[Cloud9]

Originally Posted by nico335

does this qualify as "additional manly car"?


heres ours..... picked it up 3 weeks ago.

LOL...what a complete opposite of a car!! That's too funny. I can see people in Europe driving the Smart car because 99% of them drive tiny cars. Hey, if you crash into another tiny car it might not be as deadly. I would like to buy one but I would be too nervous driving it around town with the likes BIG American SUVs in my next lane.

[holson]

H1 and Smart! Awesome hah

Originally Posted by Cloud9

LOL...what a complete opposite of a car!! That's too funny. I can see people in Europe driving the Smart car because 99% of them drive tiny cars. Hey, if you crash into another tiny car it might not be as deadly. I would like to buy one but I would be too nervous driving it around town with the likes BIG American SUVs in my next lane.

it's actually not bad. when you're driving it, you feel like you're in a normal car. it's pretty roomy inside.

Originally Posted by holson

H1 and Smart! Awesome hah

[Remonster]

Who was at the March 20 San Diego autocross? Someone brought a Smart and it was pretty fun to watch.

And I think an H1 is closer to compensation than manly car status.

[kt157]

they sell them at a mercedes dealership near my school.

[kt157]

how much are they?

Originally Posted by kt157

how much are they?

www.smartusa.com

depends what model and options but overall they are very affordable

[takedown8]

Originally Posted by The_Blob

They've been in Canada for over 3 years and when it came out, a lot of the wannabe cool people started driving it. Now, the only people who drive it are delivery people, car parts courtesy cars, ad cars with company design graphics/logo on the cars, and poor people. However, all the wannabe rich people who drive 'em have Mercedes emblems on the front and back of the car! They're a real problem with losers on the street as you can flip it upside down really easily.

All in all, it's a car no one wants to drive because the interior is crap, like same as a early 90's Dodge, transmission sucks, and when they first came out, they were available only for diesel.

The Smart car is truly a chick car. No man wants to be caught dead in this car unless you have an additional manly car in your collection.

Resale value is crap too because no one wants to drive these in Canada anymore.

Wow. Can you make any more generalizations without any evidence to back yourself up?

I live in "Canada" too. In fact, I live in Ontario so I can't really say what the entire country thinks of these cars, but I've seen quite a few of them around in southern Ontario. They seem to be excellent cars for city driving, and I definitely wouldn't mind having one myself except for the concern about its winter capabilities.

The great majority of Smart cars that I've seen do NOT have emblems or company logos on them. I've never seen one with a MB emblem on it. Just people who like the cars.

I've also seen the convertible, and it is pretty fun-looking. These smart cars always turn my head. First saw them in Paris several years ago and wondered and hoped they would come to Canada.

[E90330iS]

hahaha wow! looks like a mickey mouse on the dash..

[benny90]

Originally Posted by E90330iS

hahaha wow! looks like a mickey mouse on the dash..

just noticed that too

those comparison photos are crazy, two cars at absolute different ends of the spectrum!

[335i4u2nv]

i wish i could get one of them!

[smartcar123]

This site is more useful to us regarding a smart car, The U.S. government will test the smart car after it arrives on the market. Builders predict it will receive four out of five stars in American crash tests. European models recently received four out of five stars in Euro New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) tests.
http://www.smartcarvideosite.com/