Tipping Smart cars the latest prank trend

THE CANADIAN PRESS ^ | Aug 16, 2009 | Lisa Arrowsmith

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Even Odumbo isn’t stupid enough to take 18 wheelers off the road. There won’t be much contest between a smart car (gnat) and an 18 wheeler (sledge hammer).

[DJ MacWoW]

Sounds like you have a wonderful Aunt!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Bunch of college buds and I wedged a VW bug between two trees once. Never did hear what happened to it. Might still be rusting there.

That was a truly evil thing to do. Regretted it ever since.

[rawhide]

People over here are discussing that is not a Smart car in that accident, but a Chevy car of some kind. The reason is the car wheel in the accident has 5 lugs, whereas a Smart car's wheel has only 3 lugs.

[Paul R.]

A used car salesman with the last name Lust?

He and Bill Clinton are commonly confused for each other.

[Paul R.]

When I was in school, at the USNA, we moved complete A-4 aircraft up steps and onto the front of Bancroft Hall. It was easy with a bunch of guys under it. It took a crane to get it off..great fun.

Now THAT is hard to top! But... Why didn't someone just get a bunch more guys to move it back? It's not like the manpower wasn't available...

Myself, I came out of a bar I was working at, one night, to find my Honda CRX turned sideways in it's parking spot, with other cars in the spots on either side. I went back in, rounded up some bouncers, and had the situation corrected quickly. A couple of the guys had suspicious grins, though.

"Friends."

;-)

[rawhide]

Update from my previous reply to you. Snopes.com has found out the car is actually a Ford Escape in your photo. The driver survived the crash. Info here: http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/smallcar.asp

[mass55th]

Thanks for the link. I checked out Chevy’s models, and the smallest they make is an Aveo which appears to have four lugs.

[mass55th]

Good sleuthing, and damn! that was an SUV!! Hard to believe huh?

[Fast Moving Angel]

Yup, she’s great — the world’s oldest juvenile delinquent (or teenager, your choice) ... she taught me everything I know (for which my mother never forgave her ... hehe).

[Jimmy Valentine]

The functional definition of a closed coffin funeral.

Just dig a hole and you and the "smart" car can go in together.

[Venturer]

I graduated in 1960 so I guess it wasnt an 850. I know it was a really small car and 4 or 5 of us could lift the thing and push it around.

[armymarinemom]

This story states that the owner accidental caused this when he drove under an overhang lower than the object sticking out of the smart car.

[mad_as_he$$]

Can meet hammer. Can loses, old story.

[DuncanWaring]

There’s an X-2 at the Blue Zoo that used to move around mysteriously, until it was poured full of concrete to make such wanderings impractical.

[WayneM]

Was it perhaps a Renault Dauphine?

[reagan_fanatic]

My God - I’d hate to be the people who have to pull the remains from that carnage.

[rintense]

Chevy Aveo.

[ConservativeWarrior]

"The first reaction is shock and disbelief. The second reaction is..."

Embarrassment for having bought such a silly vehicle?

Are they talking about when you see your Smart Car vandalized, or just when you see your Smart Car period?

[dfwgator]

"...But they drove with pride..."