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#15 of 66 Re: Does automatic transmission reduce gas mileage? [tractionpads] by lhanson Aug 14, 2007 (12:25 pm)
Replying to: tractionpads (Aug 06, 2007 7:42 pm) No you loose about 10 mpgs. You can check it out at www.fueleconomy.gov.
#16 of 66 Re: man-size horn [pf_flyer] by wanahelp Aug 25, 2007 (2:27 pm)
Replying to: pf_flyer (May 13, 2007 6:18 am) had a 87 geo metro hatchback, wife drove it 107 miles to work and back, mostly nonstop new mex. driving got 54 miles to the gallon,. now she has a 98 chevy metro hatchback for same trip with ac gets 50 miles to gallon. think enviorment of trip may cost some mileage for others experiance. Replies to this message: corvairbob (Dec 01, 2007 10:05 pm)
#17 of 66 Re: Air Conditioning Compressor 2000 Chevy Geo Metro [sduebametro] by wanahelp Aug 25, 2007 (2:47 pm)
Replying to: sduebametro (Jun 14, 2007 2:01 pm) the air conditioner compressor has a bearing in the pully wheel that can wear out and they do. when this happens it will lock down motor unless the belt is removed. the starter can be over heated and destroyed by trying to get the motor to turm over when it will not. any thing over about 9 seconds or continually trying it with out sufficent cooldown between tries{about 1 minute}. do not give the ac parts to dealer as they have value and can be sold by them. your compressor probaly needs a 30 dollar clutch to be as good as new. the rest of the parts would sell for over 1000 dollars as reconditioned. remanufactured compressor goes for around 300. Replies to this message: guerrero3366 (Dec 30, 2007 4:23 pm)
#18 of 66 92 Metro XFI gas mileage by 92metroowner Aug 30, 2007 (1:16 am)
Driving at 55 mph or so, I've gotten as high as 62.6 mpg, on a 500 mile trip segment. With the air conditioning occasionally on, in city driving, I get 49-50 mpg. It has 107K miles.
#20 of 66 Re: Metro Mileage... [lance13] by corvairbob Dec 01, 2007 (10:00 pm)
Replying to: lance13 (Jun 26, 2007 10:22 pm) i have a 2000 metro that gets around the 30-35 mpg. i drive a steady 60-65 mph on the x-way and on the yahoo site they all claim to get in the 40-60 mile mark. i have questioned them about this but they are just bragging. now you say you set the cruise brand new out of the box. the metro never came with cruise. the dealer may have installed it though. Replies to this message: rblume (Jan 05, 2008 8:15 pm)
#21 of 66 Re: Does automatic transmission reduce gas mileage? [jsimon63] by corvairbob Dec 01, 2007 (10:03 pm)
Replying to: jsimon63 (Aug 07, 2007 6:31 pm) the metro/geo has no lock up auto trans. never did
#22 of 66 Re: man-size horn [wanahelp] by corvairbob Dec 01, 2007 (10:05 pm)
Replying to: wanahelp (Aug 25, 2007 2:27 pm) the newer car is heaver the the older one that is why you get poorer mileage.
#23 of 66 Metro mileages by plzion Dec 25, 2007 (7:36 pm)
My 93 Metro 3 dr with 5 speed 3 cylinder gets 50 mpg city and 48 mpg on long trips (we usually do 75-85 mpg when in the interstate) and we usually go up and down over mountain ranges.   My wife's 2001 (I believe that is the year) 4 door LSI auto 4 cylinder gets as good as 37 mpg and as low as 25 mpg. It really needs an overdrive gear and torque converter lock up to make it really impressive on gas mileage.   Even at 40 mph it feels and sounds like it needs to change gears. GM is very great about overdrive automatics, but on this GM/Suzuki model, the damn bean counters won out apparently to the detriment of the consumer and the reputation of the automatic equipped car.   I'm not aware of any automatic for many years previous to it that came without overdrive...In this day and age, it is not excuseable. That is my only gripe about that car. Replies to this message: threeclarks (Jan 04, 2008 9:55 am)
#24 of 66 Re: Air Conditioning Compressor 2000 Chevy Geo Metro [wanahelp] by guerrero3366 Dec 30, 2007 (4:23 pm)
Replying to: wanahelp (Aug 25, 2007 2:47 pm) "do not give the ac parts to dealer as they have value and can be sold by them. your compressor probaly needs a 30 dollar clutch to be as good as new. "   My question is : Do you think is a do it yourself job to install the 30 dollar clutch or the bearing that went bad on my AC?? My AC makes that noice ,I disconected the belt, noise no longe exist but I know I have the bearing problem as it make noise if I conect the bell., or when i spin the wheel that hold the belt in place. If one can do it were can I buy the parts? Any help would be greate. Love this little car. 2001 Chevy Metro LSI 4 door 1.3cc engine.

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