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Smart Car

grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&fg=rss&vid=9ebc4ac1-cadd-4de8-a56f-f1c4b6b78af6&from=34 I just love this little car. 36mpg.[:)]
12,000 dollars, new.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Easy to park, since they are so little [:D]

    http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/smart-kuljettajan-epatoivoinen-taskupysakointi-naurattaa--katso-video/art-1288461821469.html
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How smart are the folks that buy them. Sure they cost $6,000 less than my Cruze. But the Cruze gets Better Mpg. Smart Car is 44/38. Mine on the Freeway is 45 and with a mix of driving still get 40.

    Smart car you also need to use premium.
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  • 320090T320090T Member Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They stand on their noses well and roll like a tennis ball when tipped at speed.
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  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    How smart are the folks that buy them. Sure they cost $6,000 less than my Cruze. But the Cruze gets Better Mpg. Smart Car is 44/38. Mine on the Freeway is 45 and with a mix of driving still get 40.


    I don't like the Smart cars, but it's going to take a long time for that 1 mpg advantage to eat up a 6k difference in initial price.
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    You mean those things actually have motors (gas, I won't stoop to calling them engines, GTOs had engines) in them? I thought they were just electric cars- Wow, the people that buy them are stupider than I thought, but then they did elect what we have, twice- so as Tom Hanks said...
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  • mackcranemackcrane Member Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If they was real smart, they wouldn't even drive on the roads around here.
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    Look like fun toys but don't see what's "Smart" about them. Plenty of little four door sedans getting decent gas mileage, have more cargo space and are more stable on the road.
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just saw one at the grocery store, I think it could fit in my trunk. [:)]
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    I think I could total one with a single kick....lol
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Company my son worked at for several years furnished him a SmartCar. He liked it. He drove about 150-200 miles a day mostly on Interstates. No problems, got about 45 MPG but co. paid for everything anyway. Although I worried about the safety of it, they do really well in crash tests.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    How smart are the folks that buy them. Sure they cost $6,000 less than my Cruze. But the Cruze gets Better Mpg. Smart Car is 44/38. Mine on the Freeway is 45 and with a mix of driving still get 40.


    I don't like the Smart cars, but it's going to take a long time for that 1 mpg advantage to eat up a 6k difference in initial price.


    But then I still feel great driving this car and I'm sure there would be no getting me in that little car. Might even tip it over just trying to get in.
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,230 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
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  • notnownotnow Member Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If I lived in a town and stayed in town, I wouldn't have a problem with one. But I wouldn't want to take one out on the highway. You have to figure there's probably more safety engineering in that car than every car made in 1963. Which means seatbelts. I remember the Renault Gordini. That was a small car. I wonder how many bodies came out of those in pieces.
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    There is an old "man" in town that drives a pink smart car. I can't see anything smart about any of it. Sure it gets good gas mileage but ..............................
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would love to see the left/right leanings on the ownership of these. I'd bet 95% or more of the owners are libs that "feel" good about owning one. Rather than asking "If I get in a crash, how will this perform..."
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [/quote]

    But then I still feel great driving this car and I'm sure there would be no getting me in that little car. Might even tip it over just trying to get in.
    [/quote]

    You would be surprised at the room inside. Only for two though.
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Horse Plains Drifter
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    Check crash tests results. You may be surprised.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Americans didn't get the message: Smart cars were designed for European cities, where parking is extremely difficult. You can park 3 of them in the space needed to park an Accord. In Rome, I see them parked bumper against the curb, which is legal.

    There's no reason to buy one in this country. They aren't cheap, they don't carry much, they aren't safe, & the gas mileage is not as good as a Prius.

    If you're an American, & you bought a smart car, here's your sign.

    Neal
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,634 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Smart Car" - a misnomer if there ever was one! Neal is correct though. The first ones I saw were in Munich and they were parked with the bumper against the curb.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • sharpshooter039sharpshooter039 Member Posts: 5,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Smart Car has much higher crash test rating,,its pretty much one solid body
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,194 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just can't see how Smart tempting death in a fender bender is.

    Save a few bucks on Gas for a better Headstone , I guess
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good for folks that sleep in a capsul...
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,522 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What size blade would one take?
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  • serfserf Member Posts: 9,217 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    How smart are the folks that buy them. Sure they cost $6,000 less than my Cruze. But the Cruze gets Better Mpg. Smart Car is 44/38. Mine on the Freeway is 45 and with a mix of driving still get 40.

    Smart car you also need to use premium.


