![]() ![]() The seller reports that he proactively had his mechanic perform a timing belt service which also included a new tensioner along with a new drive belt, fuel filter, and fuel pump. In fact, the interior doesn’t show much in the way of sun damage at all. This Metro had been sitting since 2012 before the seller got his hands on it, and fortunately, it appears to have been carefully stored as the cabin doesn’t show any of the typical signs of being parked outside with a leaky top for 10 years. The convertible was certainly a tidy package, with attractive bucket seats wearing a sporty red pinstripe clean instrumentation in the dash thin A-pillars to make outward visibility a breeze (sort of important when you’re the smallest thing on the road) and door panels that at least tried to look of a higher quality than the car’s bargain-basement underpinnings would suggest. Of course, any time a fuel crisis hits, the three-door Metro hatch suddenly becomes a hot commodity on craigslist. The drop-top was certainly more stylish and somehow shook off the bookworm-ish impression that the hardtop wore with pride. The Metro convertible, however, seems to have created a totally different image for itself, much like its hot-hatch sibling that wears the GTI letters on the rear hatch. The hatchback was a pretty homely affair, and even with its incredible miles per gallon numbers, it still wasn’t respected compared to the conventional Camaros and GTIs. The Geo Metro was one of those cars that often got laughed at in the high school parking lot. This one here on craigslist is said to have been found as part of an estate sale following the owner’s death and has just 58,000 miles on the clock and the preferred manual gearbox. The Metro is the definition of a car that has a cult-like following and it seems to not only be among small car fans but also weird outliers, like retirees who want a compact convertible to park at their compact second home in Florida (or tow behind the RV). The appeal of the original Geo Metro convertible to small car collectors is one of the more interesting phenomena of the early 90s hobby car era. ![]()
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