Brake pads and clutch wore out just before I got rid of it. Would cost too much to repair.
Minor rust underneath meant that it failed the MoT. Didn't cost too much to repair.
When I got the car, some joker hadn't fitted the rocker box gasket back properly. Lost 3 litres of oil from it when I was changing the oil.
Very very nice runner. Had the 71bhp MG Metro engine.
Started with no problems at all on half choke and then didn't need the choke at all once it was running.
Believe it or not, I could still (bearing in mind it was 11 years old) get 40mpg from it and, if I wanted, I could reach 100mph on the motorway. It was just going to cost me too much to repair.
If you drove an austin metro at anything over 85mph then you're a braver man than me, I had a 'rover' 1.3L and the most I ever got out of it before thinking I was going to die was about 82 alongside a fiat punto past a speed check in thick fog in a 40 zone! scary experience!
The mk2 Vanden Plas Metros had electric windows as standard which is very good for a small cheap car of that age. Metro's came with abit of class.
Yours did not come with central door locking by any chance did it?
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Yes, I think it did. I often wonder whether the garage scrapped it or not >sniff<
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