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      08-06-2007, 03:30 PM   #1
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Seriously considering a SMART when they come to the US next year

over 90 mph...mileage about 40 miles/gallon...price $12-17K US...this would be a sometime commuter car...
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I take it you don't have other diesel engined cars down there because of California emissions control? Up here you can buy a TDI powered Volkswagen...like a Jetta or Golf/Rabbit...which will get good mileage and have more seats/be more practical...

I think I would really hate driving the SMART...but that's just me.

EDIT: I think I'd even get a Toyota Yaris or Honda Fit instead...comparable mileage, costs less, seats four in a pinch...
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I don't know how comfortable I would be on the freeway, it looks a little fragile next to the SUVs and commercial vehicles on the road...I would feel safer on a motorcycle.
It does amazingly well in crashes apparently...the little thing is like an impenetrable egg-shaped shell. 5th Gear did a crash test on a SMART and there were basically no intrusions into the cabin. Passenger and driver probably wouldn't have survived at the speeds they tested at...but the structural integrity was good.

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I take it you don't have other diesel engined cars down there because of California emissions control? Up here you can buy a TDI powered Volkswagen...like a Jetta or Golf/Rabbit...which will get good mileage and have more seats/be more practical...

I think I would really hate driving the SMART...but that's just me.

EDIT: I think I'd even get a Toyota Yaris or Honda Fit instead...comparable mileage, costs less, seats four in a pinch...

Yeah..my friend has a diesel golf..and drives a TON in it..up and down the western coast..I think he put on 50K miles in one year.
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you can park them perpendicular to the curb in parallel parking spaces

that kicks ass
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just get a Yaris or Corolla- they get about the same MPG as the SMART.
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it would be pretty cool to have one, save so much $$..
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They are very cute and cool. I'd do it if I lived in a big city but here in So Cal no way! Here I think I'd go for a Prius.
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you can park them perpendicular to the curb in parallel parking spaces

that kicks ass
no more paralleling!
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I think the Mini Cooper is small enough...
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My wife used to own one when we were living in Germany. It was a cool little car that made parking in any downtown area a breeze. We were averaging about 40mpg's on it.
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I saw a Brabuss SMART here the other day. I liked it. Wide fender flares, deep wheels (THREE LUGS! lol) the seats were intersting... kind of a combo between sporty and ergonomic. (think crazy mesh support).

I'd drive one. Or I'd drop a Hayabusa engine in one, anyway. =)
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I saw a Brabuss SMART here the other day. I liked it. Wide fender flares, deep wheels (THREE LUGS! lol) the seats were intersting... kind of a combo between sporty and ergonomic. (think crazy mesh support).
That freakin nuts!!!

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I'd drive one. Or I'd drop a Hayabusa engine in one, anyway. =)
Wouldn't that kind of defeat the purpose?
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