>Would NOT have been good to drive over that hole
>with the Syncro either, but I know it would have been better able to
>handle the situation than the Metro with it's 12" micro tires and mushy
>suspension.

The Metro is a rebadged Suzuki Cultus. Odd that the North American
markets got 12" wheels... here they were all 13", whether
NZ-market-badged "Swift" or used-import Cultus (also sold in US as
"Pontiac Firefly" and possibly as a Chevrolet as well).
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut