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Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:53 pm

If you fit in the bus, you'll fit in the smart.

I just think think something this small and this publicised should get better milage then a 55 VW.

Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:50 pm

You would be amazed at how spacious they are on the inside.

bags of room, they have been for-sale in Canada for a couple of years now. Its cool if you buy a red one and then down the road you decide you don't like the colour, you can buy different panel inserts to change the colour/pattern of the car.

3 piston diesel, something like $15 dollars at the pump to fill up and away you go. Our friend who has one, said that you have to drive it like a motorbike, as in pretend nobody sees you. He has been hit in his, and he said he just had a sore neck as he was rear-ended. But the car was fine, and everything else was fine.

Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:58 pm

You should get it with this option. :lol:

Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:29 am

Um, think ill get one now! :shock:

Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:06 am

If I wanted something with three bolt wheels I'd buy an old Deux Cheveaux.

Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:52 am

we've had the smart here i Europe for years. i guess it's a good car if you live in the city, but personally i would never by it. hate the looks. They tested the roadster in top gear, he wasn't very happy with it, especially the gearbox.
the came with a four (five) seater last year called the fourtwo, it looks a little better but its still pretty ugly

Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:53 pm

I've seen a few around here. I see one pretty consistantly at a Home Depot I frequent (part of my work beat). I can see they could be efficient in an urban area or for short trips. That said, personally, I wouldn't want my wife driving one since her commute involves an I-5 commute from the "country" to the "city" and I've personally seen what accidents can do to the human body.

Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:18 pm

sweetlokin66 wrote:

You should get it with this option. :lol:

Wow, nothing is proportioned right in that picture! :lol:

Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:13 pm

http://www.zenithair.com/zodiac/pic06/smart-diesel-4.jpg

Yikes!!! Almost looks like a VW engine!

Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:21 pm

tatersgravy wrote:

Yikes!!! Almost looks like a VW engine!
are you aware of what a vw engine looks like?

Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:44 pm

Mr. Electric Wizard wrote: Dayum, $25,000!!!
Too much? Then get a Nano for $2500.00.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22575262/

Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:15 am

They're funky and efficient. But they really drive like crap... (gearbox, handling, etc...)