The Gearbox. This on early metros is weaker than the later Rover 114 boxes, very easy to change though.
Rear radius arms needed replacing
Arches on these cars always go due to the fact that they are not sealed or coloured on the inside.
These cars are rockets with 0-60 times of 8 seconds on the later GTi 16v metros.
The handling is amazing even more so after lowering.
Fuel economy is good.
Insurance is 13 band which is good considering.
Comfy seats.
Nice driving area.
Roomy for small car.
I would tend to disagree with the car being roomy for a small car. I struggle to fit more than 4 people in mine on a pub run and get constant complaints from rear passengers about the lack of space!
Insurance is group 11, not 13. Even so, the performance / insurance ratio is a great deal better than on other cars, eg saxo's, nova's etc. I also disagree with it being comfy for a small car, mine struggles to fit more than 4 and one mate who's 6'3" can't even fit in the back.
Considering the size of the car outside I think its pretty roomy and versatile inside, I've had a passenger, a Christmas tree and a fire place in my GTi at the same time! :o)
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I think the metro GTi is the greatest car I have ever driven its fast, cheap and fairly roomey. Classic.
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