FS: 97 Geo Metro 3Dr LSI good & bad

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FS: 97 Geo Metro 3Dr LSI good & bad

The good:

  1. Barely 100k miles
  2. Whole drivetrain excellent
  3. NO body rust
  4. No significant blemishes other than listed below
  5. 1 new tire (3 inspectable)
  6. 35 MPG
  7. A/C worked when last used
  8. New cat
  9. Incredibly useful, practical city car
  10. Title ready to go
  11. Automatic

The bad:

  1. Automatic
  2. Dashboard shredded by moron vandals
  3. Ignition, locks destroyed
  4. Model has no power assist
  5. Roof clearcoat abraded? - frosty look
  6. Dashboard sunburned
  7. Will not support you through your gender crises

I’d rather not mess with it myself. You’ll have to deal with a dead battery, hotwire it somehow; then it’s drivable but no inspection/registration/insurance.

If you want to trade, then you can replace the rear brake & fuel lines on my '95 Accord LX 4Dr in exchange; just make it soon.

For both endeavors I can provide most necessities.

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I’ll scrap it and split the money with you. :wink:

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ill give you 30$ for it

scrap on the car will barly be 50$, and im not going to PAY to scrap a car and lose money.

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LOL at automatic being good and bad

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$75 and you can come see it in the boat trailer race on a tow dolly behind a truck at Crash A Rama.

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I almost want to buy this to use as a go-kart.

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OK I expected y’all would make fun of a poor little Geo, with all it’s modest jelly-bean cuteness. Did I mention that I’d throw in the Winnie-the-Pooh stickers for free?

What will be funny one day is that the morons tried to hotwire it with a dead battery, and then left behind their license plate and screwdrivers with initials carved into them. If only Buffalo had a police department. Yeah I know probably that stuff was stolen too.

What’s not funny is that it was worth $1k the day before, and I don’t exactly have piles of money sitting around.

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My stepdad had one and I thought that thing fucked rocked. It was so much fun to beat on, but it did have a 5spd. Did you have a price range in mind?

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he said scrap price, and scrap is 50 a ton.

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Suzuki manuals are well accepted all over the world - even the 1.1 liter 3-cylinder. This one is a 1.3l 4c, throttle-body injection, hence the auspicious “LSi” marking. The tranny is a drawback for those of us who are not competence-impaired.

I always put my Civic up against any vehicle for value; all that I could do with it for about the lowest total-cost-of-ownership around. By those standards, this vehicle beats the Civic easily. One day I needed a large snowthrower - stuck it in back and closed the hatch. Beat that for nothin’.

I was not suggesting that this should be scrapped. Scrap yer gas-hog and drive this; you’ll save $1000 on gas just this year. Do the math.

At this price, who needs a proper ignition lock? Work out the wiring and start driving. Just hide a switch somewhere. Here’s what I want in order of preference:

  1. Fix my Accord. It’s already on jackstands on pavement with the tank empty and dropped. I have the tubing and fittings and bubble-flare tool. If you know what you’re doing, it should be quick; if not, don’t ask. Take the Geo for your troubles.
  2. Give me $200 and take it quickly. It’s not worth doing that for scrap, so you’ll have to have something else in mind. It’s worth $1200 restored. Got junkyard access? There ya go. I’ll put the battery on a charger if that helps.

In either case I’ll throw in an circa-1995 Alpine cassette stereo, plus a CD-changer that has only mild dysfunctions, if you want them.