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07-21-2008, 10:05 PM
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Token v6 Guy
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: No longer neon land :(
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They are quite safe.... I have seen a lot of crash test video's at work. But, there are always limitations on a smaller car.
We had a bunch of them at work a couple years ago when mb was considering selling them.
I drove both a gas and diesel version here and they were a blast to drive.
I hope a turbo diesel one comes here.... but I've seen info for a hybrid one coming.
I'd rock one
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07-21-2008, 11:10 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Long Branch, NJ
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DOWN WITH THE SMART CAR !!
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07-22-2008, 09:36 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 3,047
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Originally Posted by wretched73
i went to italy like 7+ years ago and smart cars were HUGE there, funny looking little things but the teens love 'em and put some pretty sick paint on them
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Yep, my wife and I were there for our honeymoon 6 years ago and they are ALL over the place! We saw some pretty wild ones on the roads there.
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the beauty of them is they can be parked perpendicular to a curb where a normal car must be parked parallel. this makes for easier parking as well as space for more cars. oh, and if you live in a city, you can park them bumper to bumper and rent out only one spot in a parking garage. they have their purpose, and that purpose doesn't involve suburbia or highways
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 If I lived in lower Manhattan or some other extremely crowded space where parking is a nightmare, I'd consider it. Otherwise, they make no sense. Imagine driving a Smart car 70mph down the Turnpike next to a tractor trailer! 
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'16 Go-Mango Dodge Charger R/T. It's so good to be back in a V8-powered, RWD car!
Former Toy - '88 Monte SS - had lots of mods...
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07-22-2008, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hillsborough, NJ
Posts: 3,200
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Only reason why I'd have a SmartCar is if I owned one of those luxury RV's with the mini garage in the back, so I can get around the local area while camped with the RV.
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Wanted this -  , but ended up with this -  for free. Can't argue with free.
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07-22-2008, 04:24 PM
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Sliderule / Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Catawissa PA
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Friend has one sitting in his shop, said it's the biggest P.O.S. he ever worked on. Every time they order parts they get the wrong part, takes multiple tries. Recently the welds broke and muffler fell off. That's what it's currently waiting for. I like the way you change the oil, there isn't a drain plug; you have to siphon it out the dipstick tube?
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1) Build it
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07-22-2008, 04:34 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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Originally Posted by Pampered-Z
Friend has one sitting in his shop, said it's the biggest P.O.S. he ever worked on. Every time they order parts they get the wrong part, takes multiple tries. Recently the welds broke and muffler fell off. That's what it's currently waiting for. I like the way you change the oil, there isn't a drain plug; you have to siphon it out the dipstick tube?
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eh, ordering wrong parts is more human error. welds braking, that sucks. siphoning, thanks for the heads up!
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07-22-2008, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Arm pit of the world... NJ
Posts: 2,677
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I'll take this smart car just for the hell of it. It should make a quick trip to the store interesting.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5S1NAMnYKM
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07-22-2008, 05:15 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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lifted smart - tires are taller than the car? hahaha
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07-22-2008, 07:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 3,047
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPQIi...eature=related - I think this is what's in the Smart that Featherburner posted - it's got a Hayabusa motor in it!
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'16 Go-Mango Dodge Charger R/T. It's so good to be back in a V8-powered, RWD car!
Former Toy - '88 Monte SS - had lots of mods...
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07-24-2008, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Point Pleasant
Posts: 1,809
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Makes my old samurai look safe.
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94 2wd SBSC Gmt400. 330CI LSX, Fast 102, Trickflow 205s, close ratio nv3500, 4.30/trutrac.
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08-03-2008, 01:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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if it looks small there, my friend has a 05 dodge ram 2500 mega cab diesel.....yeah just to put it in size perspective i lined my jeep wrangler bumper to bumper, then put my bros jeep wrangler behind mine and we were only about a foot longer than the ram...imagine a smart car next to that truck.
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2011 Camaro - 2lt/rs red jewel tincoat, m6 - SOLD
2014 Camaro SS - bolt ons
1998 Jimmy - the beater
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