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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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Amazingly, the right-side mirror was included at no extra cost on all 1992 Metro models except the gas-mileage-king XFi. Gas was cheap during the late 1980s and early 1990s, other than a spike after Iraq invaded Kuwait , but some car buyers still wanted good fuel economy. Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5

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The Real Reason for USA based Economic Recessions.

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This period in US history saw gas lines and severe unemployment and also a period (in which is atypical during a recessionary period), rising inflation. It took the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the oil price rising from $21/barrel in August 1990 to $46/barrel by the middle of October. This is also referred to as the ?tightening?

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