The metro has an MOT!

Nutcase · 24-03-2007, 08:59

I have a rather decrepid metro - my Nan bought it new so there's a bit of a moral obligation to keep it going as long as possible, that and it's a hell of a lot cheaper to run and insure than my saabs!

I FINALLY got it to pass an mot during the week. One or two advisories though -

Rear suspension pipes heavily corroded (only reason it didn't fail is because it's not a failable item apparently)
Rust
Brakes out of balance
Rust
Steering coupling splitting
Rust
Oil Leak
Rust
High HC
Rust
It's a metro (is that allowed as an advisory??!?!?!)

Fortunately my tester has a sense of humour

Just waiting for a price on suspension pipes before I try and use the thing.

As you can see, we take good care of it, and park it under trees to try and hide it from the neighbours

Blackstar · 25-03-2007, 16:44

Awww that reminds me of when my mum used to drive a little red 3 door Metro. It had a manual choke and everything. It is aparently still puttering around in the Highlands to this day.

Belmit · 25-03-2007, 17:52

I learnt to drive in my mum's Metro City. I loved the thing, and it never went wrong. It even had a turbo for the slight inclines (moving from 4th to 3rd

). Ah, the memories of only having four gears.

Matblack · 25-03-2007, 17:56

My first car was an MG metro (non turbo) in white with red seatbelts

. I thought I was the mutts nuts

MB

vix · 25-03-2007, 20:06

Aaah manual chokes. /reminisces.

How do you get in in the back garden like that? It looks really impossible!

8 I3ALL · 26-03-2007, 01:00

I saw this thread and thought it was going to be a post about Daz going for a medical !!!!!

jmc41 · 26-03-2007, 07:34

Ah well, at least it still works.

Before the guy at work crashed his into an audi it failed it's MOT due to the brakes not working. Fairly sure he fixed them before the crash ?

My cousins first car kept going (think he also crashed this one before buying and crashing a MX5) due to a watering can in the boot that had to be used every 50 miles to top up the leaking water. Don't think his oil was too stable either

Nutcase · 26-03-2007, 08:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by vix

Aaah manual chokes. /reminisces.

How do you get in in the back garden like that? It looks really impossible!

Creative driving

There's a small gap in the hedge and it's just shoved through it to get to both sides of the garage

It took me months to fix the brakes on the thing. Eventually tracked it down to a dodgy bleed nippled that sucked a bit of air in just as it was being tightened

I've got 2 cars with manual choke. The metro ones serves a dual purpose. If you tug it out a bit when you're flat out, you can get another 2 or 3 mph out of it. I've had 93 out of this one

Belmit · 26-03-2007, 09:50

I got 96 out of mine on new years day 2000 going downhill on a dual carriageway. I overtook someone who was doing about 95. Man that was an excruciating five minutes.

Pebs · 26-03-2007, 10:01

My first car ws an MG Metro too. MtE had the white one with red seatbelts when I met him (with some nobber exhaust on it that you could hear from the next town) then he had stupid hothatches, came stupidly close to losing his licence so I made him get another MG, then I passed my test and he gave me the keys \o/ If you went over 80 the gearstick used to go beserk! And a stereo in it that could restart a heart.

24-03-2007, 08:59	#1
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	The metro has an MOT! I have a rather decrepid metro - my Nan bought it new so there's a bit of a moral obligation to keep it going as long as possible, that and it's a hell of a lot cheaper to run and insure than my saabs! I FINALLY got it to pass an mot during the week. One or two advisories though - Rear suspension pipes heavily corroded (only reason it didn't fail is because it's not a failable item apparently) Rust Brakes out of balance Rust Steering coupling splitting Rust Oil Leak Rust High HC Rust It's a metro (is that allowed as an advisory??!?!?!) Fortunately my tester has a sense of humour Just waiting for a price on suspension pipes before I try and use the thing. As you can see, we take good care of it, and park it under trees to try and hide it from the neighbours

25-03-2007, 16:44	#2
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	Awww that reminds me of when my mum used to drive a little red 3 door Metro. It had a manual choke and everything. It is aparently still puttering around in the Highlands to this day. __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen

25-03-2007, 17:52	#3
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I learnt to drive in my mum's Metro City. I loved the thing, and it never went wrong. It even had a turbo for the slight inclines (moving from 4th to 3rd ). Ah, the memories of only having four gears. __________________

25-03-2007, 17:56	#4
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	My first car was an MG metro (non turbo) in white with red seatbelts . I thought I was the mutts nuts MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

25-03-2007, 20:06	#5
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	Aaah manual chokes. /reminisces. How do you get in in the back garden like that? It looks really impossible! __________________

26-03-2007, 01:00	#6
8 I3ALL Vodka Martini Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In Forum Heaven Posts: 732	I saw this thread and thought it was going to be a post about Daz going for a medical !!!!! __________________ MySpace

26-03-2007, 07:34	#7
jmc41 Absinthe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,070	Ah well, at least it still works. Before the guy at work crashed his into an audi it failed it's MOT due to the brakes not working. Fairly sure he fixed them before the crash ? My cousins first car kept going (think he also crashed this one before buying and crashing a MX5) due to a watering can in the boot that had to be used every 50 miles to top up the leaking water. Don't think his oil was too stable either

26-03-2007, 09:50	#9
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I got 96 out of mine on new years day 2000 going downhill on a dual carriageway. I overtook someone who was doing about 95. Man that was an excruciating five minutes. __________________

26-03-2007, 10:01	#10
Pebs Easymouth Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,716	My first car ws an MG Metro too. MtE had the white one with red seatbelts when I met him (with some nobber exhaust on it that you could hear from the next town) then he had stupid hothatches, came stupidly close to losing his licence so I made him get another MG, then I passed my test and he gave me the keys \o/ If you went over 80 the gearstick used to go beserk! And a stereo in it that could restart a heart. __________________ ...faster you naughty little monkey! Running through hell, heaven can wait! Last edited by Pebs; 26-03-2007 at 10:03.

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