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#302 of 491 Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [gregg_vw] by priggly Jun 30, 2008 (9:12 am)
Replying to: gregg_vw (Jun 30, 2008 9:02 am) And why didn't you buy the fabulous "smart?" Was it the incredible two year warranty? OR maybe the fact it takes premium gas? Or was it the fact it gets a whooping 26 mpg at 70 mph, as reported by one owner?   Incidentally, I wasn't denigrating anyone. That is more your style. Replies to this message: dennismau (Jun 30, 2008 9:29 am)
#303 of 491 Re: Most dangerous car on the road! [priggly] by dennismau Jun 30, 2008 (9:29 am)
Replying to: priggly (Jun 30, 2008 9:12 am) I have a Smart car and driving back and forth to work and around town I have been averaging 40 to 45 MPG and on the highway I will get close to 50 MPG. You would have to drive the thing in 1st gear all the time to get 26 MPG! No matter what kind of car you drive there is always SOMETHING bigger. There are concrete trucks, eighteen-wheelers, Hummers, BIG pickup trucks. Does it make any sense to the conservation of fuel and the environment that to transport one person around you need a 5000 pound hunk of metal to feel safe. The simple fact is that unless americans move to smaller cars and change their wasteful with ways with our limited natural resources we are going to be forced to do it in the next few years anyway. Unless you make alot of money and even if you do do you really want to spend $200.00 a week on gas when gas hits $7.00 a gallon?   Dennis
#304 of 491 Enough by pf_flyer HOST Jun 30, 2008 (10:31 am)
Let's stop this personal stuff before it gets out of hand please.   Thank you.
#305 of 491 by joquito Jul 02, 2008 (8:58 pm)
60% of all auto deaths are people not wearing a seatbelt. So choosing to wear a seatbelt will contribute more to one's safety than which car they drive. If you want to know how a Smart car fares in an actual accident, here in the states, here ya go.   http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/smart_car_of_america/front/the_smart_car_saves_- - a_life.html
#306 of 491 Check out these slightly modified Smarts. by dmathews3 Jul 04, 2008 (12:05 pm)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPQIizRp9ck
#307 of 491 Smart for two DIESEL by phartney Jul 05, 2008 (7:39 am)
Saw and read up on the Smart DIESEL. When will this be coming from the other side of the pond? It is rating it to get 80 MPG !!!!?
#308 of 491 Death Trap by ruebezahl Jul 06, 2008 (11:43 am)
I resent the car being called a death trap! I realize that it is one, if not the smallest vehicle currently on the road. I also owned beetles in the past where the only safety features were government imposed seat belts and a design change preventing the steering wheel column from becoming imbedded in a driver's body on frontal impact. There will always be larger cars on the road no matter what you own. Unless you drive a garbage truck or a commercial truck. Driving a smart makes one realize that one must be more on the defensive and alert than driving an older Impala for example, yet that is not the issue here. Times are a changing! Future vehicles will be more attractive just because of over crowding and the unreasonable gas cost issue. Squeezing the obese into these cars is another matter... I own my smart now since February and am satisfied with it, as a matter of fact I am delighted with it. It sat at the dealership for two weeks until I broke down and finally took it home. I too feared the strange transmission and the two year warranty really stinks, yet I embraced the smart and it's little foibles and have not regretted yet buying it. When I drive 90 mph on I-75 the mileage certainly drops and I don't do it often because the gendarmes don't appreciate it. In addition the A/C lowers the mileage too. So I then only see about 33mph all around, otherwise I get about 38 on the average with minimal A/C use. Never hit 40 mpg yet, but so what...and the transmission... it is now a non issue.
#309 of 491 Painting body panels by mmm1 Jul 16, 2008 (8:31 am)
I may want to paint the body panels on my Smart car. I have read somewhere that the panels are made of a plastic call "MIC" which I believe is a plastic with the color molded into the plastic. I was told recently that this type of plastic cannot be painted and that if they are painted the paint will not adhere well at all. I've seen pictures of Smart cars that have obviously been painted with custom designs so I am rather confused about this issue. Anyone have any information on this subject? Thanks. Replies to this message: ruebezahl (Oct 25, 2008 10:12 am)
#310 of 491 Delivery Dates by mrc59 Jul 18, 2008 (4:38 am)
Anyone have any idea when reservations will be honored? I'm in the mid-Atlantic region. Replies to this message: mmm1 (Jul 19, 2008 8:37 am)
#311 of 491 Re: Delivery Dates [mrc59] by mmm1 Jul 19, 2008 (8:37 am)
Replying to: mrc59 (Jul 18, 2008 4:38 am) Don't know about reservations but I just picked up my Smart from Checkered Flag in Virginia Beach yesterday and only had to wait about 2 1/2 months on the Orphan List. I was # 160 when I got on the list in early May so that was very quick. Also, got the exact car that I had requested when I sent in my $99 and got on the reservation list.

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