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« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2007, 03:56:19 PM »
wow, that's disgusting.  I'm going to have nightmares from that one...  That poor truck.
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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2007, 04:16:59 PM »
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wow, that's disgusting.  I'm going to have nightmares from that one...  That poor truck.

Haha thats a good one, maybe that will make people think before buying a little POS.
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« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2007, 06:09:26 PM »
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Quote from: "Dust2Dust"
wow, that's disgusting.  I'm going to have nightmares from that one...  That poor truck.
Haha thats a good one, maybe that will make people think before buying a little POS.


It's not a POS.

It executed the job that it was made to do.
And flawlessly, I might add.

It's a city car.
It's meant for short and long commutes.
It's meant for gas mileage.
It's meant for the economically conscious working family.

Fun Fact:
You can park two of these side by side, VERTICALLY in ONE parallel parking spot.

Pretty impressive if you ask me.
Of course, this only implies to those who apprecite the "ugly cars that save you money" scenario :lol:

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« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2007, 07:20:16 PM »
Did you know that a properly outfitted Mini Cooper can corner better than a 911 996 C4?

Vince...where do you get this shit? You might need help but I'll be damn sure not gonna give to you. ;)
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« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2007, 07:40:22 PM »
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Did you know that a properly outfitted Mini Cooper can corner better than a 911 996 C4?

Vince...where do you get this s***? You might need help but I'll be damn sure not gonna give to you. ;)


That might be true, but in the end, you're still driving a Mini Cooper.
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« Reply #20 on: April 11, 2007, 07:53:41 PM »
That wreck could have been at 5mph with the little car?  My old 73 pontiac would have given at least a little back.  :roll:
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« Reply #21 on: April 11, 2007, 08:47:37 PM »
Can't argue with that
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« Reply #22 on: April 11, 2007, 10:16:29 PM »
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Quote from: "Dust2Dust"
wow, that's disgusting.  I'm going to have nightmares from that one...  That poor truck.
Haha thats a good one, maybe that will make people think before buying a little POS.


No offense or anything, but people don't buy cars based on whether or not they will survive a head on with a semi truck (sorry for any spelling errors on that one).  Like Boom said, the smart car is designed for city driving, not the demolition derby.  I'm not anti SUV/truck or anything, i definitely appreciate high clearance vehicles after my experiences with sedans on dirt roads (thanks again for the lift Charlie   :) ).  I wouldn't judge the safety merits of any car when it collides with a semi because in any vehicle, you're pretty much dead no matter what.  Any car is only as safe as the guy behind the wheel and by the looks of it, that guy had to have done something pretty stupid to have that kind of collision.
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« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2007, 10:42:27 PM »
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Quote from: "Dust2Dust"
wow, that's disgusting.  I'm going to have nightmares from that one...  That poor truck.
Haha thats a good one, maybe that will make people think before buying a little POS.

No offense or anything, but people don't buy cars based on whether or not they will survive a head on with a semi truck (sorry for any spelling errors on that one).  Like Boom said, the smart car is designed for city driving, not the demolition derby.  I'm not anti SUV/truck or anything, i definitely appreciate high clearance vehicles after my experiences with sedans on dirt roads (thanks again for the lift Charlie   :) ).  I wouldn't judge the safety merits of any car when it collides with a semi because in any vehicle, you're pretty much dead no matter what.  Any car is only as safe as the guy behind the wheel and by the looks of it, that guy had to have done something pretty stupid to have that kind of collision.

But usualy safty and gas milage come first, but hey I could be wrong. Although not many cars would survive that you would have a better chance of living.
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« Reply #24 on: April 11, 2007, 10:50:45 PM »
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Quote from: "nosmo"
Quote from: "pilz"
Quote from: "Dust2Dust"
wow, that's disgusting.  I'm going to have nightmares from that one...  That poor truck.
Haha thats a good one, maybe that will make people think before buying a little POS.

