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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [priggly]
by gregg_vw
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Sep 03, 2008 (10:41 am)
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Replying to: priggly (Sep 03, 2008 10:37 am)
You might want to re-think that. The puppy can be housebroken, the Smart cannot! Ok, your stature has grown with me...you have a sense of humor. 
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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [gregg_vw]
by swtnlovabl
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Sep 03, 2008 (11:38 am)
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Replying to: gregg_vw (Sep 03, 2008 10:37 am)
Ok U guys are talking about the smart cars being manufactured for the USA, So maybe ur right on the safety , all Im saying is that mine is NOT made for the USA it is the european model and was imported has a mercedes engine and it gets VERY GOOD SAFETY RATINGS !!! 
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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [gregg_vw]
by dakota29803
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Sep 05, 2008 (5:35 am)
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Replying to: gregg_vw (Sep 03, 2008 10:37 am)
For safety evaluations from a group that has credentials that count, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, see this link:
http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr051408.html
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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [dakota29803]
by gregg_vw
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Sep 05, 2008 (6:24 am)
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Replying to: dakota29803 (Sep 05, 2008 5:35 am)
It's been made about as safe as a car that small and inexpensive can be with current technology. Today, going to work, I passed someone driving an old Beetle (pre-1998). Now there was a popular small car that is indisputably a greater "death trap" than any smart. Got to thinking about all the cars on the road yet which have no airbags (or only one) and no safety cage engineering per se. They are more common than motorcycles and scooters.
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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [dakota29803]
by swtnlovabl
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Sep 05, 2008 (9:33 am)
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Replying to: dakota29803 (Sep 05, 2008 5:35 am)
once again I have a european 2005 shipped here from europe, its is NOT the same car that is coming to the US with a mitsubishi engine, the ratings on 2005 are AWESOME !!
http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/reviews/marc_lachapelle/article.aspx?cp-documen- tid=635923
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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [swtnlovabl]
by plekto
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Sep 05, 2008 (5:21 pm)
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Replying to: swtnlovabl (Sep 05, 2008 9:33 am)
Not surprising, since highway MPG is directly related to the engine's displacement(you only need ~35hp to overcome air resistance, IIRC - the rest is there for hills and so on), since the engines are mostly idling/using as little fuel as possible.
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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [priggly]
by dakota29803
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Sep 07, 2008 (8:48 am)
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Replying to: priggly (Sep 02, 2008 12:51 pm)
I can state for a fact that some of the information in this list is inaccurate. I have one of the first 300 Kia Rondos sold in the US and it has side airbags. the list says w/oSAB and is therefore wrong.
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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [dakota29803]
by priggly
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Sep 07, 2008 (2:06 pm)
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Replying to: dakota29803 (Sep 07, 2008 8:48 am)
Did all of the Kia Rondos sold in the US have SAB?
The list overall presents the single best evaluation of the overall safety of vehicles. It takes into consideration the results of both NHTSA and IIHS data along with other variables.
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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [priggly]
by dakota29803
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Sep 07, 2008 (2:20 pm)
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Replying to: priggly (Sep 07, 2008 2:06 pm)
Yes!
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Re: Anyone Paying List Price? [dakota29803]
by priggly
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Sep 07, 2008 (4:11 pm)
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Replying to: dakota29803 (Sep 07, 2008 2:20 pm)
Occasional variations or errors aside, the list overall still presents the single best evaluation of the overall safety of vehicles. As I said, it takes into consideration the results of both NHTSA and IIHS data along with other variables.
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