    You have a diesel Cruze right? About 26000+ dollars. I have a Nissan Versa with a CVT gets 37+ on gas mileage! Price on drive out 15,000 with all other fees included in that price. No additives for clean diesel either or regeneration burning.

    The CVT has the same rpms configurations as my diesel truck 1500 to 3000! With that kind's of rpms the engine should last for 300,000 miles plus!

    Smart cars are a fad. No trunk and no space in the cab and a death trap!

    serf
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No, they cut some really cool donuts in parking lots, I have seen the video. Thankfully I did not see the video of one rear-ending a semi.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by serf
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    How smart are the folks that buy them. Sure they cost $6,000 less than my Cruze. But the Cruze gets Better Mpg. Smart Car is 44/38. Mine on the Freeway is 45 and with a mix of driving still get 40.

    Smart car you also need to use premium.


    You have a diesel Cruze right? About 26000+ dollars. I have a Nissan Versa with a CVT gets 37+ on gas mileage! Price on drive out 15,000 with all other fees included in that price. No additives for clean diesel either or regeneration burning.

    The CVT has the same rpms configurations as my diesel truck 1500 to 3000! With that kind's of rpms the engine should last for 300,000 miles plus!

    Smart cars are a fad. No trunk and no space in the cab and a death trap!

    serf


    Agree Mine is the Diesel. The way it runs sit should last a while. Not sure what the RPMS those smart cars run at, But it seems every time I run into one it is going the same Direction as me and they are almost always 10 -15 MPH below the speed limit.

    Passed one that was what made me look them up for this topic. He was going 40 in a 55.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    No, they cut some really cool donuts in parking lots, I have seen the video. Thankfully I did not see the video of one rear-ending a semi.
    That was one with and engine change it was running a Hybusa Motorcycle engine.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like you have to rev it to get anywhere.

    quote:I took the car out tonight and with nothing better to do, recorded speeds and rpm's and drove at varying levels of performance - so here's the result; (close approximations) (manual shift mode was used)

    Max speed shifting at close to redline (6000 rpm);
    first gear - 28 mph (45 kph)
    second gear - 50 mph (80 kph)
    third gear - 68 mph (110 kph)
    fourth gear - 94 mph (150+ kph) max speed governed

    slowest logical speed shift points (shifts at about 3000 rpm):
    first gear - 12 mph (20 kph)
    second gear - 25 mph (40 kph)
    third gear - 37 mph (60 kph)
    fourth gear - 50 mph (80 kph)

    slow (casual) speed shift points (shifts at about 3500 rpm);
    first gear - 16 mph (25 kph)
    second gear - 28 mph (45 kph)
    third gear - 40 mph (65 kph)
    fourth gear - 55 mph (90 kph)

    Good performance (keeping ahead of traffic) shift points (4000 rpm);
    first gear - 20 mph (30 kph)
    second gear - 35 mph (55 kph)
    third gear - 50 mph (80 kph)
    fourth gear - 60 mph (100 kph)


    And doing that would kill the Mileage.
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    Smart Car crash test at 70mph into 20 tons of concrete road barrier:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnI-LiKCtuE

    The passenger compartment survives remarkably well. Although at that speed any instant stop would kill the people inside no matter what. Your soft organs cannot tolerate all that instantaneous deceleration.

    While the car's claims of a tough box around the passengers seems true enough, I don't want one. Just do not see a practical application for me.

    For commuting to work I at least want the cargo capacity of a four door sedan, even a compact. Also makes it possible to help out when co-workers want to escape the factory for an "off Site Engineering Meeting (a.k.a. "lunch") [8D]
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They'll never need to put an "I'm an Idiot" bumper sticker on their cars.
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    But they do seem to go out of their way to be redundant.

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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had this idea first time I saw one



    Wind-Up-Smart-Car-9.jpg
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by notnow
    If I lived in a town and stayed in town, I wouldn't have a problem with one. But I wouldn't want to take one out on the highway. You have to figure there's probably more safety engineering in that car than every car made in 1963. Which means seatbelts. I remember the Renault Gordini. That was a small car. I wonder how many bodies came out of those in pieces.


    Bought a '63 Gordini with sliding windows that actually RAN for $65 one summer; well, I paid $32.50 & my roommate paid the other $32.50, since we were never going to register it, & just drive it to college, then burn it.
    There's a "Smart"car dealership in the old EasyRiders building, guess we know what sells...
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  • jamos1jamos1 Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    They do make for a nice off road hunting vehicle.

    Smart_Monster_Truck.jpeg
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