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Automotive News & Views Worst Car of 2008 - Your nominees
110 messages, Last post on Dec 15, 2008 at 12:51 PM
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There's no reason at all that the other worthy candidates couldn't be left in the comment section of Ask Dub Schwartz! to be recorded for posterity  And someone sent this to me in email: What's the #1 performance mod done to the smart? Baseball cards in the spokes I'm only the messenger 
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Nov 29, 2008 10:51 am) As much as we enjoyed it though, the car started having problems at around the 90K mark and wouldn't quit.
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Replying to: keitha3 (Nov 30, 2008 12:37 pm) Second came home in an 85 Accord which got totaled 7 months later.... Gee, I can actually go through all four - number 3 in the 00 Accord I still have and number 4 in an 02 Ody..... You don't have to worry about hearing about any new ones...
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Replying to: fezo (Nov 30, 2008 1:47 pm) Now ask me about my Windstall..... BTW - loved the baseball cards option on the Smart.... |
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the Smart is too easy to pick on for something like this. For some people the Smart is the perfect answer to their question of automotive needs. The proof is that they are selling all they expected to and more. Which brings me to my point: couldn't the worst car of the year have been something with annual projected sales volumes higher than 20K? It kind of makes it meaningless to give the "award" to a niche car like this.
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Replying to: nippononly (Dec 01, 2008 8:43 am) However, your point of a minimum sales volume might make for an interesting choice.
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Replying to: fezo (Dec 01, 2008 1:09 pm) I sat in one at the auto show, and I tell if you if this thing were a smidge wider and came with a manual transmission, I would be VERY interested. |
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Replying to: fezo (Nov 14, 2008 1:29 pm) These may be waaaaaaay long in the tooth, with monstrous panel gaps and cheap vinyl interior, but in basic 4cyl, RWD, stickshift form, they are one of "The Last Honest Vehicles": easy to work on, cheap to fix, debugged of glaring faults, 25mpg efficient & cheap to insure, and most like the venerable Model T than anything else on the market. I adore the modern technology of direct injected turbos, AWD, 4WS, ESC, ABS, IRS, TCS, active steering, DSG, automatic sun visors, etc, etc, but want at least ONE vehicle I can fix with a crescent wrench and a jackknife
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Replying to: fezo (Dec 01, 2008 1:09 pm) The Smart may have a "safety cell", but without a crumple zone, passengers may face the same fate as Dale Earnhardt Sr in a big crash. 
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Replying to: karsick (Dec 01, 2008 5:37 pm)
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