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drscope
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Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
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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.
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bonfire
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Joined: January 15, 2008
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Location: Heart of the West, Canada
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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. |
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sweetlokin66
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Joined: November 15, 2006
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Location: Luftwagenville, FLDuh
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DeathBus
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Joined: February 29, 2004
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Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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Um, think ill get one now! 
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Dusty1
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| If I wanted something with three bolt wheels I'd buy an old Deux Cheveaux. |
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ThorAlex
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Location: Norway
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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 |
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localboy
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Joined: December 06, 2003
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Location: "Mainland", PNW
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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.
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Towel Rail
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You should get it with this option.  |
Wow, nothing is proportioned right in that picture!
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tatersgravy
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4Doora
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Location: Hudson, NH
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Yikes!!! Almost looks like a VW engine! |
are you aware of what a vw engine looks like?
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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yvre
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| They're funky and efficient. But they really drive like crap... (gearbox, handling, etc...) |
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