If you thought the Smart Car was small ...

Just thinking

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Just thinking
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Just in case you may have thought driving around in a Smart Car was dangerous, here's something that I wouldn't want to be in if I got hit by one ... a Smart Car, that is.

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Its a golf cart. I see lots of em' cruising around retirements communities in Florida

(don't ask me why I'm cruising around retirement communities in Florida...)
 
It's not exactly a golf cart, although I admit sure looks like one. It has a gasoline engine (holds 7 litres of fuel) and is claimed to keep up with traffic ... so I'm assuming it's meant to be driven along with other cars.

Here's the dope on it ...

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Handicapped people around here seem to drive things like that on the street.

others drive on those,

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Would you drive it on the New Jersey Turnpike? Or the GWB, LIE, BQE, the Belt, Cross Bronx???
 
Anyone seen this video of Jeremy Clarkeson in a Peel P50?


 
I've seen it before, but only in driveways, never on a road.



It's called a Cozy Coupe.
 
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When I was in Germany back in the 60s, there were quite a few of the three-wheel "Messerschidts" running around. These had two seats, one behind the other, and the whole "canopy" sort of folded over the top of the passengers.
Looked like an utter death-trap to me...
As did the Isetta, the little Italian two-stroke that had the door as the front of the vehicle.
Any front-end collision and you'd have had to have a very large can-opener to get out.

Jeremy in the mini-car was a hoot....

I suppose from a practical standpoint these mini-cars are no more dangerous to operate than would be a scooter or for that matter a bicycle.
But mixing it up in traffic with diesel-sucking Dodge Ram "dualies" would be rather intimidating.
 
The Painter said:
Would you drive it on the New Jersey Turnpike? Or the GWB, LIE, BQE, the Belt, Cross Bronx???
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To be honest, nobody drives on the Cross Bronx. You just park your car there and roll it forward a few feet at a time.
 
We must have a great micro car salesman here because they are all over. They make my beetle look huge and menancing.
 
Just thinking said:
It's not exactly a golf cart, although I admit sure looks like one. It has a gasoline engine (holds 7 litres of fuel) and is claimed to keep up with traffic ... so I'm assuming it's meant to be driven along with other cars.

Here's the dope on it ...

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Interesting. I suppose on the streets of Hanoi where 90% of the traffic is scooters this is a viable alternative. It would be the Hummer of Hanoi.

Around here... not so much.
 
The Smart fortwo is actually pretty crashworthy (according to crash tests). It's a heavy bugger considering its size... 1600 pounds.

ETA: We had one. I spent about 3 hours a day commuting in it. It's very comfortable to ride in.
 
Almo said:
The Smart fortwo is actually pretty crashworthy (according to crash tests). It's a heavy bugger considering its size... 1600 pounds.

ETA: We had one. I spent about 3 hours a day commuting in it. It's very comfortable to ride in.
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Don't bother; there are some people who just cannot get over the idea that bigger=safer when it comes to cars. I guess it's just one of those lizard-brain things: "look, I'm surrounded by all this STUFF--I must be safe!" Shows that not even Newton's laws of motion are innately understood.
 
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