1994 Geo Metro User Reviews

Chick Magnet, Because I'm "environmentaly Friendly" — Fun little car that I look like Mr. Incredible in. this car gets awesome gas mileage and will rock your world, with it's 3 cylinder engine, all the way to its hatchback. This car is an amazing piece of work. xDD

Ugh, I Ran Screaming From This Car When We Finally Traded It In! — My wife (then girlfriend) wanted to buya car after graduating university. I suggested there were lots of great used cars, but she wanted something new "with a warranty." And so the Metro was bought. Even she admits now it was a stupid choice. I recall it cost $9400.00 in 1994. It was green with an aweful beige interior. Std transmission. I hated this car from the get go. I am a bigger guy (6ft, 285 lbs). When we drove in this car together our shoulders would touch. It had nothing going for it and lots to dislike. Performance was poor. It had a lot of zip in first gear, but that was about the end of it. I believe the motor may have been from a sewing maching, I'm not sure. I think it was only three cylinders. Build quality was atrocious. You could hear every single pebble hitting the undercarriage. Definitely no insulation in this car. One winter I closed the hood on it and a large piece of plastic from the head light assembly snapped off. GM wouldn't replace it under warranty (remember the missus wanted the peace of mind) as it was considered "wear and tear". Nice. Anyway. If you looked at the vinyl on the ceiling the wrong way it would rip. Did I mention that i hated this car. It looked like a big green roller skate and the handling was about as good. For such a small car it sure anted to plow ahead in turns. It did have economy on it's side. It was cheap to insure and operate. But that's because it wasn't worth a darn. We did not have many mjor repairs, but my wife is easy on her vehicles and we traded it after 6 years. This car was not fun in any way, shape or form. I feared for my life if we were to ever be in an accident. There were no airbags then. I will give it that with the rear seats folded down you could actually haul a fair bit of stuff in it. That's about the only nice thing I can say about a car that didn't even come with a radio. It also was equpped with power nothing as a sandard feature. If you want a small, economical people mover, I think you could do much better.

Gas Milage — Awesome gas milage. great sound system. Started driving this due to the clutch going out in my Escort. Has the system from my escort. Slays deer, has Suzuki Swift front end grafted on due to deer hits and a sister hitting a car. 40 mpg highway, 58 mpg with subs turned on. kinda lacks power due to a little 3 banger but 5spd and handbrake make up for it. Aftermarket Suzuki rims, upgraded from 12s to 13s.