I loved my Geo metro. They were incredible on gas. I used to shut the AC off to get more horsepower to merge into traffic. Mine starting using huge amounts of oil and I suspected it had a broken ring. Thanks for sharing.
Why are you neglecting this? Drive it or sell it. It deserves that!
“It burns an excessive amount of oil” he says it in the first 30 seconds of the video. It’s a geo POS.
Analog Hour still better than the tacky electronic shit they’re putting out nowadays 😂
@lystadludwig69 I'd rather drive a Geo than an new piece of shit Tesla, or any new car really.
I was thinking the same thing: "Don't let it for in the woods! Take car of it!"
@JohnDoe You MUST like writing this comment, as you clearly already told 'Sumtingwong Richard' the same thing. I can READ, it's just sad to see good cars parked in the woods to rot.
You can probably rebuilt that engine in a few hours for under 400 dollars.
...and the car will cost $100
@@qutiepie618 1500 for a good camry. an isuzu? i doubt it. but good to know
@@qutiepie618 wow people in portland are stupid.
@@julioc.7760 when gas hit $4.00 a gallon a few years back Volkswagen Rabbits were selling for $5,000 or higher on Ebay. Diesel at that time was selling for $2 a gallon. Now that the big 3 have decided to stop selling small cars in favor of high dollar low mpg suvs the resale on these little cars has gone up.
The rebuild kit is like $150 I just bought one. Hella cheap I love this car. Especially if you get the convertible
That battery is even bigger than than the 3cylinder engine lol
Got me beat, Steve! I bought a 1992 Subaru Legacy wagon from a co-worker for $150. He'd abandoned it in the employee parking lot for about 3 years. All four tires were sitting on the rims, so I aired them up and put a new battery in it and it turned over about 1.5x and popped right off. I drove it for about 5 years and then gave it to my dad, who is still driving it to this day. Japanese cars from this era were absolutely indestructible.
My first car was a 93 Geo Metro, automatic. Car wouldn't move out of its own way.
90s automatic transmissions were garbage. a manual metro was and is a very decent car. still lots of them running around europe and latin america.
Auto were hopeless. Stick shifts were great
My daily driver now is 94 geo metro, now 27 years old. Still start like a champ and drives fine. of course you don't expect 0-60 times of a sports car, but given the high mpg, you get a small, fuel efficient engine.
Unfunny You Should Say That, Dickhead, Because My '90 3 Cylinder Automatic HAULS ASS And Gets Me In A Whole Lot Of Trouble With POLICE!!
ESPECIALLY CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL!!
You said, “You don’t have to worry about this thing rolling away.” You’re my favorite comedian. You make me laugh out loud frequently but the viewer HAS to listen carefully. Your very funny but you are also very quick with your comments. Thanks for sharing.
i love little reliable econobox cars. I had a toyota i got 300k+ miles out of. Didnt win any beauty awards and it hit 0-60 in ... several minutes but with minimal maintenance it basically never broke. Good to see you getting more life outta that old Metro.
The Metro looks very similar to the 1988 Dodge Colt I owned. Those big windows gave it great visibility, but its shortcoming was its lack of power. Despite that, I loved it!
“This battery’s bigger than the car almost”
Lol
You can fix oil burners with a garden hose with a sprayer on mist. Get the engine up to operating temp and rev the engine up. Now slowly start spraying water do this for about 10 minutes. This cleans the carbon out of the ring lands and allows the oil control rings to work again.
Hey it starts and it's one step above a Yugo..... lol
My yugo is actually a great running car. Sometimes
@@rexjolles how'd you even find a Yugo? I've never seen one in my life.
@@RustyVigero2005 in balkans you see them everywhere literally every other barn has a Yugo in it, lol
It's more than one step above a Yugo.
@@discerningmind yes, yugo had lots of problems, but Geo metro/susuzki Swift was a proven design which served millions around the world over the years.
Maaaaaaaan!!!!!!!!
Literally started straight away after 4 years!!!! Without a crank!!
That's impressive..... Good car steve
For us in Europe (Suzuki Swift) These are quite tough cars. The engine can indeed last quite some time and will easy do 300 000 km+. To reach that: Just give it its regular service, oil, coolant and the car is indestructible!
Totaly agree. You have told how It was the history of my life with my Suzuki Swift 1.3 sedan
Best part about geo metro is ease of service. I can do oil/filer change in just 10 minute flat. No jacking needed. Way easier than any other car, including toyota and honda.
