RE: Shed Of The Week: Rover Metro
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Turbobanana said:
Gorbyrev said:
My understanding is that Caterhams are quite good in a crash structurally. Some of your bits are rather exposed and the crumple zones are far from generous. But people walk away from pretty serious racing incidents in Sevens.
Surely any Seven likely to be involved in a "racing incident" is roughly 75% roll cage? I dare say you'd be OK in a Metro if it had a roll cage (it wouldn't go, of course - PWR would be halved...).Edited by Gorbyrev on Friday 24th October 14:01
A boy I was at college with in 2004 had a 114GSI, which if I'm not mistaken had the 105bhp k-series.
We all took the piss, but it was actually a rapid little thing! f
king awful in every other aspect though!
Eta: Parkers suggests it didn't have the 105 engine, either way it was the quickest car of everyone's there.
We all took the piss, but it was actually a rapid little thing! f
king awful in every other aspect though!Eta: Parkers suggests it didn't have the 105 engine, either way it was the quickest car of everyone's there.
Edited by Rickyy on Friday 24th October 20:48
Rickyy said:
A boy I was at college with in 2004 had a 114GSI, which if I'm not mistaken had the 105bhp k-series.
We all took the piss, but it was actually a rapid little thing! fking awful in every other aspect though!
Eta: Parkers suggests it didn't have the 105 engine, either way it was the quickest car of everyone's there.
I had a Metro GTI when the Lexus IS200 was new and I destroyed one from the lights, the owner got a little aggressive....We all took the piss, but it was actually a rapid little thing! f
king awful in every other aspect though!Eta: Parkers suggests it didn't have the 105 engine, either way it was the quickest car of everyone's there.
Edited by Rickyy on Friday 24th October 20:48
kainedog said:
Took my test and lessons in a 4 door , white , diesel one of these , I believe it was the reason why I failed twice. I always liked the white mg turbo ones though and the 6r4 would be one of my lottery cars 
I took and failed twice as well, in a 1958 Humber Hawk, that 7 point turn was the problem, I hired an Austin A40 and that was fine.Some would think a late A40 better than a Metro.
I have a soft spot for the Metro. Not sure why really although a girl I fancied at college had one that we went all over the country in which may have something to do with it.
My first ever courtesy car, and therefore the first car I properly thrashed, was also a Metro. My abiding memories of it were that it would wheelspin in second when you just dumped the clutch out of first (which my own car wouldn't), it had fake wood on the dash which my car didn't and the stereo just displayed the word "error" all the time which was sort of fitting.
I was only 17 in my defence!
The ones with engine swaps are genuinely quick too. They may look stty and I wouldn't want one but last time I was at Bedford there was one screaming around which was making a lot of other people look very silly. Including me 
My first ever courtesy car, and therefore the first car I properly thrashed, was also a Metro. My abiding memories of it were that it would wheelspin in second when you just dumped the clutch out of first (which my own car wouldn't), it had fake wood on the dash which my car didn't and the stereo just displayed the word "error" all the time which was sort of fitting.
I was only 17 in my defence!
The ones with engine swaps are genuinely quick too. They may look s
tty and I wouldn't want one but last time I was at Bedford there was one screaming around which was making a lot of other people look very silly. Including me So the great British car drivers have progressed from wanting a simple, reliable, frugal and easy to maintain vehicle (Much like the French with their 2v's, Renault 5's etc) No, now we have to mortgage up to our necks for 'image' 'style' something better than our neighbours have, so we can while away the hours in traffic jams, fiddling with our space age knobs !
daytona365 said:
So the great British car drivers have progressed from wanting a simple, reliable, frugal and easy to maintain vehicle (Much like the French with their 2v's, Renault 5's etc) No, now we have to mortgage up to our necks for 'image' 'style' something better than our neighbours have, so we can while away the hours in traffic jams, fiddling with our space age knobs !
Isn't that just the way of the oppressed middle classes though. Sneer at anything working class despite the vast majority of them being "all fur coat and no knickers".
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