I noticed the purple-ish Metro Convertible (CC here) across the street, waiting for the left turn signal. I grabbed my camera, and just as it awoke, the Metro was already passing across my bow and coming alongside. I tracked her and peeled off a quick shot as she passed my side window. Only after I put the camera down did I notice the other pink-red Sprint (CC here), which was the Metro’s predecessor, right behind where the Metro had been. Did I catch them both when I pulled the trigger? My traffic light turned green, so I didn’t know until I got home.
Looks like she is making full use of the nice day with the top down. Always good to see a convertible being used as intended. (Even though she is giving you the hairy eyeball for taking a picture!)
She looks really pissed and unhappy. Is that what driving a Metro Barbie Car for 20 years does to you?
Looks like she might have been the original owner. Bought it in high school…aging car, aging beauty.
Glad she’s enjoying it. Aside from the “chick-car” stigma the convertible had…and also aside from the rattles it was prone to…the Metro was not a bad driver’s-car-on-a-budget. I had three; and I’d do it again. More fun for the money…seriously.
I think that sprint looks cool with sealed beams, haven’t seen one of those in years! Ontario’s salted winters must have ate them all up…
No. They didn’t last.
They were popular cars with college kids in the late 1980s – early 1990s. But they rusted, as bad as any other Japanese product.
The Metro was better in resisting rust – COSMETICALLY. But the undercarriage rusted as badly; I had a catastrophic front-frame collapse. Catastrophic for the car, which was immediately reduced to scrap. Fortunately no one was hurt.
My brother had a Sprint for a few years that he claimed served him quite well. I don’t remember gas prices at the time, but do remember him telling me he couldn’t ever get much over $10 worth of gas into it. I drove it once, and it was actually fun to drive. you revved it like a motorcycle.
You should buy a lottery ticket. Grabbing these in the same shot in 2013 has got to be 1 in a trillion!
An ’87 Sprint was our family car from 1987-1991. 5 speed manual, no options- not even a radio. The other cars they had during that period were two seaters. A ’78 Vette and ’88 CRX didn’t make for good family transport.
The Sprint was good transportation for a tin can. Although, it made every car that came after it feel like a luxury cruiser.
The Metros came out of the woodwork a few years ago when gas prices spiked, and some parts could be hard to come by.
its amazing, but living in LA , this combination nor many others would not even raise an eyebrow with me. The San Fernando Valley is a bit of a Melting Pot, but if you take care of things, you can get many years out of a good car. The survivor cars are what I like seeing, just as they are. The other day I just had to Look at the 86 Delta 88 Brougham Coupe Royale I saw for sale.
A FWD Delta 88 coupe is pretty rare, even in nice climates, they didn’t sell many, and the first year 86 H-body with the sealed beam headlights is even a little more unique, how nice was it?
You mean like this one? It has the alloy wheels too. I’ll have to get to it one of these days…
I’d take one of these. Always liked this body style in the two-door.
Oooooohhhhh…………..
That is Ron Weasley’s stand-in from the Harry Potter films. I bet she is loving that car now that gas is almost $5 a gallon. Just thinking this could be a ghetto commercial spoof of the VW Cabrio Pink Moon ads.
I think you live in a different world. Obviously, the hunting is good.
If there could have been a Chevette even further back in the shot it would have been incredible, I always has a soft spot for the little Sprint. its seemed like a happy little car, but they did get chewed up and spat out by many drivers. There is a still a really clean owned by a little old lady, I still see it on the road every once in a while.
I wish we had gotten these in Oz, would had one in a minute. The Suzuki Swift GTi variant of these was a great little pocket rocket back in the day, did these have the same engine/chassis set up?
Holden Barina Suzuki Swift Geo whateva, but we didnt get a ragtop out this way only the tintop variety I still see some about, good little runabouts if you can keep the termites away.