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I bought a new car and now I'm selling my beloved Geo Metro xfi. I drove a Metro because I wanted to. I could afford to fix anything that ever went wrong with the car and I enjoyed working on it, so it is ready to drive anywhere. I would trust it to drive to Alaska right now. It averages 48mpg in town and 52mpg on road trips. I drive slow but no hypermiling.

No Rust.

Car has 238k miles. I rebuilt the engine at 201k in December 2011. I did a good job on it (machine shop 0.020" over bore, new pistons, rings, bearings, new oil pump, studied forum posts before rebuilding). I have extensive prior mechanical experience and I am careful. It has given zero problems in the 37k miles since the rebuild. It gets Mobil 1 oil and doesn't burn or leak anything.

It does have xfi cam. Pistons have standard rings since they were new oversize pistons.

A/C installed by me with parts from a donor car. New filter/drier and O-rings. Super cold and never a problem with it in 3 years. Of course it affects performance and mpg but it's nice to have when you need it.

Transmission is a 4.10 ratio, not 3.79. Synchromesh oil. Shifts perfectly into and out of all gears. New clutch and clutch cable at 201k.

All wheel bearings new within 3 years. All brakes are good. Calipers and rotors replaced recently. Brakes work perfect and no strange noises or vibrations. CV joints good.

All windows roll up and down. All door latches work like they should. All door locks work. Rear hatch stays up by itself.

Professionally tinted windows with 3M film.

Ultra capacitor/12ah SLA hybrid battery. Starts right up hot or cold. Easy to replace with normal heavy lead acid car battery if you don't like it.

CD/MP3 Stereo with aftermarket speakers. USB and AUX inputs.

The only issue with the car is sometimes in the winter I smell a coolant smell from the heater. It doesn't consume coolant but I assume there is a slight wet area on the heater core. It's been like that for 3 years and never got worse. Windshield wiper control lever is not original but it works.

Fly to Reno, stay the night at my house, drive it home the next day. I live right next to I-80. Where else are you going to find a rust free xfi with A/C?

Call me with any questions: 775-412-2596

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Hot air balloons caught in high winds drag fullsize SUV

Mon, Jul 20 2015

A sudden storm front whipped up enough wind to send some hot air balloons flying into the air in Wisconsin over the weekend. One ballon proved so energetic that it was able to drag a fullsize SUV across a field and into a stand of tents. The freak accident occurred at Balloonfest in Waterford, Wisconsin. Spectators were horrified as balloons dragged handlers to the ground and launched with terrified pilots clinging to their baskets. Organizers had started packing up the colorful balloons due to ominous storm clouds when the wind kicked up. "Happened just like that; it was crazy," Nathan Fricke, crew member, told Fox 6. Winds were clocked at 40 to 50 miles per hour. A balloon caught in the wind dragged a large SUV (we think a Suburban or Yukon XL) hundreds of feet and into a cluster of tents on the edge of the staging area where balloons were on display for festival goers. Considering that the SUV surely weighs well over 5,000 pounds, it's lucky that no one was injured in the incident. News Source: Fox6Now Weird Car News Chevrolet GM GMC SUV

2017 GMC Acadia, tech and design, Indycar Boston | Autoblog Podcast #476

Fri, May 20 2016

Episode #476 of the Autoblog Podcast is here. This week, Dan Roth, and guest George Kennedy talk about the 2017 GMC Acadia, this year's New England Motor Press/MIT Technology conference on the intersection of technology and design, and the failure of the efforts to bring an Indycar race to Boston. It all starts with the Autoblog Garage - check it out! Check out the rundown with times for topics, and thanks for listening! Autoblog Podcast #476 Topics 2017 GMC Acadia Tech intersecting Design Grand Prix of Boston In The Autoblog Garage 2017 GMC Acadia 2016 Toyota Highlander Hybrid 2016 BMW 750i 2016 Honda Civic Coupe Touring Hosts: Dan Roth Guests: George Kennedy Rundown Intro & Garage - 00:00 GMC Acadia - 1:00 Tech/Design - 34:13 Indycar Boston - 46:52 Total Duration: 54:22 Get The Podcast iTunes – Subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes RSS Â– Add the Autoblog Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator MP3 Â– Download the MP3 directly Feedback Email Â– Podcast at Autoblog dot com Review the show in iTunes

2014 Chevy Silverado priced from *$24,585, V8 gets better economy than Ford EcoBoost V6

Mon, 01 Apr 2013

Chevrolet has thrown down the next hand in the pickup truck poker wars and revealed at least a couple of potential aces - depending on which numbers matter most to you. The 2014 2014 Silverado 1500 with its 5.3-liter EcoTec3 V8 gets 335 horsepower and 383 pound-feet of torque, is mated to a six-speed automatic, can tow 11,500 pounds with the optional Max Trailer Package and costs the same as the outgoing Silverado, $24,585 (*including $995 destination fee). Chevy says the Silverado also stands atop the fuel economy charts when comparing any competitor with a V8 engine - and some competitors with V6 engines. The two-wheel drive model returns 16 miles per gallon city, 23 mpg highway, 19 mpg combined in two-wheel drive guise and 16 mpg city, 22 mpg highway and 18 mpg combined as a four-wheel drive.
For context around those numbers, the most fuel efficient V8-powered 2013 Ford F-150 pickups lose about two mpg in every metric compared to the Silverado, the 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost returning 16 city, 18 highway and 22 combined in two-wheel drive. However, that EcoBoost does have 365 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque. You can get a Ram 1500 with a 3.6-liter V6 that gets 25 mpg highway, but it has 305 hp and 269 lb-ft of torque. The 2013 Ram with the 5.7-liter Hemi V8 and its 395 hp and 407 lb-ft drops one mpg in every category to the Silverado. Its tow rating is 200 pounds beyond its nearest competitor, the F-150 with the Max Trailer Tow Package.
Elsewhere, the new Silverado gets a quieter cab with a redesigned interior, a new bed with improved load-management possibilities, disc brakes all around, tweaked steering and suspension, along with free standard scheduled maintenance for two years or 24,000 miles.

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