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Got my smart car today
Cakemeister:
Well, yeah I read the article.
--- Quote from: article ---The ForTwo, which is about three feet shorter and 700 pounds lighter than a Mini Cooper, earned the best possible rating of "Good" for front and side impact protection in tests by the IIHS, a private group funded by insurance companies.
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--- Quote from: article ---In the NHTSA front crash test, the ForTwo earned the top rating of "Five Stars" for driver protection
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--- Quote from: article ---The Smart ForTwo earned the best possible ratings in side impact tests conducted by both NHTSA and IIHS
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I have to admit I'm just yanking your chain a little bit by just picking out the best bits from the article. Clearly, the laws of physics dictate that the smart will be worse off in a collision than a Suburban. But, the engineers at smart have done a good job making the car as safe as the laws of physics allow.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 02, 2008, 10:56:30 am ---Some Texas redneck not paying attention hit my wife's Scion xD with his F250 at ~10mph and did $4,000 worth of damage.
:P
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To the car, hopefully? Not your wife?
Cakemeister, you may also want to point out that they said that those ratings are "in its class" and then mentioned that "this is the only car in its class". ;D
orion:
What the first car is yours?????? Are you too cheap to spring for the Ford GT or something? ;D
HaRuMaN:
Should have got the Fit instead...
koolmoecraig:
Get some super loud Italian airhorns for the thing. They seriously will save your life time and time again.
They've easily saved me in my Miata from dozens of moronic, cell phone chatting, Beverly Hills SUV drivers.
No joke.
You can buy a triple set of airhorns from Fiamm. They are the same ones used in 80's Ferrari's. They have a high-pitched shriek that scares the hell out of people.
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