Smart car crash test - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

91DropTop · 04-29-2008, 11:26 AM

Prepare to be amazed!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju6t-yyoU8s

maroman88 · 04-29-2008, 06:29 PM

never, i would never trust sumthing that small

deadtrend1 · 04-29-2008, 07:01 PM

seen that awhile ago on break.com.

pretty amazing, just unfortunate that your body can't handle that fast of a decelleration

WildBillyT · 04-29-2008, 07:23 PM

They should really test it by driving it with the tractor trailers on 78 West. Unlike a wall, a TT will push back and keep moving you.

BonzoHansen · 04-29-2008, 07:42 PM

Least impressive part of those tiny cars is MPG. C&D just tested one and they got ~30mph mixed driving. You'd think that thing would get 60 mpg, lol.

deadtrend1 · 04-29-2008, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen

You'd think that thing would get 60 mpg, lol.

yea right!

I don't see the spot on the back where I put a penny and make it do wheelies!

edit: that comment may be before some of your' time. Others may remember the Tonka "Turbo Tricksters" I was referring to ..

FBODS4EVER · 04-29-2008, 08:07 PM

i saw one in hamilton one day at work. ugly thing. i wouldnt take one if someone gave it to me.

Tru2Chevy · 04-29-2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by deadtrend1

yea right!

I don't see the spot on the back where I put a penny and make it do wheelies!

edit: that comment may be before some of your' time. Others may remember the Tonka "Turbo Tricksters" I was referring to ..

Yea, I remember them!

3 cylinder, 70hp, runs on premium, and mileage is only so-so (considering).

- Justin

sweetbmxrider · 04-29-2008, 08:56 PM

i turned out in front of one the other day. pretty freakin small. like a golf cart with doors or something

Anti_Rice_Guy · 04-29-2008, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by deadtrend1

yea right!

I don't see the spot on the back where I put a penny and make it do wheelies!

edit: that comment may be before some of your' time. Others may remember the Tonka "Turbo Tricksters" I was referring to ..

before who's time?! I'm 18 and think I still have a bunch of those suckers around, they were awesome!

SteveR · 04-29-2008, 10:46 PM

I wander if the European version gets better mileage. Those thongs are everywhere over there.

//<86TA>\\ · 04-30-2008, 07:08 PM

i dont know, the leg area seemed to crumple a lot.

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Anti_Rice_Guy · 04-30-2008, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by //<86TA>\\

i dont know, the leg area seemed to crumple a lot.

I noticed that too...I like how they taught the safety, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have any legs with something like that. And the whiplash would be pretty fierce.

sweetbmxrider · 04-30-2008, 08:51 PM

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I wander if the European version gets better mileage. Those thongs are everywhere over there.

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i dont know, the leg area seemed to crumple a lot.

should i? there's a joke in there somewhere. but i think it isn't the time or the place. i'll just point it out...god its right there too. european....

JerzyIroc · 04-30-2008, 09:13 PM

i gotta say for wat it is that's not bad for a 70mph crash. i bet a third gen would be worse or at least just as bad. there's a dude in montclair that has one. and like he said, it may only get about 37 mpg (wat he gets) but with a 8 gallon gas tank it only costs 25-30 to fill up. that's where you save the money.

Knipps · 04-30-2008, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JerzyIroc

i gotta say for wat it is that's not bad for a 70mph crash. i bet a third gen would be worse or at least just as bad. there's a dude in montclair that has one. and like he said, it may only get about 37 mpg (wat he gets) but with a 8 gallon gas tank it only costs 25-30 to fill up. that's where you save the money.

how? by filling up more often or buy not buy as much gas at once?

JerzyIroc · 04-30-2008, 09:59 PM

take two cars that have a 320 mile range on a tank. one has a 13 gallon tank the other an 8 gallon. at 3.50 a gallon it'll cost 45.5 to fill up. at 12000 miles a year you'd fill up 37.5 times a year. that's 1706.25 dollars a year. at 8 gallons it would cost 28 to fill up. at 12000 miles you'd spend 1050 on gas. that's a big difference. especially when a car with 13 gallons getting 320 miles on a tank is almost 25 mpg which isn't bad imagine getting worse gas mileage

Tsar · 04-30-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveR

I wander if the European version gets better mileage. Those thongs are everywhere over there.

Didn't US get a different version of them. in Europe they are diesel powered and here not so much. But than again i might be wrong.

Knipps · 04-30-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JerzyIroc

take two cars that have a 320 mile range on a tank. one has a 13 gallon tank the other an 8 gallon. at 3.50 a gallon it'll cost 45.5 to fill up. at 12000 miles a year you'd fill up 37.5 times a year. that's 1706.25 dollars a year. at 8 gallons it would cost 28 to fill up. at 12000 miles you'd spend 1050 on gas. that's a big difference. especially when a car with 13 gallons getting 320 miles on a tank is almost 25 mpg which isn't bad imagine getting worse gas mileage

that's not what you said. the way you said it you were portraying that filling up more often saves you money, not the better mpg

Iroc-z86 · 05-01-2008, 08:54 AM

well maybe we can use them in demo derby's?

JerzyIroc · 05-05-2008, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Knipps

that's not what you said. the way you said it you were portraying that filling up more often saves you money, not the better mpg

ya i reread what i typed. i didnt mean to make it seem like that. what i was trying to say was in the post afterwards.