Fantastic, fun, car! (Rover Metro)

Member Name: jaylad

Product:	Rover Metro
Date:	06/05/01 (440 review reads)
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Advantages: Excellent handling, Great fun to own, Great performance

Disadvantages: Dealers

All those people who knock the Metro as being a bad car really annoy me!

The Rover Metro really is a car innovative in many ways, and although its a facelift of the previous metro, it is a great, fun car to drive.
My model was a 1994 1.1S, which means you get body coded bumpers, remote locking, a sunroof, a racy sports interior which could rival an Audi for the quality, 4 speaker stereo, spoiler, and a rev counter.

The car drives brilliantly, more like a go-kart. The grip if fantastic, you can throw the thing round corners and the car wont lose traction even under heavy cornering. As for performance, I dont think ive ever owned a car with such a nice engine as this one! The 1100cc unit only delivers 60bhp but with the vehicles modest weight - throws you from 0-60 in about 10 seconds! not bad for a supermini.
The smoothest of the engine, combined with the quietness and nippy performance really makes it a great all-round motor. Reliable too - started about 99% of the time.

Comfort wise, you cant really fault this car for the standard features, the tilt/slide sunroof is nice in the summer, you get remote central locking that also activates a standard alarm/immobiliser. You also have tinted windows and an expensive stereo. Mine being a 5-door model means great access for people getting in the back.

Bad points about the car would be that its a nightmare to clean! I have on more than one occasion put it though the carwash twice in a row! And for those looking to buy one- rust. This effects many of these cars but amazingly mine was blessed with non-rust bodywork and has never ever shown any signs of it! great! the last fault being the dealers, who somtimes just 'dont want to know'! If they do want to know, then you will probably have to wait weeks to get your car a annual service, and thats if you can afford the mercedes like prices!! ouch!

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