Those things
rock! It's the perfect city car.
Until a real car (tm) hits you.
Well, I assume you'll agree that a large S-class Mercedes
is supposed to be a 'real car (tm)', a German Magazine
did a 50% (ok, for the smart it was mor like 70) fronal
between a smart and a S-class Merc - after all, both are
Mercedes designs ... No injuries on either sides - except
that repairing the Merc would have cost more than the Smart
was worth at first :)
The thing isn't the usual crapy cheap design, using outdated
engines and other crap, but a total new one. And unlike most
other small cars, it's not a striped down version to save
cost (it's rather expensive, almost like a 'real car (tm)'),
but minimalized ... it's everything in there, just made easy
to use and simplified. The Smart dashboard is like a Mac UI
(or Cannon Cat) compared to a DOS commandline in 'real car (tm)'.
At first I thought a lot is missing, but then I realized every
function needed is there.
Gruss
H.
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VCF Europa 5.0 am 01./02. Mai 2004 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
