I went to the orlando smart center before hitting IKEA again.

I played with a few in the show room and laughed at the Carlsson packaged car( 12k for a body kit and an exhaust, plus the cost of the car!)

Eagle-co94 was with me.

The saleswoman took me for a ride in a black passion with paddle shifters. She showed me how everything worked and handed over the keys. I wasn't used to the brakes since its a new car, compared to my old 300D. I was playing with the manual transmission part and had it figured out. I went back to the dealership and she said I could take another lap around the test route with my friend so we could talk it over.

hehehe.

Soon as I got out of sight of the dealership I wanted to see how well it accelerated from a dead stop with the paddle shifters. I floored it and after all my research on the smart car forum I had no issue shifting with the paddle shifters and tossing it around in the corners. I zipped in and out of traffic and found an empty road. I told james I wanted to test the brakes so he prepared. from 70-0 with no issues then back to 70. The ASR or w/e it was wouldn't let me smoke the tires but I did like the turn radius.

After testing the nav and radio we went back. It's a decent car but not for me. For the price of a new smart I could get a mini cooper s with a 6 speed, which I am entertaining at the moment.

I did tell them I am still interested and would like to receive their updates by email and mail. If I can pick one up in a few years for under 10k I wouldn't mind it as a spare care to the delorean.


Pretty much, I was somewhat impressed with it. It was very go-kart like and different driving a car with the front and rear wheels a foot in front/behind me.

but like I said for the same price I can get a mini cooper s