A picture I thought might amuse some of you- Smart parked next to my E300D out back

(the car at the far back is a Renault I think btw)

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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"music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys

Is it yours? What do you think of it?

I've begun thinking that here in the USA I need 2 vehicles. One for scooting about town for groceries and such. It should get good mileage and park easy. The other is a highway cruiser. It should be big and heavy (I love inertial) yet handle well. It should be comfortable for 2-6 hrs of driving.

The worst case would be the opposite: Big and heavy for in town and small and light on the interstate. I'd need my own pet chiropracter.

What do ya'll think?

hehe- nah, it's not mine thankfully... though I'm sure it's nice and easy to park. You sometimes see them parked sideways in London (like a motorcycle).

A big heavy tank can be useful around town- I was in a small car (A-class) the other week and you don't get no respect!

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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"music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys

Cool. I'd like to have a smart as well. These days I ride my bike with kid in tow.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Gawd, yes! But if I couldn't fit an SDL in my garage, what about a Fleetwood? I'd have to put a hinge in the middle and park it like a pretzel.

Hey chazola, what does the plate mean in the rear side window that you have?
Ive seen a modded vw jetta with a "BADGER 5" plates before

I'd like to say it means something really cryptic, but it's a bit of a joke from where I grew up in the countryside- where the badger is a bit of an icon and there's a rather good local brewery called 'Badger'

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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"music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys

I guess encryption is in the eye of the beholder.

Why is a badger an icon?

Why the numeral '2'?

Dast I ask...what does the beer taste like?

If you really want a Smart, it's not impossible to import one. Mark Cummins has one. In his garage. They are even smaller when you see one in person.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

I can see some soccer mom yaking on their phone crushing one of those with their Ford Excursion and thinking they hit a pothole.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Howdy All,
I would like to have a smart. I rode my bicycle around the Los Angeles area for years. Driving a car that small here in the desert would be no problem.

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Frank X. Morris
17 Kia Niro
08 Jeep Wrangler 4 door unlimited

It's just an image that's used often to represent the countryside where I'm from originally- one of the most common forms of wildlife and 'cute' too I guess...

The '2' came from '1' looking too much like 'I'

The beer is great actually- They do a good range of Ales including some nice fruity-style ones for those of you who like Belgian beer.

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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"music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys

I liked ABC Best Bitter.....but we can't get that on this side of the pond.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche