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Apr 3, 2008 | 08:43 AM

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BURNALL_4

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I have a Yellow 91' Geo Metro Convertable with a 1.0 L, 3 cyl, 5speed....65 crank hp of Pavement Pounding Ponies!

Apr 3, 2008 | 08:44 AM

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Clutchdc5

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i got a beater civic auto, it got stolen sadly parked next to the evo and lexus and s2k

Apr 3, 2008 | 11:29 AM

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samj601

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^lol thats funny. well at least the other 3 werent stolen.

Apr 3, 2008 | 01:09 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BURNALL_4

I have a Yellow 91' Geo Metro Convertable with a 1.0 L, 3 cyl, 5speed....65 crank hp of Pavement Pounding Ponies!

I used to have a 91' Red Geo Metro 2-door hatch with the 3 cyl and 5 speed. Stripped the entire car and drove it to school to save wear on the dsm. Then I sold it to some highschool kid and bought my Miata.

Apr 3, 2008 | 01:15 PM

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ModifiedMR

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1.5 comes in earlier models like the 1990 dx I drive daily.

Apr 8, 2008 | 08:31 PM

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RickU

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My daily driver is a 99 civic cx hatch...it gets 32-38 mpg....i like it it actually takes turns pretty fast...maybe down the line i put the k20 motor i have sitting in the garage...but for now i'm happy with it.