Kind of like the trend of flames on everything with wheels, dump trucks, tow trucks, tricycles. Adds to the cool factor, must add about 200 horses also...

 

rofl! that thing looks like a pregnant roller skate! Check out those ultra high performance 3 lug wheels! Not only would I not be caught dead in it regardless, if you happen to be unlucky enough to get caught in it and wind up in a car wreck your dead anyways.

 

rofl! that thing looks like a pregnant roller skate! Check out those ultra high performance 3 lug wheels! Not only would I not be caught dead in it regardless, if you happen to be unlucky enough to get caught in it and wind up in a car wreck your dead anyways.

First thing I noticed to were the three lug wheels. I did fnd this crash test impressive though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJHpUO-S0i8

 

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id drive it for the mpg.if it was free, but i wouldnt go out and buy one.beats a bicycle.

 

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Gayer than a sack of dicks.

 

wow, it must be the mid 1970s all over again... crazy paint (they did good work on it, but why a egg on wheels? ), no performance, and it's a status symbol (the prius driver in the next lane is jealous).

slideshow!

http://cid-e158af40d5029c0b.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/The Great Van Addiction begins
http://www.hangtenregistry.com/

I kinda like the vans (more performance oriented though...) and the hang 10 would be sweet with a hot 340.

...and guess what this is, and if it's factory...

wanna hear something funny? I wasn't even around in the 1970s... and I talk about it above like I lived though it.

 

I could squash that POS with my wife's Toyota!

 

The car itself seems to hold up well in a collision, but the way they bounce around and roll all over the place after impact would surely cause head/neck/back trama. I wouldnt get in one without a helmet and HANS device.

What I really dont understand is that they are rated at 33/41 MPG. Why would you buy one when there are multiple other choices from most of the major manufacturers that get close to the same mileage, and are larger, more comfortable, and dont roll around like a weeble when they get hit.

 

Not my style at all, but if they like it then cool. Seems like those tiny things could get better than 40mpg, but then my Harley gets about 40mpg. :embarrass

How about a body kit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvjxr37XXo&feature=related
and a Hayabusa engine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE4kqBT8dWo

 

It's a prime candidate for an engine swap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLVQtK04lig

 

I think I'd like to see a picture of the red (Chevy?) in the corner of one of those pictures

 

An acquaintance of mine just purchased this thing.

What's HER name

 

Huh, weird. I remember eating more corn than that.

K

 

Absurd

That thing would be the Mercedes "SMART CAR", specifically the SMART FORTWO model. They are all over the place around here. They have a teeny 3 cyl diesel in the back. Not exactly a hotrod in terms of performance, and the little teeny engine reportedly results in a horrible heater when ol' man winter comes calling.

I have never driven one, but I recall seeing a roadtest where at a temperature around minus 20 C (somewhere around zero in "Foreign-Height") it couldn't keep the windshield clear.

 

I think I'd like to see a picture of the red (Chevy?) in the corner of one of those pictures

That is one of his other cars, a slick 55 Chevy.

Vince

 

I'm hoping to see one with a hemi stuffed into it

 

somebody will proly do it.my dang old wore out masda 626 4 banger gets just over 30 mpg.that thing gets 40.i would think it would beat 40.its a pocket car.

 

I don't care how well the passenger compartment is made, I don't think you would survive a crash like this;
http://www.guzer.com/videos/smart-car-cra****est.php
It just make it easier for the fire dept. to get your dead body out of the wreckage.

 

Man, you guys are harsh! I LOVE that thing!!! It's the 2009 version of my Rambler!

Brian

 

Man, you guys are harsh! I LOVE that thing!!! It's the 2009 version of my Rambler!

Brian

...metropolitan...

and how useful are those? I mean, they're kinda 'cute' and stuff, but really a curiosity more than a practical car or enthusiast vehicle.

 

...metropolitan...

and how useful are those? I mean, they're kinda 'cute' and stuff, but really a curiosity more than a practical car or enthusiast vehicle.

"Practical" and "enthusiast" are pretty subjective terms.

First off, "Practical" the car is EXTREMELY practical if you drove around a city with just yourself and one other person. It has met it's needs with flying colors and then some.

If you need to haul around 12 people all day long then a RAM3500 van is "practical" for you.

"Enthusiast", what makes an "enthusiast" vehicle more than a wildly customized car! This isn't a "I added a stripe so it didn't look like all the other Smart cars" kinda customizing. Who ever did the car is a customizer from the word go.

I don't know guys, if you don't like these cars for what ever reason then don't like it. But it sure as heck is a "practical and enthusiast" vehicle.

Brian

 

One thing for sure - - - with it's design - - - if you ever laid it over it should roll like a basketball until it hits something or visa versa

 

I like it for it being a smart car. The car gets great gas mileage and it good for city driving. Would be nice to look at for a car show. I have plans for one if I ever get the money for one. I looked into it and did some crazy drawling for a straight show car.

 

...metropolitan...

and how useful are those? I mean, they're kinda 'cute' and stuff, but really a curiosity more than a practical car or enthusiast vehicle.

Metropolitians got over 40 MPG, seated 2 people comfterbly and altho a small trunk, it HAD a trunk.. and this was in a time that 20 MPG was great gas mialage.. so all in all, they were probably far more practical for some people than if they had a larger car.... my grandmother had a '56 Metro, red and white 2 tone hardtop, and even here in small town America. it was practical


the more correct comparision would be cars like the Isatta's, little Fiat's and the Vespa 400's..