Re: Fuel Efficient Cars (was Oil Economics)

From: Michael Roy Ames (michaelroyames@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 17:06:18 MST

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    Russell, Lee, and everyone:

    My most recent automobile purchase, and the *only* car I ever bought
    new, was a Geo Metro. Geo is a GM brand marketed in Canada for a number
    of years, and was sold under various other names: Pontiac Firefly, Chevy
    Sprint. I has a 993cc, 3 cylinder engine and gets 50mpg in the city and
    near 60mpg on the highway. It was manufactured in North America. It
    was cheap. I have had no troubles with acceleration or hills, and even
    towed a 1000lb trailer across Canada without difficulty. It'll do 75mph
    all day, in hot weather, without overheating.

    I 'googled' the Geo Metro discovered that it was discontinued by GM in
    1997. I was flabbergasted! This is a really good car, and I even like
    its shape! Mine is a 1996 with almost 50,000miles on the clock... and
    nothing has ever broken! North America car buyers *used to* have
    options... I wonder why GM dropped this one?

    Michael Roy Ames



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