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So, I reserved a Smart Car! - PDenbigh - 04-27-2007
Our company just reserved a Smart ForTwo Passion for 2008 :-). According to Smart, a dealer will contact us in the 2nd half of 2007 to finalize things, and we can expect delivery early 2008.
If only it were electric
. Regardless, can't wait to do a review! ![[Image: fortwo_passion_head.jpg]](http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/1229/v187/www.smartusa.com/images/fortwo_passion_head.jpg)
- Apoc - 04-27-2007
What's the primary purpose of said vehicle? I think it'd be a sweet commuter car if there weren't 3 ton SUVs flying about around me. When do you get to track it?
- white_2kgt - 04-27-2007
you can get a fleet of those like geek squad did w/ the bug's
- Hunter - 04-27-2007
Apoc Wrote:When do you get to track it?
Or add some b00st!
- CaptainHenreh - 04-27-2007
Was a price negotiated?
- PDenbigh - 04-27-2007
The purpose of the car is for our techs to drive around Harrisonburg (We're an IT company).
I thought I'd AutoX it at least once....
And no price yet. They claim around $14,000. We paid a small deposit and all of logistics, including color, options, etc, get worked out at a later date.
Some hate the car, some love it. I'm in the "love it" group. I saw them everywhere when I was in Switzerland in 2003 and have wanted one ever since.
- Goodspeed - 04-27-2007
PDenbigh Wrote:Some hate the car, some love it. I'm in the "love it" group. I saw them everywhere when I was in Switzerland in 2003 and have wanted one ever since.
When I lived in Belgium I used to see a Smart car dealer that was a glass tower/parking deck full of them, it was awesome, seeing like 50 of them parked in there. Definitely cool little cars...I have a soft spot for weird micro cars.
- Maengelito - 04-27-2007
PDenbigh Wrote:Some hate the car, some love it. I'm in the "love it" group. I saw them everywhere when I was in Switzerland in 2003 and have wanted one ever since.
there's one driving around here in c'ville. i see it probably like 2 or 3 times a month always going the opposite way from me. i really wanna just stop them and talk to them about how they like it. its so tiny but i bet its so easy to park. hell the miata is so easy to park in downtown where all the parking is along the street parallel style, i cant imagine how much easier that thing would be.
- mrbaggio - 04-27-2007
PDenbigh Wrote:I saw them everywhere when I was in Switzerland in 2003 and have wanted one ever since.
That is true. I remember you talking about them when I was still there.
The picture reminds me of the photochop someone was posting of the high end cars with the middles chopped out.
Cool cars.
- WRXtranceformed - 04-27-2007
I'm curious what is "smart" about the car. Does it do anything exceptionally well, or is it just a really small car?
- ScottyB - 04-28-2007
WRXtranceformed Wrote:I'm curious what is "smart" about the car. Does it do anything exceptionally well, or is it just a really small car?
there are some interesting aspects -- stuff like interchangable plastic body panels (the silver part is the actual unibody), semi auto gearbox, and aparently they are very safe for a tiny car. other than that, it pretty much revolves around them being tiny
- Feersty - 04-29-2007
I like your environmentally conscious decisions, Pete.
- white_2kgt - 05-15-2007
look out pete, apparently it's the new 'cow tipping',
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- WRXtranceformed - 05-15-2007
Lol!
- PDenbigh - 05-15-2007
Lol, time to add the "flamethrowing smart-tipping prevention" option ...
- white_2kgt - 05-15-2007
PDenbigh Wrote:Lol, time to add the "flamethrowing smart-tipping prevention" option ...
2008 Power Stroke?
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- HAULN-SS - 05-15-2007
man, that thing sounds like ass, or the camera was picking up something funny
- white_2kgt - 05-15-2007
HAULN-SS Wrote:man, that thing sounds like ass, or the camera was picking up something funny
considering it was throwing a 3' flame from the exhaust, I'd be willing to bet it was having some issues :roll:
- HAULN-SS - 05-15-2007
oh...i thought that was just like a propane kit or something
- white_2kgt - 05-15-2007
HAULN-SS Wrote:oh...i thought that was just like a propane kit or something
No, that was a stuck injector dumping 8x the normal raw fuel into the cylinder then hitting a 1500* exhaust gas.