No offense or anything, but people don't buy cars based on whether or not they will survive a head on with a semi truck (sorry for any spelling errors on that one).  Like Boom said, the smart car is designed for city driving, not the demolition derby.  I'm not anti SUV/truck or anything, i definitely appreciate high clearance vehicles after my experiences with sedans on dirt roads (thanks again for the lift Charlie   :) ).  I wouldn't judge the safety merits of any car when it collides with a semi because in any vehicle, you're pretty much dead no matter what.  Any car is only as safe as the guy behind the wheel and by the looks of it, that guy had to have done something pretty stupid to have that kind of collision.
But usualy safty and gas milage come first, but hey I could be wrong. Although not many cars would survive that you would have a better chance of living.


It's hard to have both.
You ususally need to sacrifice one for the other.

I'm not saying this is the way in every case, but typically, it is.

Take the Lotus Elise/Exige for example.
It's uses a Toyota four-banger but it PERFORMS amazingly (Great gas mileage coincide with great looks and excelent performance).

However, since it is a very small and light-weight car, safety is most likely not it's forte.

Am I making sense?
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« Reply #25 on: April 11, 2007, 11:22:26 PM »
Am I the only one that finds this...not funny?
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« Reply #26 on: April 11, 2007, 11:27:48 PM »
Shear size isn't what makes SUV's safer than a smart car, actually some could make the argument that some SUVs are not safer due to an increased chance of roll over.  It's the build materials and overall design that make SUVs safer in a collision situation.  If you had say, a GMC Yukon with a thin flimsy frame it would probably produce the same results in the vehicle vs semi truck scenario.


The smart car satisfies gas mileage, but not the safety for this reason:

Currently a lot of hybrid and fuel efficient cars have been sacrificing heavy duty frame materials in favor of lighter, less strong ones for gas mileage due to the lessened weight.

SUVs on the other hand use strong, robust, frames with powerful engines in order to achieve good to excellent performance and cargo capacity.  Sadly, the SUV has become the victim of the marketing pitch which is unfortunatly a catch-22:  "The roads of today are very dangerous, you need an SUV to survive." This causes more SUVs to be bought, except it is all the SUVs that make the roads more dangerous.
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« Reply #27 on: April 11, 2007, 11:28:49 PM »
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Am I the only one that finds this...not funny?


Probably not.
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« Reply #28 on: April 11, 2007, 11:32:10 PM »
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Shear size isn't what makes SUV's safer than a smart car, actually some could make the argument that some SUVs are not safer due to an increased chance of roll over.  It's the build materials and overall design that make SUVs safer in a collision situation.  If you had say, a GMC Yukon with a thin flimsy frame it would probably produce the same results in the vehicle vs semi truck scenario.


The smart car satisfies gas mileage, but not the safety for this reason:

Currently a lot of hybrid and fuel efficient cars have been sacrificing heavy duty frame materials in favor of lighter, less strong ones for gas mileage due to the lessened weight.

SUVs on the other hand use strong, robust, frames with powerful engines in order to achieve good to excellent performance and cargo capacity.  Sadly, the SUV has become the victim of the marketing pitch which is unfortunatly a catch-22:  "The roads of today are very dangerous, you need an SUV to survive." This causes more SUVs to be bought, except it is all the SUVs that make the roads more dangerous.


You hit that one pretty square.
Couldn't agree more.

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« Reply #29 on: April 12, 2007, 01:12:25 AM »
I don't know guys, yea SUV's roll over but you'd have to be pretty far out of control way before that happens. In a smart car all you need is one truck, you know the kind that transport things like food, medical supplies and other silly stuff to change lanes and not see the 4ft car in his blind spot and bam...family of four dead. I'm pretty sure that once your dead, sitting either up there or down below, you'll wish you shelled out a couple of extra bucks on gas rather than ending up a pancake on some road where all the other drivers are pissed at you for slowing down their commute by rubber neckers checking the idiots who got killed because they were driving a go kart on a highway.

Anyway, that just my opinion...I could be wrong
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