1994 Pontiac Firefly from North America - Comments

I had to replace the radiator which had a very small leak from the date that I bought the car.

I had to replace the alternator 3 times.

I had mega trouble with the wiring since the former owner had a bugler alarm installed that wouldn't shut up.

In the end the frame finally gave out because of rust problems and the whole front end fell apart, I mean like axle shafts falling out of their CV joints and each wheel steering in a separate direction, I couldn't even push the (light) car off the road.

When the car was new it was probably a very good buy due to it's very good gas mileage, but from my experience, and from noticing that these cars numbers has at one point quickly made an exodus from public roads only to fill scrap yards, and the specimens that remain on the roads are totally infested with rust, I can only say that what you save on gas you easily spend five fold on just keeping the car going. In the end though rust will kill the car and as I did, you can look forward to watching the wrecker tow away a worthless 4 wheels of junk that you have invested so heavily into, all in the name of being 'GREEN FRIENDLY' and good gas mileage.

Suzuki should be ashamed of themselves.

Probably not fair to Suzuki. Much KMs and years. Often repeated theme here, don't you think? Somebody pays top price for a used-up car and blames the manufacturer. Shame on the bone-er. If the bone-er had written the review it would be... "best car ever, drove the hell out of it and sold it to somebody for way more than it was worth, hope I can do the same again to some poor schnook."

I have three Geo Metros that were made by Suzuki and none of them have any rust on them at all. 1989,1993,1997 all rust free.

Why would you buy three Geo metros?

Why buy a Geo Metro? Save $$$$, cheap and easy to repair and maintain. I've had two. Put 170,000 on the first (1989) and sold it when I found a 1992 LSI available back in 1997 (Only have put 180,000 on that one). Am getting 50 mpg while commuting 30 miles each way to work. Using 1 tank of gas per week ($30). Little rust. GM should look at producing it again since used ones are going for $5000.