I ran a half dozen of these into the ground commuting. They were incredible. I got to where I could pull that 3 banger out in an hour and a half. Easy to work on. Fantastic mileage.
That would be a good practice car for your son when he takes his driving license.
Oh MY GOD, the first youtuber to actually clean the window, thank you! ^_^
These little Suzuki Swift's are super reliable , in Hungary everyone has one since they were built here , they keep it as the cheap economy car , we have a Suzuki alto , a similar 4 cylinder small car
i knew a teacher from hungary who had a swift, when she moved to the uk she put all her stuff in it and drove it over, got it re-registered and kept driving it over here until it was crashed into, she swore by that little lhd car
@@zackburkhart6521 suzuki made a 1.0 3cyl swift and a 1.3 4cyl swift and a 1.6 sport swift
@@jimby_vokk3110 yeah here in Pakistan, they have sold it till 2017, with 4 cylinders 1.0, i still have it, Suzuki changed few things like headlights, interior grill color, backlights, door mouldings etc and
named it, "Suzuki Cultus Euro 2"
@@faiqmallick7176 oh that's cool
We had the same year make and model of that POS. Those 3 cylinders were bullet proof for a long time. Head gasket finally went at about 400K miles. We called it "putt-putt". Local kid bought it for 100 bucks and we still see that damn car running around today. Damn thing just won't die.
Dude, either fix it or sell it. Those go for a decent little wedge I think as folks love the high millage, also I hate seeing stuff return to the earth.
I had a 1987 Chevy Sprint which was the forerunner to these cars. I bought it brand new and got 327,000 miles out of it. You are correct, for the price they were great cars. I also had a 92 metro and the Geos didn't have the engine and transmission matched as well as the Sprints did. The Geo always seemed underpowered while the Sprint had more than enough. I was amazed at the torque that little 3 cylinder put out as long as you shifted frequently and kept it in the torque curve.
"nothing really wrong with it... except everything" made me chuckle. Thanks for all that you share. Best thoughts to Elizabeth.
At least you have a place to start if you decide to put it back in to service.
These cars simply refuse to die...
Them Geo Metros are tough little SOBs. Years ago my cousins were ran off the road while in a Metro it rolled several times and slid upside down into a telephone pole. The car was still running when the first responders arrived.
brother owned one. good car for a high school kid and a person who doesn't want to put lots of money into a car.easy to repair with the right tools. Kind of miss cars like these. Reason brother had to get rid of it was it cant handle the winters where we live and eventually from driving it everyday the frame started to rust out.
Hey Steve! This video made my evening, I don’t know if you intended to be comical with it but I had some genuine laughs! I really enjoy your channel, thanks for sharing your time.
I'd love to see it get a deep clean.
Old 3 cylinders...got to love them...lol...yea peanut is going to like """hey where my clubhouse"""😂
I had a '95 in the same car. Most reliable car I've ever owned. I was careful about preventive maintenance and went 239K then turned it over to a 17 year old. He took it to 260K then I sold it to my neighbor. He still has it. I wish I could buy something comparable now. It was cheap to run and cheap to maintain.
I had one like that one and loved it, even when it was slow as hell. I wonder how fun of a car would it be if it had a little bit more power.
They can be a fun rally car with suspension mods. There is room for a Honda swap. The K20 is probably not a good choice but it has been done by notching the "frame" to clear the crankshaft pulley.
They were available in 4 cyl on the late 90’s. I had an 01,but loved the original better
I had a 1990 Firefly, a Canadian version of the Suzuki and it was a great car! Not alot of power but got awesome fuel milage. Very basic car, no power windows or power steering but the heater worked well in the winter. Extremely easy to work on, lots of room under the hood. Wish I still had that car to mess around with!
That was more entertaining than I expected!.
During the 90's Art Bell spoke highly of his pair of cherished Geo Metros on his radio show. He had one for himself and one for his wife. With a peak radio audience of nearly 15 million listeners, he helped sell a lot of Geo Metros!
The excessive oil consumption is most likely caused by bad valve seals. Nothing more. These Suzuki engines (Geo = Suzuki), are pretty durable for such dinky things.
On the documentary wreck trek they had a tiny suzuki maruti and that thing just kept going.
I think it’s just a tad overfilled with oil to be honest
The geo prism was made by Toyota but the rest were Suzuki I think
My sister had one of those for 10 years for her 4 person family. They loved it!! They called it “The Metroid”
Opening the gas cap was had my saying “good hiss” like Steve 1989 MRE Info.
