Well, after trawling ebay and the autotrader for a couple of weeks and a couple of visits to see shoddy Metros, we finally had it narrowed down to three prospective cars.
The first one was an Austin Metro Vanden Plas from Birmingham, it looked nice, leather seats, leccy windows, the works - however, it was from 1985 and a quick call to the owner told us it wouldnt be reliable enough for a jaunt around Europe. Gutted, luxury would have been good, but not as good as a car that will get us around in one piece!
The second was a red Rover Metro Manhattan from Skipton. We liked the look of this on autotrader, but when we came to view it, it had already sold.
Last but not least was Rochdale's Rover Metro Tahiti Special. This had a 1.1 engine, five gears, three doors, a sunroof and the bodywork was in great condition. This is what we went for, for the princely sum of £500. The deal was done and there we go, owners of a Metro... All we needed then was somewhere to go in it!
The first one was an Austin Metro Vanden Plas from Birmingham, it looked nice, leather seats, leccy windows, the works - however, it was from 1985 and a quick call to the owner told us it wouldnt be reliable enough for a jaunt around Europe. Gutted, luxury would have been good, but not as good as a car that will get us around in one piece!
The second was a red Rover Metro Manhattan from Skipton. We liked the look of this on autotrader, but when we came to view it, it had already sold.
Last but not least was Rochdale's Rover Metro Tahiti Special. This had a 1.1 engine, five gears, three doors, a sunroof and the bodywork was in great condition. This is what we went for, for the princely sum of £500. The deal was done and there we go, owners of a Metro... All we needed then was somewhere to go in it!
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Have you done anychanges to it for the long trip, eg a cd player, service or anything else to the car?
Nothing major,didn't need much, but put in new plugs, leads, dizzy cap, greased nipples etc. We have a SD card cd so we have about 5 gig of music.
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