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Old 10-02-2007, 01:01 PM
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I don't know about those Smart cars. I'm afraid that if you got hit by anything more substantial than a bicycle, you'd be killed or seriously injured.

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Old 10-02-2007, 01:09 PM
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Smarts are junk. They are filled with cheap materials, shifts slow and clunky, gets less MPG than a vehicle that weight should, is slower than a 300D and costs about $10,000 more than its worth.

Not to mention that no straight man would ever honestly want to be seen driving it.
I can see where someone insecure with their sexuality might have second thoughts.

The first part I don't necessarily disagree with, but if they offered the diesel here I'd be tempted as a novelty.
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Old 10-02-2007, 07:34 PM
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I can see where someone insecure with their sexuality might have second thoughts.
Probably the same people who drive big lifted pickup trucks and never go off road.
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Old 10-02-2007, 09:36 PM
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Probably the same people who drive big lifted pickup trucks and never go off road.
And that need S class MB's to get a gallon of milk.
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Old 10-02-2007, 10:58 PM
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I must be odd. I'm buying one. I even reserved one for me.

Unless I change my mind and get that C63....
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Old 10-02-2007, 11:18 PM
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haha its funny this should come up...
Somebody owns a smart car in my are, i would just love for the day he pulls out in front of me, so then he can realize how smart it actually was to buy a "smart" car when hes sees 5,000lbs. of germany heading towards him.....
ahhhh the shear brilliance of driving a tank
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:17 AM
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What the hell car do you have that weighs 5000 pounds?
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Old 10-03-2007, 09:39 AM
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What the hell car do you have that weighs 5000 pounds?
Armored W126, I guess...
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Old 10-03-2007, 10:54 AM
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What the hell car do you have that weighs 5000 pounds?
A DIESEL W126
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:02 AM
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I must be odd. I'm buying one. I even reserved one for me.

Unless I change my mind and get that C63....
That's one helluva range for an either or!

Something about an ostensibly street legal go-kart intrigues me.
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Old 10-03-2007, 01:34 PM
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A DIESEL W126
Actualy his SD is probably 3,800. So unless he has 4 fat guys inside it doesn't weigh 5k.


Hell I think a W140 S600 is less than 5k. Thats a heck of a lot more car than a 300SD.
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I'm pretty sure in Canada these Smarts are all 3 cylinder diesels.
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Old 10-03-2007, 03:55 PM
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I'm pretty sure in Canada these Smarts are all 3 cylinder diesels.
Yup. No dice here, though.
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It's light and small, but do a search on some crashes. It doesn't do too bad.

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