Driving a Smart car like riding a Motorcycle?
08-09-2008, 06:04 PM
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Driving a Smart car like riding a Motorcycle?
Heard on the radio the other day that owners of Smart cars are complaining that sometimes they don't trigger the electromagnetic trip wire in left turn lanes.
I guess Smarts are largely made of plastics and aluminum, and therefore like a motorcycle would sometimes sit at a signal waiting for a green arrow until cobwebs are attaching them to the pavement. Only they can't move as fast after running the red.
Has anyone else heard of this or is it a new urban legend?
I guess Smarts are largely made of plastics and aluminum, and therefore like a motorcycle would sometimes sit at a signal waiting for a green arrow until cobwebs are attaching them to the pavement. Only they can't move as fast after running the red.
Has anyone else heard of this or is it a new urban legend?
08-10-2008, 04:26 PM
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It was evidently reported in the Rosemond News. Rosemond is in the Mojave Desert near Willow Springs Raceway. A man named Samuel Wattles owns the Smart car that has experienced this problem.
Yeah, I think its great.
Yeah, I think its great.
08-10-2008, 05:24 PM
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waw smart cars the way to go.... if your wanna look like a limp wrist, that still gets stuck in traffic still cant use the carpool lane solo AND cant make left turns!
why do people buy them? lack of testies?
why do people buy them? lack of testies?
08-10-2008, 05:30 PM
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08-10-2008, 05:56 PM
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I love the video where the Smart car smokes the Ferrari in the 1/4 mile.
Smart vs Ferrari
Smart vs Ferrari
08-10-2008, 06:13 PM
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I love the video where the Smart car smokes the Ferrari in the 1/4 mile.
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That's incredible, and did you see the Monster Smart on youtube?
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