what we are going to be forced to drive...

[gijohn40]

wow...

 

[gijohn40]

But look at all of the 'great new choices'
we will have emerge from "The SMART Car"


The Smamborghini
The Smerrari
The smorsche targa
The smorsche
The Smorvette
And last but not least the New
Smaudi A3 AWD!!!

 

[Spork]

They make my Beetle look manly.

 

[Rusted]

Everything can be modded

[YOUTUBE]MDU5BU_qSJU[/YOUTUBE]

 

[BlackDog]

I have no speakers on my computer so I didn't follow the vid link, does that show that its powered by the diesel that came from the Unimog it stole its axles from?

Very cool.... Watche a you tube on a better computer that showed the young guy from TopGear getting to drive it... Impressive.

Drove a smart, across Anaheim Mannheim, and then on/off my trailer... you can keep 'em, Extremely Underwhelmed.

 

[gijohn40]

gezz what some people will do to be different... that video is off the hook

 

[RockMonkey]

Did anyone else read the "Most Bang for the Buck" article in the newest Consumer Reports? The "Smart" car was the lowest bang for the buck amongst all small cars. The report divided road test scores with the 5-year cost to own. So although the Smart is cheap to buy, and relatively cheap to drive (fairly good mileage, but only runs on premium), it's terrible road test score gives it a high "bucks per bang" ratio (lower is better). They rated it at $895 bucks per bang, compared to the Honda Civic which led the class at $340 bucks per bang.

Interestingly, the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited was rated at $2,320 bucks per bang, and the Hummer H2 was $3,620 bucks per bang.

 

[jsudar]

Smart cars have been all over Europe for years (at least Germany) and the only redeeming value I could see was that you could 90* park a Smart car when everyone else had to parallel park.

Try parking in a big city and you'll understand. SLC does not count.

I wouldn't buy one, but they do make great speed bumps.

 

[Zombie]

"bucks per bang" ratio (lower is better).

Oh, so it's like shopping for a hooker?


(sorry... couldn't resist)

 

[Ford Prefect]

One of the really nice things about the smart, when it came out with this model ten years ago, was that they got twenty-five MPG, which was amazing back then. The bad thing is that they have never changed anything, so it still gets about twenty-five MPG. A toyota corolla does that good, so why bother?

Though, I must admit, if those body kits are really out there, then THAT becomes very tempting! It would just be funny as heck!

Another interesting thing is that all of the painted surfaces are plastic, and you can pop them off in about an hour. In Europe people will meet random strangers in the park and want to trade paint colors, and do so. Funny. The cops here would not like that much though, given that the paint color is in the License Plate info.

 

[benjy]

The bad thing is that they have never changed anything, so it still gets about twenty-five MPG.

BINGO! I have never understood the smart fad. Poor MPG, no storage/seating whatsoever. The only thing they have going for them is safety. Their egg shell or whatever it is can take a beating.

One time I did see a pretty sweet smart, however. It was a convertible with half doors, and the windshield folded down. I have a picture somewhere that I'd have to scan in, but it was pretty cool.

 

[Hickey]

I was driving next to one the other day and I noticed that my Peterbilt's hood would make a nice garage for a Smart car.

 

[Tacoma]

THey make good sense in a city, where maneuverability and parking are key. I wouldn't like to drive one of those faster than say... 45mph LOL and hell if I'd be at all comfortable amid anything bigger than that.

I rented a Kia Spectra for the last week, it was small, nimble, had a trunk, did at least 90mph, and got 30+mpg. And they're cheaper than SmartCars.

 

[gijohn40]

yes but can they bury you in a kia like they can in a smartcar when you get into an accident? you see smartcar/coffin is a pretty good deal!!! lol