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12secondv6 07-21-2008 09:05 PM
They are quite safe.... I have seen a lot of crash test video's at work. But, there are always limitations on a smaller car.

We had a bunch of them at work a couple years ago when mb was considering selling them.

I drove both a gas and diesel version here and they were a blast to drive.

I hope a turbo diesel one comes here.... but I've seen info for a hybrid one coming.

I'd rock one

Jam 07-21-2008 10:10 PM
DOWN WITH THE SMART CAR !!

The Fixer 07-22-2008 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by wretched73
i went to italy like 7+ years ago and smart cars were HUGE there, funny looking little things but the teens love 'em and put some pretty sick paint on them
Yep, my wife and I were there for our honeymoon 6 years ago and they are ALL over the place! We saw some pretty wild ones on the roads there.

Quote:
Originally Posted by quikz28
the beauty of them is they can be parked perpendicular to a curb where a normal car must be parked parallel. this makes for easier parking as well as space for more cars. oh, and if you live in a city, you can park them bumper to bumper and rent out only one spot in a parking garage. they have their purpose, and that purpose doesn't involve suburbia or highways
:werd: If I lived in lower Manhattan or some other extremely crowded space where parking is a nightmare, I'd consider it. Otherwise, they make no sense. Imagine driving a Smart car 70mph down the Turnpike next to a tractor trailer! :shock:

Untamed 07-22-2008 10:41 AM
Only reason why I'd have a SmartCar is if I owned one of those luxury RV's with the mini garage in the back, so I can get around the local area while camped with the RV.

Pampered-Z 07-22-2008 03:24 PM
Friend has one sitting in his shop, said it's the biggest P.O.S. he ever worked on. Every time they order parts they get the wrong part, takes multiple tries. Recently the welds broke and muffler fell off. That's what it's currently waiting for. I like the way you change the oil, there isn't a drain plug; you have to siphon it out the dipstick tube?

sweetbmxrider 07-22-2008 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Pampered-Z (Post 467455)
Friend has one sitting in his shop, said it's the biggest P.O.S. he ever worked on. Every time they order parts they get the wrong part, takes multiple tries. Recently the welds broke and muffler fell off. That's what it's currently waiting for. I like the way you change the oil, there isn't a drain plug; you have to siphon it out the dipstick tube?
eh, ordering wrong parts is more human error. welds braking, that sucks. siphoning, thanks for the heads up!

Featherburner 07-22-2008 03:53 PM
I'll take this smart car just for the hell of it. It should make a quick trip to the store interesting. :wink:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5S1NAMnYKM

sweetbmxrider 07-22-2008 04:15 PM
lifted smart - tires are taller than the car? hahaha

The Fixer 07-22-2008 06:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPQIi...eature=related - I think this is what's in the Smart that Featherburner posted - it's got a Hayabusa motor in it!

r0nin89 07-24-2008 12:06 PM
Makes my old samurai look safe.

Iroc-z86 08-03-2008 12:59 AM
if it looks small there, my friend has a 05 dodge ram 2500 mega cab diesel.....yeah just to put it in size perspective i lined my jeep wrangler bumper to bumper, then put my bros jeep wrangler behind mine and we were only about a foot longer than the ram...imagine a smart car next to that truck.


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