The Death of my Kia

 Good luck....I hope you find something you really like!

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Originally Posted by JTbo 

Hopefully you can find something nice
I'm thinking about bit of gettting Geo Metro, it is called differently in here, but I have heard they are really cheap to run, but at the moment can't really afford even to keep a car, driving is pretty much out of the question at the moment, so might take quite bit of time to get such.

The Geo Metro in the U.S. was actually a Suzuki (I think the model is the "Cultis").  Three cylinders.  Not meant for US freeways!
 

Many coming your way for finding a good, reliable and CHEAP car!
 

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Originally Posted by mrblanche 

The Geo Metro in the U.S. was actually a Suzuki (I think the model is the "Cultis").  Three cylinders.  Not meant for US freeways!
 

 

Also not meant for areas with hills or mountains. One of my best friends got one years ago when they first came out and regretted it after the first week. It made it up the mountains (and we have a lot here) but just barely. He traded it in less than a year.

I remember those! And I heard nothing but bad things about the Metro. I'm surprised they still manufacture them (?)

I'm also sending vibes for an afforable new car!  My Neon is 13 years old, so I know I'll be in the same boat soon, too...and so will DH, who's car is 12 years old!

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Originally Posted by calico2222 

Many coming your way for finding a good, reliable and CHEAP car!
 

Also not meant for areas with hills or mountains. One of my best friends got one years ago when they first came out and regretted it after the first week. It made it up the mountains (and we have a lot here) but just barely. He traded it in less than a year.

 

Said a prayer, & sending good vibes    that you will find a reliable car to last. "Good luck on your search." At least you have a mechanic friend that can check it out when you find one! 

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Originally Posted by MargeCat 

I remember those! And I heard nothing but bad things about the Metro. I'm surprised they still manufacture them (?)

 

I'm also sending vibes for an afforable new car!  My Neon is 13 years old, so I know I'll be in the same boat soon, too...and so will DH, who's car is 12 years old!

 

I think the big thing about them is the way the US is laid out vs European countries. They are good for big cities where you drive less than 10 miles a day in mostly stop and go style traffic. But most people in the US that live in those cities do not have cars and use public transport instead. And the ones that need cars average a much higher commute usually with lots of interstate speed driving or difficult terrain.

Do you know what happened to your kia? Gary has a 99 Kia Sephia with 270K on it. It was a repo when he bought it and it went from being daily driver to show car to race car. It has never had any major problems until it started sitting in the yard not getting driven.

I know with my car it randomly decided to jump time which resulted in having to pull the entire engine out due to it being a timing chain instead of belt. That was not fun. It wasnt a huge amount to fix it, I think our end cost was $800 but that was because we went ahead and changed a good amount of stuff since it was already out. But my dad also did all the work so that helped a lot! You may want to find out if your local high school or college has a mechanics program where they would let the students work on it and charge a heck of a lot less! May be an idea!

Best of luck searching for something reliable and in your price range!