I’m in U.K. and have owned a Suzuki Swift (same car, different name) for ten years. I bought it for just £825 with 14,000 miles on it. It’s been the most reliable car I’ve ever owned in forty seven years of car ownership and by far the cheapest to run.
Unironically for a total shitbox these were great commuter cars. Tougb, reliable & got insane mileage if you drove them right. It takes a lot to screw these little cars up.
Couldn't get away from their own shadow though.
My little shit box is going to have a 144 volt forklift motor. Talking about a rolling casket on wheels.
How are the frame horns? I loved my Geo Metro, the wife not as much. LOL. I rebuilt it twice and the last straw, the heater hose blew off and I didn't know until it was too late. I got 45mpg burning oil and 48 after a rebuild, I drove it like I stole it. The block fit in the dishwasher..... Everybody ripped me for it at work. I told them I have the pink slip while they are paying $6-800 a month for their fancy diesels!
What a charming little car, I always admired those little Geos. My buddy's father drove one even though I'm sure the family could have easily replaced it with something newer.
Reminds me of my 88 Corolla, wish we still had that one sitting around.
I hope you didn't have to walk too far with that heavy battery!
I had 96 suzuki swift 1.0 52hp 5d. My first car. It drove everywhere. Woods, fields, highways, snow, mud... nothing could stop it xD
This inspires me. I should try to start my 98 Cadillac STS that has been sitting for 4-1/2 years. The only thing that scares me are all the bees, hornets or wasps nests in the damn thing...
Call up an exterminator.
I'm in the same boat. I'm not worried about the wasps, I'll buy a can of raid and give them hell. I just hope that no mice chewed up my starter wires. I just put new everything in it before I parked it.
Bought one new in 1991. Up here in Canada they were made by Suzuki and sold by Pontiac as the Firefly when they first came out. Man, they were dirt cheap and tough as nails! They were pretty gutless on the highway but you couldn’t beat the mileage! I sold mine with nearly 400,000 km on it. Still ran good but smoked a little. Nice to see one running again. Thanks for the memories!
I had the Chevy Sprint version, I loved that car.
Sometimes it would flood and I'd have to pop the hood and unplug the injector to get it to start.
Top little cars. The styling holds up well too . I've owned my '92 GTi since it was new...
My sister had one of these. Loved driving it. Like a go-cart with AC.
My sister did too. A 1989 Metro LSi. She bought it brand new and was definitely the only one around our town that had one for quite a while!!!
my dad had one of these until about 2008 then my mom deemed it too unsafer for him and me lol i think it was the later model like mid '93 but it wasnt in that nice red it was in that horrible 90s dark green lol good times!
Hey Steve!
11:00 I was expecting a 'Big Foot' sighting!! LOL
Take care, be safe & best wishes for you and yours!
Ken
I had the turbo version.... I think it made 70hp. Was an excellent little car.
Hey, I've got a bit older metro I drive all the time. I love that metro!
Man, I have always wanted a Geo Metro.
Rollin on 12's, you know you've made it!
Yeah you dont even have to finance them.
That's How I Roll! Got A Problem With That?
One of the best parts of this video was how there was a natural discovery in every next thing you opened... Spider's webs across the engine bay, rat's nest in the glove box, wasp nest in the fuel cap... 😂
Sometimes junking an old car like that is having to shoot your dog best to all
I bought a ‘94 Geo Prism for $900, best little car I ever owned. Thanks for posting this.
I remember when these cars became gold back when gas skyrocketed. I think that was about 10 or so years ago? These cars in barely running shape was at least a grand. I always wanted one but I couldn't bring myself to paying an exorbitant price for a tin can.
Tin Can=Jeremiah Groovy!
I used to have the same exact geo in white, It threw a rod on me at 146,000. I loved that little car with my entire soul, definitely would buy another.
Keeping a $10 car for when the kid starts to drive. 😂
Well, at least he can learn manual, a lost art these days.
@@KronosIV In the US, that is. AFAIK in Austria it's still mandatory to learn driving in a manual, otherwise you'll get a note in your licence stating you're only allowed to drive auto! Automatic cars are still a minority in Europe.
@@Ragnar8504 in Europe people are more like WOW A AUTOMATIC SO COOL! because everyone is used to a manual
@@MauriceNL1 thats right. regulations are difrent here. more people drive older cars in the netherlands then newer....
@@duke_sunny wat bedoel je met oud 15 tot 20 jaar?
