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Look at the footspace though, it appears as though the front end was mangled where your feet would go. I would hate to lose my feet....
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I worked for Mercedes Benz 6 months ago, For thoses of you who dont know they sell the smart car. I was a little scared getting in the car at first but after seeing alot of testing like the one we just saw I am pleased with them. They are good on gas. It only costs $18. to fill the tank it runs on des, and one tank could get you around 300km. So they are not to bad in my books BUT you still look funny in it and the amount of trunk space sucks, you could just fit your 20gal in it.
and thats my 2 cents.
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01-13-2006, 06:33 AM
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01-13-2006, 06:38 AM
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Yeah, that distance has got to be higher than 300k. At the outrageously inflated cost of diesel today I can almost squeeze $40 into my Golf and then drive over 1000 kilometres. Calgary to Nanaimo has been the record for me so far.
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"The fuel consumption is crazy-good: The combined rating is 3.5 litres per 100 kilometres, or 80 miles per gallon.
But the fuel tank is also crazy-small - just 22 litres, with 5 litres reserve. If you get max economy (like most cars, the Transport Canada numbers cannot usually be replicated in the real world) that will only take you 628 km. " quoted from this article: http://www.mcuniverse.com/The_Smart_...da.1325.0.html
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well im am wrong . I did drive the smarts like it was the indy. LOL
well the real numbers are 4.2 L/100km and a tank capacity of 27 L . So you could infact get around 600 km on one tank.
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Cosidering that they are really intended as a commuter car, 300Km fuel range is okay. I don't imagine they sacrificed a huge amount of space to the fuel tank. Its kinda like a four wheeled motorcycle with doors. Though not as much fun to drive IMO
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I think they are very safe they are a roll cage on wheels doesn't matter what you drive if you get hit by a semi your coming out on the losing end. These cars a so light if you did get hit the energy would be transfered it would be like kicking a soccer ball as to kicking a brick. We sometimes think the bigger vehicles are the safest but sometimes not
Here is a vid of a ext cab truck at 40 MPH compare the driver compartment to the 70 MPH smart car http://www.progressive.com/video/40F-150.mpg see how well your vehicle faired https://onlineservice1.driveinsuranc...ash_videos.asp
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