fatnutsac

my little baby is in me local garage having the heater matrix replaced so i have to drive around in a rover metro. 1.1 litre.
man it's horrible. it's like drivinge a plate of jelly.
having to park it round the corner at work so no-one sees me in it.
apologies to metro owners but they aren't far off the worst cars in the world.

fatnutsac

i really wish i could spell properly

MarkJackon

Yep, utter crap, I had a GTI, very scary as it didnt handle and was fairly quick.

Dont see many these days, cant wait until BMW do a Retro Metro and everybody will forget what a pile of cack the original was.

dela

Well I luv 'em

dela

ukhuskynox

dela me too used to have a 1460

47 NAT

Beech hill? thats not far from me...

Anyway Metros? there one of those cars that when you put your foot down they just make more noise

Nath

SCOOBERATORS

Drive it into the nearest canal I cant stand metro`s.

fatnutsac

oh jesus.
think i got caught on a speed camera on the way home last nite.
been driving a T5 for 2 years and a scooby for a few months without getting caught and wot u know i get pulled in a metro!!
can you believe it!! wouldnt mind but the speedo jumps from 20-40mph while goin at a constant speed.
what a ****e car. think i'm going to swop it for a twix or some chewing gum.

Scrappy2

commiserations - at least your scoob will feel SOO fast when u get it back

dela

Not mine Nath - power to weight ratio is the same as a UK scooby.
Along with Yoko moulded slicks, it's a right larf.

dela

mik

Don't look on the NCAP site ~ rover100 gets ONE star.

The post-crash (at 40mph?) picture is frightening. Seriously.

47 NAT

Dela, whats the spec on yours?

Nath

Mark Jackson

Can see the appeal of a standard looking quick Metro, the thought of upsetting some ponce in a Boxster sounds satisfying.

ADP

hehe, I had one once a courtesy car, though mine was a tiptronic, er sorry I meant auto.
It was a pile of ****, but it got me to work for a week and my other was totalled.

dela

Nath -

The spec is basically:

- 1340 A-series full-race engine (lightened, balanced et al)
redlines at about 7500rpm.
Normally Aspirated, so no complicated turbos to contend with.
- cross-pin diff, to take the power
- Metro Turbo vented 4 pot girling front brakes with Pagid Blue
pads
- Yoko A032R moulded semi-slick. Lowered with rate adjustable dampers.
- All stripped out with piped in extinguisher and six point
harness and full cage. Weighs < 750 kg and has 114 bhp.
- 0-60 about 6.5 seconds, flat out about 110mph

I have raced it in the Drayton Manor championship (www.mgmetrocup.co.uk) for the past three years. Its a good cheap entry into proper motorsport, and the car has humbled quite a few "superior" vehicles on track. (Jag Mk2's, MGB's, TR's)

dela

nisr227

I had an A reg MG Metro when I was 18 back in 92 as my first car, big ends went so eventually had a mate drop an ex-jalop engine in it (without telling insurance..ooops!) rather quick when it was running, use to love beating all my mates Nova SR's and GTE's,but thinking back, overall it was really a pile of poo. The worst car i've owned, sold for parts in the end.

47 NAT

dela, very nice ...that would be my ideal spec for a courtesy car Did it cost a lot to get it like that?


Feel free to mail me on 47nat@thomson47.fsnet.co.uk

Nath

Robyn

had a metro for a while after an accident.

the 1st one the suspension failed the second one the radio kept cutting out and the door handle and wing mirror handle fell off in my hand.

quality motor!