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Got my smart car today
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 02, 2008, 09:27:30 am ---Cute, but those things are expensive. :/
There's a dealership in San Antonio, so I see several on the roads now. One of them had the plate "IM SMRT"..... I wanted to make a FAIL! pic out of it but didn't know if it was supposed to be like that. ;D
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I would be terrified driving one of those in Texas. It would like being a Doozer running around the floor of a train station. Every other car on the road would be 5x the size. And some drunk rednecks might just pick it up and throw it into their F250 while you're not looking.
Cakemeister:
The wife wanted a convertible. I don't know of any other convertible under $20k. If she had not wanted a convertible, I probably would have gotten a Fit instead.
SUVs and trucks aren't as much a problem as crosswinds are. It was rather windy yesterday in Houston, I was a bit scared a couple of times riding the scooter. The wife said she really had to concentrate on driving in that wind when she was driving the car home.
And I got a Lojack in case the rednecks kidnap the car. ;)
I got the car for MSRP, they didn't even add on the dealer fee or holdback or anything like that. I think the dealership makes their money on the add-ons and finance charges. I know that extended warranties are a rip-off, but I got one anyway, the full 5 years/60k mile one. Total cost for the convertible even with the ripoff warranty and the Lojack was still under 20k.
As far as the "laid or not laid" picture goes, I'm a married man, so it's definitely "not laid". :)
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Cakemeister on December 02, 2008, 09:56:15 am ---SUVs and trucks aren't as much a problem as crosswinds are.
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I'm not sure the laws of physics agree here. That thing could be made of adamantium and still lose badly when a distracted soccer mom in an Expedition decides your car is a speed bump.
Cakemeister:
Tiny Smart car gets crash test kudos
ChadTower:
Did you read that article? That isn't a positive rating. It basically paraphrases to "it is good among tiny cars, but since the crash test dummy's head hit the steering wheel through the airbag, it's too small to be safe on the highway, it has whiplash problems, the front end crumple zone is nonexistant, the door fell off on side impact, and it would not fare well against a larger vehicle..."
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