1997 Geo Metro review from North America

Very hard starting in cold weather. I've replaced the battery, battery cables, spark plugs, spark plug wires.

Car has been in the shop on numerous occassions, they can't figure out why it won't start in the very cold weather.

Muffler system replaced at 99k miles. Pipe between motor and muffler rusted out again at 135k miles. Shop removed Catalytic conv, but didn't replace it.

It won't shift up or down into 2nd gear, manual transmission. I have to shift from 1st directly to 3rd gear.

I've lost all lights completely twice, brought it to shop for repairs, both times.

This Geo Metro has served me well, I have gotten my moneys worth out of this car and it is still running well.

Wonderful on gas. On my latest trip, I drove 112 miles on 2.45 gallons of unleaded gas. Let's see your SUV do that.

Gas miser, plain jane version of Geo Metro, nothing fancy, just the bare bones here.

I've driven this car to Texas and back, kept up with the 75+ MPH traffic in Oklahoma. Was a bit sluggish climbing the hills in the Ozarks, had slowed down to 55 MPH by the time I reached the tops.

No rust on the body, there is some surface rust on the metal in front of the battery, when you lift the hood. I live in the North, where they are notorious for spreading massive amounts of salt in the winter. I keep the car clean and it looks like new.

I was pulled over by the State Police last week for loud exhaust (muffler is completely disconnected from the pipe that connects to the motor). The officer commented that this car can't be a 1997, he asked if I kept it in storage all the time. I told him no, I have 138,500+ miles on the car and use it daily for work and on vacations.

Sporty looking little car. Gas mizer. I'd buy another in a heartbeat if they still sold them.