Had to replace the air-conditioning compressor last year.
Drivers side CV joint @ 100K.
Amazing little car. Never fails to start for me even in freezing weather. I have kept the car up just as the owners manual says and it still looks and runs great even with this high mileage. Even the Chevy dealership that I go to says that my car is just about as good as when I bought it from them brand new in 1995.
I have been all over the country in the car on road trips and I've never had any problems keeping up with traffic.
The reason you can't hear the engine is because it doesn't start up in the first place.
Ummm, no, the reason he can't hear the engine is because despite fuel economy, geo engineers thought of noise pollution as well!! By the way Geo's were made in Canada!