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Old 11-28-2008, 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by rickg View Post
So, how do these things hold up?
They are throwaway piles of cr@p. The American version is porked out, heavy, slow, lacks many features of the euro version, uses a non-turbo Mitsubishi engine, no diesel option, only 8cu ft. of sotrage space, horrible auto-stick, 90mph top speed, very poor economy for it's size (33/41mpg), $3,000+ overpriced and is (IMHO) a woman/gay-guy car.

Think about it, 33/41mpg in a vehicle that small is terrible. It should be getting 55+mpg. The 2007 Toyota Corolla gets 32/40mpg, the 2007 Honda Civic with a 1.3L gets 49/51mpg and the 2007 VW Golf TDI gets 37/44mpg.

The only good point of the ForTwo was it's turbocharged Mercedes engine. With that out of the picture, the US version is a complete piece of junk.

No intelligent person should willingly pay more than $8,000 for one of those rolling turds.
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