Best car I ever owned was a 91 Metro xfi. Never had a day's trouble with it. 65 mpg on the highway. 55 in the city. Only thing I ever changed on it was put a new muffler on it when I bought it. It had a small hole in it. I was driving with copper spark plugs and had to drop a gear to get over a tall bridge. Replaced them with platinums and made it over the bridge in 5th gear and was still accelerating. Great little car. Neon blue. Called her, Doodlebug, because with the hole in the muffler she sounded like a VW bug.
Go ahead and get'er back on the road. Kinda sad for the little guy.
3 cylinders? Veeery Cool!
Whereabouts are you in Kentucky?
I'm in Frankfort / Central Kentucky
@@SteveSummers wait your in Kentucky? Cool!
Oh No! This Is In Godawful TORNADO COUNTRY?
I thought that thing would start up pretty easily my car before I got it sat for 8 years we put a battery in it through some gas in it and it started right up yes it did need other repairs but it was just funny that it started right up after 8 years of sitting
We have a car called a metro in the uk ,it’s a “modern”squared off version of a mini and if you sit quietly you can hear it rust. Keep the videos coming they are something to look forward to in the cold wet uk..
Lee Dale - In the 70s, we had the Chevrolet Vega. Their claim to fame was that they got busy and began rusting in the showroom. 😎👍
@@joeromanak8797 Vega.... remember those well. We did big production runs of those, back when I worked at Motor Replacement Co..
Hi Steve, most importantly, take the best care of Elizabeth as possible. Had the chance to meet you both at the Bash last year. We all love your videos but home life takes the front seat. Take care and God bless to you both.
Weren't those actually mfg by Suzuki in partnership with GM? Those little Zooks are practically bulletproof... Well, except for the one with the broken rod ;)
I used to work at the factory that built these. Designed some of the tooling used to assemble them. Good to see them still out there in the wild 👍
I love Geos! They're great cars. It's kind of sad to see two sitting in the woods. I see them all over where I live. Thanks for sharing!
They are as dependable as a Honda and cheap to repair. Easy to park. I've removed the passenger seat to haul 8 foot lumber with the hatch closed.
omg my father had the same car, but in Belgium it was called "Suzuki Swift"
Same name was given in Canada as well.
I almost posted a comment "isn´t this a suzuki swift"
And in the UK, very similar
We took a Metro like the red one 3 hours one way to see KISS in Memphis. 5 people is a bit generous in that car, especially when everyone but you weighs two fifty
Ha! and people say gas goes off in a few months!
Yes, I know there's more ethanol in gas these days but that's still pretty impressive.
I like this type of cars cuz its very customizable
You should have driven it straight to an auto detailing shop.
As a fellow Kentuckian I thoroughly enjoyed this video
When I took drivers ed, the instructor taught in a Geo Metro.
@@zacharyreynolds4303 i dont know why but that sounds nasty.
I drove one of these for like 7 years. Loved it! I'm 6'4" so a little tight fit for me but I didn't care. My buddy always said if I ever put er in the ditch they'd use the jaws of life to get me out even though there was no damage to the car.
maybe you could fix the oil burning and make a vid out of it
Has the funniest little exhaust note. I love this tiny car, lol
Looking at this I'm pretty sure that if you left a contemporary modern car out in the open like that with all the computers and flash memory in them they wouldn't start. Much less one of these current modern cars that would be 28 years old like this Metro. You'd need replacement LCD screens and other such nonsense after 2 or 3 years that would be obsolete and a whole bunch of other computers/electronics that would be obsolete. Not looking forward to the day when I have to replace my "simple" car.
My Citroen XM also needed replacement LCD screens sooo..... Tho other than the hydraulic pump everything seems fine on it
@Vince I Hopefully we won't have to replace our simple cars.
Ha, love it. My Geo Metro cost me 50 bucks 6 years ago. It now has 315,000 miles and still gets 50 mpg.
that little car is really a good car. Can run them all day and they give you good fuel economy. Id fix it up.
My daily is my late mums car for 26 years.1995 Suzuki Swift HB 4cyl 1.3 sohc 5pd ABS purple her name is Smudge 218km running strong. Fun to drive has some power!
I didn't expect it to start up so easy. I vote you cut it in half on the new band saw!
Hmmm, I Vote To Cut DANIEL In Half With Said Band Saw!
GEO METROS RULE!!
This video was recommended too me. And it was really satisfying too watch. Great content.