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40 MPG SMART Car Arrives in U.S. (Glorified Go Kart)
AP via Yahoo ^
Posted on 11/19/2007 9:00:06 AM PST by Slapshot68
"The Smart's base price is $11,590, and a fully loaded Smart Fortwo Passion convertible goes for $16,950. The 1,800-pound car gets 40 miles per gallon."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automakers; clowncar; doublesasacoffin; energy; greenieweenies; greens; smartcar; unsafeatanyspeed
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To: babble-on
“These are all the same people who said the Prius would never catch on.”
The Prius has two rows of seats and is competitively priced.
Apples and oranges.
To: Slapshot68
I have seen larger motorhomes with enough room in the back for one of these. You could have a car to drive around with and don’t need to drive 45 because you have a car in tow on your motor home.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:15:38 AM PST
by
ThomasThomas
(An investigative journalist is one who uses spellcheck.)
To: chrisser
“This is probably a great little car for people who live and work in the same metropolitain area”
I guess I can agree with that...except I still wouldn’t pay $17K for it.
To: Slapshot68
Why doesn't Honda make the CRX anymore? I had one in the 80's, and it got 50-55 MPG.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:16:15 AM PST
by
Cecily
To: Restore
I want one but I have a baby- maybe by the time he’s out a car seat they’ll be readily available. They would be perfect for the city!
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:16:34 AM PST
by
bigred41
To: Grunthor
“Take you(r) standard Jeep.”
Decades ago I was stationed in Minot ND. My roomie bought a Suzuki jeep that had a 2 cylinder engine and topped out at 50MPH. But it LOOKED like a jeep. this was in 72 or 73.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:17:05 AM PST
by
Bogtrotter52
(Reading DU daily so you won't hafta)
To: LIConFem
I'm 6'2" and when I test drove it, I had to put the seat forward two notches from full aft. Paddle shifters very nifty, and while the car is electronically limited to 94 m.p.h., it sure seemed that it would get there pretty quickly.
As far as the safety, I understand that the Tridion cage will make it one of the safer cars on the road. Last month I saw a triple-fatal Suburban accident. It went off the road and was cut in half. Lengthwise.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:17:14 AM PST
by
Restore
(see the Cool Aviation Blog at http://coolaviation.blogspot.com/)
To: Slapshot68
To: Slapshot68
That car would be a lot better if it had a sweet little turbo diesel engine.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:18:05 AM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: Slapshot68
Not just “no”, but “H*ll no”...
50
posted on
11/19/2007 9:18:39 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(What would a free man do?)
To: All
You can only squeeze out so much efficiency out of the Otto Cycle engine (gasoline). The next step is to cut the seats out, cut the AC out, cut the radio out to wave to save weight.
This can be passed onto the ignorant as “engine efficiency improvements.”
To: Slapshot68
Needs some minor modifications.
To: Slapshot68
That’s what it takes to get 40 MPG, pathetic, I cannot believe that’s as far as mankind can get on this problem, how sad that we cannot shake this stupid fuel problem.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:19:33 AM PST
by
Scythian
To: Cecily
What kind of mileage do Mini Coopers get?I'm turning 35-37 combined in a 2007 Mini Cooper S. 175 hp and way more fun to drive than a SMART.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:19:47 AM PST
by
paulcissa
(The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
Comment #55 Removed by Moderator
To: Slapshot68
Does it come with a funeral plan?
You’ve already purchased the casket...
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:20:08 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(You can lead a Liberal to LOGIC, but you can't make it THINK)
To: stevio
Seriously. If I want a motorcycle, I'll get a motorcycle. (Actually, I'm doing just that ...)
Meantime ... "Oh, what a feeling!"
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:20:29 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Slapshot68
Wouldn't want to drive one of those accros the Big Mac.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:20:37 AM PST
by
ASA Vet
To: Slapshot68
I saw a bunch of those "smart cars" in March, 2005 when I was in Rome. The vehicle makes no sense where I live. It's going to get hung up in snow and blown off the freeways where 75 MPH is the posted speed limit. Imagine sharing the road with a UPS triple trailer rig while driving this go cart. It's unnerving enough in an F150 pickup.
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:20:49 AM PST
by
Myrddin
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