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I had a friend with a Suzuki Swift (pretty well the same car) I have no idea how that car lasted as long as it did carrying around nearly 1000lbs of fat asses. Although one day it gave up and dropped the engine and tranny
If he was in the midwest, probably rust killed the frame.
They weren't good cars, but they were great cars for the money. When you couldn't afford a Nissan Sentra, a Metro/Swift looked great.
Also, they were so easy to work on, because they were as simple as a lawnmower. One person could realistically pick up the whole engine and transmission, and there was tons of space to work inside the engine compartment. Unlike the old BMW 540i that I had, where you needed to take off the whole front end in order to get the brake master cylinder off (I think it was the master cylinder; might have been the booster or slave cylinder).
Onterrible Canada, salt in the winter lol. And like I said there was 3 people over 300lbs plus the driver.
I don't know how it lasted as long as it did.
Had a teacher in highschool with a Metro and we would pick the car up and rotate it 90 deg in the spot or take it for a walk down the street