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[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

If he was in the midwest, probably rust killed the frame.

They weren't good cars, but they were great cars for the money. When you couldn't afford a Nissan Sentra, a Metro/Swift looked great.

Also, they were so easy to work on, because they were as simple as a lawnmower. One person could realistically pick up the whole engine and transmission, and there was tons of space to work inside the engine compartment. Unlike the old BMW 540i that I had, where you needed to take off the whole front end in order to get the brake master cylinder off (I think it was the master cylinder; might have been the booster or slave cylinder).

[-] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Onterrible Canada, salt in the winter lol. And like I said there was 3 people over 300lbs plus the driver.

I don't know how it lasted as long as it did.

Had a teacher in highschool with a Metro and we would pick the car up and rotate it 90 deg in the spot or take it for a walk down the street

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