Dumb to buy Smart?

[Hoboattacker]

I'm surprised how no one has mentioned how they require premium gasoline.

So does my dad's FX35. He's put 87 in it from day 1 and never had any knocking or pinging. I think it's a crock of **** about cars requiring premium unless they have FI or crazy high compression.

Smart car and the company is still a piece of **** in my mind though. I hope they fall off the train on the way to the dealerships.

 

[08blueskunk]

I like the videos of the smart car with the Hyabusa engine. Now we are talking "usefulness" it probably gets the same gas milage too lol...and it moves like a bat out of hell. Like an RC car you can ride in.

 

[blacksheep06]

I think I'll buy 2 and take up roller skating.

 

[DarkFireGT]

So does my dad's FX35. He's put 87 in it from day 1 and never had any knocking or pinging. I think it's a crock of **** about cars requiring premium unless they have FI or crazy high compression.

Smart car and the company is still a piece of **** in my mind though. I hope they fall off the train on the way to the dealerships.

Nope, not a crock. My Aurora required the good stuff. It would throw codes like crazy and run like crap without at least 91 octane.

 

[GusinCA]

We see them all the time here in Orange County, California, headquarters for the more money than brains club.
But I wouldn't buy one for the simple Physics. Here is a video of an average size SUV colliding with a Fiat 500, which is bigger than a Smart. All the dummy occupants (even in the back seat) of the Fiat had serious and fatal injuries, and none in the SUV.

YouTube - Crashtest Audi Q7 vs Fiat 500

Notice how the lighter vehicle is decelerated, and then accelerated backwards.
No thanks, I'll stick with my slightly overwieght Mustang...

 

[GusinCA]

And here you can see what happens to a Smart when it hits a normal sedan (The yellow car about 20 seconds into the video)

YouTube - Best of - Crash Test Compilation - Part 2