Retro rides (again)
June 2, 2008
That ugly looking pregnant roller skate of a car is making a comeback. I’m talking about the Chevette of the 90s, the Geo Metro. With its 50 mpg fuel efficiency rating, an extremely frugal friend (read cheap bitch) of mine bought one in 1992 and I made fun of her for it (I don’t know why I felt so superior. At the time, I was driving an ‘84 Accord with a bungee cord holding up the bumper). If she had only hung on to it (instead of trading up to that big assed Jeep Cherokee after she traded up to that cute(r) husband) she would be in Fat City now (or at least Serious Coin City).
Some recent eBay auctions:
Who says Detroit can’t build an inexpensive fuel efficient car? Oh yeah, the government does. The Metro (as built in 1991) doesn’t meet current safety standards. Anyway, you rock little ugly car. And in your honor:
June 3, 2008 at 10:51 am
My first Melanie song was on this album I got when I was ten years old:
http://www.dustbury.com/music/doitnow.html
June 3, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Cool…. now I’m a visionary.
June 3, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I know I’ve said this before Dave but this time I think I got the problem fixed.
And yeah, NDT, you were on the cutting edge of ugly.
June 4, 2008 at 10:10 am
You see ugly, I see “paid for, fits in microscopic parking spots, gets outrageously good city mileage, and can hop curbs, berms, and sidewalks as necessary”.
Besides, with the top off, everyone can see you, which really is the most important thing on a vehicle anyway.
June 4, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Yeah, my convertible is a mustang, which gets, like, 15 m.p.g. Pretty. Mileage? Pretty awful.
June 4, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Not really. Since you live in a small town, I assume your commute to work is short. Someone who drives a car with double the gas mileage but who has an hour long commute uses a ton more gas than you do. Even Hummers are fuel efficient if you don’t drive them much.
June 4, 2008 at 7:10 pm
and we’ve all seen you with your top off, NDT.
July 17, 2008 at 9:27 pm
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