$2500 Car

[Sam Mills 51]

I have no issue with small vehicles ... a few of you who have seen mine can attest to this fact.

But if I can outaccelerate it on my Cannondale, I don't wish to own it.

 

[Rosie]

I drive this...

There is no way in hell I'd willingly drive that.

What are you doing driving my Tahoe?

We're twinkies.

You drive a silver Tahoe, too?

Brother!

 

[Football_Bat]

Actually it's pewter, like in the picture.

It's the spitting image except for the running board (and the Texas tag on the front.)

 

[Rosie]

So's mine. But silver sounds better.

 

[joe]

This thread reminds me of a song:

Thousand dollar car it ain't worth nothin'
Thousand dollar car it ain't worth ****.
Might as well take your $1000,
and set fire to it.
$1000 car ain't worth a dime,
You lose your $1000 every time.
Oh why did I ever buy,
a $1000 car.

Might as well take that $1,000 and buy a good guitar.

And that car is the Yugo for the 21st century.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

This thread reminds me of a song:

Thousand dollar car it ain't worth nothin'
Thousand dollar car it ain't worth ****.
Might as well take your $1000,
and set fire to it.
$1000 car ain't worth a dime,
You lose your $1000 every time.
Oh why did I ever buy,
a $1000 car.

A $1000 car ain't gonna roll,
Until you throw at least another thousand in the hole.
Sink your money in it, and there you are,
The owner of a $2000, $1000 dollar car.

 

[mpcincal]

That thing makes a Yugo look like a BMW.

I'd think the iPod Nano has more power.

 

[MacDaddy]

I doubt it would even meet U.S. safety specs. An American SUV would crush it like a soda can.

A Civic would crush it like a soda can.

 

[Pastor]

That car looks exactly like the SmartCar that is selling in Europe. They were supposed to release a model like that here. I believe it may come out next year.

 

[Pastor]

And just because I wanted to make sure and look it up...
The AutoChannel.com has a 2006 article saying that the Smart Car is coming to the US in 2008.

It is made by Mercedes.

 

[mike311gd]

I heard those Smart Cars are mighty uncomfortable. You feel like you're actually wearing the car.

 

[Pastor]

I heard those Smart Cars are mighty uncomfortable. You feel like you're actually wearing the car.

Outside of an automotive reporter or European expat, who could make the comment? I've seen plenty of them around Switzerland and Germany, including those driving from one to the other, and it didn't seem like there was anything uncomfortable about it and that is for ride that takes several hours.

 

[BTExpress]

It's cheaper and safer than a motorcycle.

Top speed isn't much . . . but if every car had that top speed, I wonder how many thousands of lives would be saved.

 

[MacDaddy]

I heard those Smart Cars are mighty uncomfortable. You feel like you're actually wearing the car.

Outside of an automotive reporter or European expat, who could make the comment?

Perhaps someone in the U.S. or Canada who owns one -- they've been officially sold in Canada for awhile, and there are many companies that have privately imported the old model.

I haven't been in one, but from everything I've read the Smart is quite comfortable for two -- it has space comparable to a "normal" car.

 

[mike311gd]

I heard those Smart Cars are mighty uncomfortable. You feel like you're actually wearing the car.

Outside of an automotive reporter or European expat, who could make the comment? I've seen plenty of them around Switzerland and Germany, including those driving from one to the other, and it didn't seem like there was anything uncomfortable about it and that is for ride that takes several hours.

A friend of mine is a writer and she was invited to an expo to try it out. She drove the thing and felt it was very uncomfortable.

 

[Diabeetus]

Anybody seen anything about safety ratings on these things? I've been looking around since finding the initial article, but I haven't seen ratings yet.

 

[fishwrapper]

I drive this...

There is no way in hell I'd willingly drive that.

What are you doing driving my Tahoe?

We're twinkies.

You drive a silver Tahoe, too?

Brother!

That's a Suburban. Not a Tahoe.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

And just because I wanted to make sure and look it up...
The AutoChannel.com has a 2006 article saying that the Smart Car is coming to the US in 2008.

It is made by Mercedes.

Yup, Car & Driver has reviewed the Smart Car and Roger Penske is throwing his weight behind the project.

The biggest concern was the same as many have said here about the Nano. Unorthodox. Small. Doesn't look like a regular vehicle.

Yes, I'd much rather drive a normal vehicle but have no use for a tank. If nothing else, more of these vehicles on the road in congested urban areas might help parking situations and other overcrowding. Goodness knows it's working in Tokyo, where the Japanese manufacturers have been proactive in producing subcompacts.

 

[forever_town]

Anybody seen anything about safety ratings on these things? I've been looking around since finding the initial article, but I haven't seen ratings yet.

Don't know for sure, but I'm pretty confident my old crappy car could squash it like a grape.

 

[Rosie]

Fishwrapper, I'm pretty sure I know what my Tahoe looks like.

It looks like the picture I posted.

A Suburban is longer. (Carefully compare the rear windows.)