Fan belt needs tightening every 500 miles.
Dodgy fuel gauge.
Rear wipers broke.
Passenger door keeps buckling.
Misfires a lot!
Sunroof leaks.
Good first car really, although I wish I'd have gone for a Nova (etc) because it has no street cred at all!
Its got high milage so I'd expect it to be on its way to the scrap yard soon because it's badly built.
Considering it has 60bhp (high for a 1.1L) it's very slow and you have to have your foot on the floor though all gears.
Petrol consumption isn't very good either.
If you are old and drive slow... buy one!
Yeah I've found that my doors buckle on the rubbing strips two... crap eh?
To add to all the other things that have gone wrong with my Metro, the suspension on the drivers side has deflated, don't know how much its gonna cost to fix, but you have to admit it shows how shoddy it is!
I think you must have been really unlucky. I often drive my girlfriends 1.1 Metro, and find it good fun, quicker than most similar cars, and very economical. And this is a car that has just gone past 130,000 miles, with little more than routine servicing. Nothing much wrong with the body either, except for the odd shopping trolley scar.
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Chill out a bit eh? I have a 1.1, H reg. Yeah the fan belt always needs tightening and the fuel gauge may be dodgy but my little baby just keeps on purring. She might not be much to look at and the back seats might be a bit cramped, if you know what I mean, but she always starts first turn of the key every morning. Long live the 1.1 metros!
..just wondering what fan belt.. is it not a 1.1 k-series? Thought it would have an electric fan or am I talking rubbish? :)
I, ve got a little 1.1 metro and she is sweet as a duck. Nether gives any trouble and allways starts 50,000 on the clock and not a service to her name apart from the odd oil and filter, "GOES LIKE THE WIND" I got her to 95 the other day mind you the sunroof does leak and that fan belt has a mind of it's own. what a car though eh definitely better than my old fiesta. a truly magnificent piece of British and automotive history where would we be without the metro. THE BEST CAR ON THE ROADS, in my humble opinion.
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