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Hi all,
As of last night I have a new Metro! Much like Rita I've known of the car locally for a while and have been considering for quite some time.
I used to walk near the house that it lived at when I'd walk to my garage to work on Rita, it sat in the driveway, totally original and standard. When the guy moved it into his back garden behind the gate and had a newer Citroen in it's place I guessed it was about time I asked him if it was for sale and whether I could have a look!
He said it was, and I basically told him I'd buy it there and then. Around 4 months later and I bought it last night since he said there was no hurry and I wasn't really in a position to own two cars. He also told me about the Frogeye Sprite and MGB's he has a project in his garden. Unfortunately he has arthritis now and is getting on a bit, hence I guess they won't be finished, and thats why he sold the Metro, he couldn't drive it anymore.
It's a 1992 Metro Li. Completely original and in very good condition. It has some bubbling to the rear arches but other than that is in great shape, it just needs a clay, polish and wax to bring it up to standard!
It has 48k on the clocks, not bad for a 21 year old car! and in the last 4 years had done just 1600 miles, I'm sure the old guy said he's done about 4000 in the last 8 years, so its had an easy life of late!
The advisories on the last MOT were a small crack in the windscreen (No problem, I have a few spare), an indicator lense which is damaged which we have already bought a replacement for from a scrapyard today, and light corrosion to the rear arches, which will be a relatively easy job and under £400 fix at a body shop.
The plan for now is to leave it standard and just drive it! It's a rare model, I dont think I've ever seen another. Whilst I have lots of nice parts, a GTI interior, wheels, spoiler and lots of other bits, Rita is my main priority and I don't want to modify such an original car.
Rita will now stay in the garage all throughout winter and summer and be my awesome loved car. I can keep her in pristine condition and just drive her on weekends away with Simon and at shows, although I'm sure I'd love to drive her in the summer months too, which is ideal for doing maintenance on this one!
Enough chat, heres the pictures 
The first one is a photo I took about a year ago.
Google maps, a few weeks ago
They're not the greatest photos because they were taken quite late in the evening but here goes anyway
And now she can sleep in the warm all year round 
Yayyyyy
Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 01 October 2013 - 06:04 PM.
The second I put alloys on, the £1200 insurance disappears and it leaps to £1500 so she'll be standard for as long as need be really 
so much 
