RE: Shed Of The Week: Rover Metro
Discussion
OpulentBob said:
I can only think that the people defending them have never driven one, passengered in one, or owned one. The permanent gearbox "reverse" whine, in any forward gear. The stupid hydrospastic suspension that you could empty with a spanner. Odd-sized wheels and tyres on early ones. The fact they would bottom out on a speed hump with just one person in. The colours. The interiors. The fact they went all pretentious and started calling it a Rover 100, as if that gives it some sort of kudos. Don't even get me started on the "sporty" red seat belts in the MG version.
Yes I've had a couple as stop gaps in the late 90's. One I hated so much I cut it up with a disc cutter one afternoon. 3 cuts and the engine was out. Hateful, cardboard, slow, goppin piece of s
t. Shed of the week? ste of the week, more like.
This all day long. Yes I've had a couple as stop gaps in the late 90's. One I hated so much I cut it up with a disc cutter one afternoon. 3 cuts and the engine was out. Hateful, cardboard, slow, goppin piece of s
t. Shed of the week? ste of the week, more like. I am enjoying the love for the Metro, funny how this one remains for sale, I mean with so many of you that seem to have a soft spot for them
Just sayin'
otolith said:
OpulentBob said:
One I hated so much I cut it up with a disc cutter one afternoon.
I guess that's the best we can do in this country. In the US, you could have shot it to death.I'd also like to give one to an american. Have any yanks commented on this SOTW yet? Be interesting to hear their take on it.
Negative Creep said:
RoverP6B said:
The motoring press in this country will generally say anything that suits their agenda. I learned a long time ago not to take too much notice of what they say. No Metro was ever class-leading while the Peugeot 205 was around.
Has anyone else noticed that they annoucne every subsequent Peugeot hot hatch to "finally recaptures the feel of the 205GTi"?No.
GranCab said:
It's still for sale because ;
1/ It is badge engineered crap
2/ It is way way overpriced
3/ THIS is a real Rover
Exactly - and this too, though very different to the P5, is also a real Rover: 1/ It is badge engineered crap
2/ It is way way overpriced
3/ THIS is a real Rover
...the comfort and build quality of a Mercedes-Benz and most of the dynamic capability of a BMW (if anything, it handled rather more securely than a 2002 or similar...), plus the refinement of a Rolls-Royce. I still miss mine and I'd have another in a heartbeat if I had a proper heated, ventilated, dehumidified garage. The rust was what killed it in the end, just as it killed so many great German cars of the same era.
masermartin said:
Most of the ones I read ask the question "Will (insert new small pug here) finally recapture the feel of the 205/309GTi?" and respond with the answer ... No.
Quite. I just don't see it being possible within the constraints of present safety legislation. The BMW MINI seems to get good reviews for its handling, as does the Suzuki Swift and also the old naturally-aspirated Renaultsport Clios and Twingos, but I wonder how close they really get. I actually wonder if Sniff Petrol's joke Peugeot doing a limited-run re-production of the 205GTI on condition we all shut the fark up about the sodding 205 GTI isn't such a bad idea. Put it through IVA/SVA or whatever the equivalent is in overseas markets (particularly France). If Jaguar can do it with the lightweight E-type... or are those based on existing donor cars, like Eagle's Low Drag?RoverP6B said:
...the comfort and build quality of a Mercedes-Benz and most of the dynamic capability of a BMW (if anything, it handled rather more securely than a 2002 or similar...), plus the refinement of a Rolls-Royce. I still miss mine and I'd have another in a heartbeat if I had a proper heated, ventilated, dehumidified garage. The rust was what killed it in the end, just as it killed so many great German cars of the same era.
Can you send me a link to those rose tinted specs you're wearing? 
dbdb said:
That's not my recollection. I remember the Metro as being a very well regarded car, especially in the early to mid 1980s. By 1990, they were rather old of course.
It is a case of a good car made too long, rather than a car which was crap from the start.
They were reasonable cars for what they were. me mum had a couple of old ones in the early 90's before moving onto polo's.It is a case of a good car made too long, rather than a car which was crap from the start.
Edited by dbdb on Saturday 25th October 19:38
But when they were tarted up with the rover badge on in a vain attempt to drain the last life out of what was left of the company it epitomised all that was wrong, a once cutting edge product now outdated, badly made, etc. Fellow apprentice had a couple brand new in the late 90's because of the free insurance, they seemed to come with factory mile with rust already on the sills.
It's not a petrolhead car because it's actually a sad indictment.
OpulentBob said:
I can only think that the people defending them have never driven one, passengered in one, or owned one. The permanent gearbox "reverse" whine, in any forward gear. The stupid hydrospastic suspension that you could empty with a spanner. Odd-sized wheels and tyres on early ones. The fact they would bottom out on a speed hump with just one person in. The colours. The interiors. The fact they went all pretentious and started calling it a Rover 100, as if that gives it some sort of kudos. Don't even get me started on the "sporty" red seat belts in the MG version.
Yes I've had a couple as stop gaps in the late 90's. One I hated so much I cut it up with a disc cutter one afternoon. 3 cuts and the engine was out. Hateful, cardboard, slow, goppin piece of st. Shed of the week? ste of the week, more like.
This isn't an A series car so the engine and box are more akin to the Rover 200, so no whine, funny how gearbox whine and crash worthiness are such issues but if this has been a 'real' Mini no one would have mentioned them? At the time with the choice between a Metro and a Fiesta, it wouldn't have been the Ford.Yes I've had a couple as stop gaps in the late 90's. One I hated so much I cut it up with a disc cutter one afternoon. 3 cuts and the engine was out. Hateful, cardboard, slow, goppin piece of s
t. Shed of the week? ste of the week, more like. Biker's Nemesis said:
My mother had a heated rear window in her Metro to keep my fathers hands warm when he was pushing it
He also asked if it came with a sun roof and twin exhausts so he could use it as a wheelbarrow when it was broken
I sincerely hope you realise these 'jokes' were doing the rounds when Skoda Estelle's were trying to be the cheapest new car on sale (or something like that.)He also asked if it came with a sun roof and twin exhausts so he could use it as a wheelbarrow when it was broken
Did your Ma & Pa ever realise how easy it was to double the value of the car? Fill the tank! Hahaha!
RoverP6B said:
...the comfort and build quality of a Mercedes-Benz and most of the dynamic capability of a BMW (if anything, it handled rather more securely than a 2002 or similar...), plus the refinement of a Rolls-Royce. I still miss mine and I'd have another in a heartbeat if I had a proper heated, ventilated, dehumidified garage. The rust was what killed it in the end, just as it killed so many great German cars of the same era.
This is why I love PH, the comments sometimes are just so utterly ridiculous.pSynrg said:
I sincerely hope you realise these 'jokes' were doing the rounds when Skoda Estelle's were trying to be the cheapest new car on sale (or something like
Did your Ma & Pa ever realise how easy it was to double the value of the car? Fill the tank! Hahaha!
I am nearly 50 so yeah I was aware of those jokesDid your Ma & Pa ever realise how easy it was to double the value of the car? Fill the tank! Hahaha!
A lot of the young bucks will not have heard them before though
So, 5 pages of posts with maybe 50% loving and 50% hating, yet the hateful stebox/lovable appreciating classic (delete as appropriate) is still for sale.
Come on, powerful richboy PHers with acres of land and triple garages. Money where your mouths are... who would dare buy it and run it til the MOT ran out?
tebox/lovable appreciating classic (delete as appropriate) is still for sale. Come on, powerful richboy PHers with acres of land and triple garages. Money where your mouths are... who would dare buy it and run it til the MOT ran out?
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