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Is it Really that Smart?

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Posted September 5 2008 05:46 AM by BadFish 
Filed under: Miscellaneous, FWD, DAVE YOUNG

This morning on the way to work I noticed one of those "Smart Cars" on the interstate. It didn't look very smart to me.


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With high fuel prices driving people to take extreme money saving measures, I see more and more of these "Smart Cars" on the road. To me they look like a full-body helmet more than a car, but I'm sure they're very economical.

The problem I see that makes the "Smart Car" pretty dumb, is that it looks like it could be crushed by an overweight driver in a Yugo. Let alone a minor collision with a full-size truck.

Do you think the driver's of "Smart Cars" would feel very smart after a head-on collision with a tractor trailer? I don't.

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Reader Comments:
1. You need to do your homework. This car has one of the best crash rating ever listed. Remember size isn't everything.

Celco1    - Posted September 5 2008 07:50 AM

 
2. Crash ratings don't mean diddly squat when a 40-ton big rig (and the forces it can generate) is involved.

scott_ross    - Posted September 5 2008 12:03 PM

 
3. In that circumstance the size of the car doesn't really matter now does it? I swear I can see the average IQ of my fellow americans dropping before my eyes (let me guess the next post "HA...you cant see a persons IQ...Gottcha you anti american pig"

Grow up america.

tcajc    - Posted September 6 2008 06:11 AM

 
4. I just saw a Smart car and went online to see what it is and who makes it. It amazes me that it took comments from only two people to inflame a third person so.

"And be ye kind one to another..." Ephesians 4:32.

Slimjim2

slimjim2    - Posted September 6 2008 04:50 PM

 
5. I didn't mean to stir everyone up, the smart car is actually safe for its size as it has a tubular style chassis, but I'd still rather be in a '69 Imperial, or even a new Charger or Magnum, if in an accident.

Let's talk about the smart car's styling next . . .

BadFish    - Posted September 9 2008 05:12 AM

 
6. Somewhere, Virgil Exner and Elwood Engel are laughing their afts off over the Smart car (which looks like it would comfortably fit in the trunk of any full-size car either of these guys styled).

scott_ross    - Posted September 9 2008 06:53 AM

 
7. this is a nice post thank you

steaven    - Posted May 19 2009 01:00 AM

 

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