Faults:

The battery keeps going flat and doesn't hold its charge very well.

The car doesn't respond in first gear for a least three seconds, it just crawls and then suddenly flies off.

The car is leaking water and there is a huge puddle on the driver's side floor.

General Comments:

This car is cheap to run.

It is an ideal first car, because it is small and easy to park.

The steering is heavy and power steering would be helpful.

It is very comfortable, and it feels safe to drive.

Faults:

Nothing at all.

General Comments:

With a tune up this car is very quick and flexible. Pulls eagerly in 5th from 30mph! 0-60 around 8.0s.

Handling is go-kart like.

Interior a little cramped, nice sporty hugging front seats.

All in all a very sporty reliable car that is massively underrated. With very minor tuning this car is very quick and easily as good as other hot hatches.

Faults:

The head gasket went at 99500 miles. It's too costly to get Rover to fix it (£350). So me and my dad are going to do it.

No other problems yet apart from rust in the rear passenger side wheel arch. The other one is fine.

My friend crashed into it when it was parked next to my house. He was in a Golf, managed to take the bumper and the driver's headlight and indicators with him. Also the wind and part of the bonnet.

General Comments:

This is my first car. My mate had the 1994 Metro 5 door Quest. But he ended its life when we ploughed into the back of a Volvo 850 T5. Ouch. The volvo had zero damage.

This car moves and provided you look after it. It will last.

The worst thing about the car are the brakes and that is probably due to the quite skinny tyres.

Faults:

New fan belt fitted at about 35,000 miles.

Fuse box cracked, had to be resoldered and cost thirty big ones.

New front tyres as I curbed them at 40 mph.

Rust on the arches, DOH!

General Comments:

Very very cheap to run, petrol lasts weeks. I get about 60 miles to the gallon.

Reliable, never had any major problems apart from the fuse box. This was cheap to repair though so it didn't really matter. Many cheap parts going.

Low insurance, excellent first car.

Can be quite sluggish but flooring it gets it to a reasonable speed. Got mine to 100mph down the motorway which is quite good for a 50 hp car. I would recommend these cars for people who need a cheap city runabout.

Only the bodywork lets it down, rust IS CAR CANCER and canes the wheel arches!

Faults:

Nothing whatsoever!

General Comments:

This car is seriously fun and easy to own, mine was a sporting S spec and has a very upmarket interior and the performance from the 1.1 litre engine is excellent! The grip is great and the handling is very fun indeed. Standard stereo with 4 speakers is also good but this car is a nightmare to clean!!

You have to carwash it, then jetspray it! The design is simply so old now and the plastic bumpers are all updates on previous Metros so it is very difficult to clean properly. Gearbox is excellent though.

Dealer really doesn't want to know (Douglas Grahams Windsor), they really don't want Metros on there on the forecourt!