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Little fun... drove a SMART today
Posted by Coolknight [Email] (more from Coolknight) on Mon, 5 Mar 2001 05:17:19
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As my 9-5 Aero is getting an oil change...
They gave me a SMART as loaner... LOL
Impressions:
Power: 55 Hp just enough to get AC/Power steering
and the Turbo turning on my Aero... LOL WHAT POWER?
Noise: VERY VERY VERY LOUD ENGINE NOISE.
Handling: Very interesting handling, ESP is really
needed to keep this thing on the road. AWFULL!
FORD Fiesta's are bad but this is cleary worse.
Gearbox: The semi automatic 6spd works ok.
Brakes: Terrible... not sure what bicycle model they used...
Ignition switch: Located like in SAAB the only SMART thing in the SMART.
Speed: Embarassing, couple of birds flew by and made
jokes about my wheeled roach, they then flew ahead with ease.
Space: Is ok for such a small car.
Speed feeling: You always feel that you're going fast
until you look and the speedo and realize that you're only
doing 35Mph...
Honestly if you live in europe and you need a ride to
drive 3-4 miles to go shopping... it's ok but to ask
$8000 to $12000 for such a thing is cleary too much.
Guess the new Maybach will have one in its trunk as
as a spare car in case some electronics in the Maybach go wacko LOL
Regards,
Coolknight
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