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Boomerman is Canadian like me
Smart car starts at 15k here
Cabriolet starts at 22k
This is how to make the smartcar sell.
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Boomerman is Canadian like me
Smart car starts at 15k here
Cabriolet starts at 22k
Beef Welington
Veteran XV
fuuuuck they are cool for some shit
DeadlyRabbit
Veteran XV
Nice use for a hayabusa engine.
Sure, some regular sized vehicles can get near or more than that MPG. However, what $11k car do you know that can get that kind of MPG? I know, that's for the base model etc, but still, even a $15k car is hard to find with that kind of mileage.
And when people say "omg it's fast," they are probably going in expecting it to take an hour to get up to highway speed...but it does it in 10 - 15 seconds, that's fast to them. I don't think they mean that it's as fast as a viper or lambo or anything, just that it's faster than one might expect given the HP ratings etc.
Same for the room in the vehicle. When you look at a smart car you think of there being little room for the driver and passenger, but when you get in, there's surprisingly plenty of room. Sure, it's not a luxury car or 7 seater with loads of cargo room, but for what it is, it's decently comfortable.
My Trans Am gets decent gas mileage when I'm not burying the pedal all week, and its moded pretty decently even.
My husband is getting 22mpg out of his 1996. It's not bad, but there could be better, and when he drives 20+ miles one way to work, he's basically using 2 gallons every day. For a little extra cost up front, we could get something getting nearly double that MPG.
My Trans Am gets decent gas mileage when I'm not burying the pedal all week, and its moded pretty decently even.
LT1, LS1?
I miss mine
There are far better uses of the 'busa engine around
For example:
The Powertec V8 - born from 2 Busa top ends, mated in a common crank case to make a single 2.6 litre V8.. This one's been extended out to 2.8L, and develops 455hp. This is the engine that powered the Nurburgring lap record holder for production cars until the Ariel Atom took it away recently.
A little more low-tech, but the same principle.. the Hartley H-1.
Of course... with these being suzuki top ends still, all those performance upgrades like new camshafts, valves/springs, even turbos.. are still on the cards.
I have this fantasy of one day designing a nice lightweight mid-engined kit car and dropping one of those things into it - absolute goddamn demons.
For example:
The Powertec V8 - born from 2 Busa top ends, mated in a common crank case to make a single 2.6 litre V8.. This one's been extended out to 2.8L, and develops 455hp. This is the engine that powered the Nurburgring lap record holder for production cars until the Ariel Atom took it away recently.
A little more low-tech, but the same principle.. the Hartley H-1.
Of course... with these being suzuki top ends still, all those performance upgrades like new camshafts, valves/springs, even turbos.. are still on the cards.
I have this fantasy of one day designing a nice lightweight mid-engined kit car and dropping one of those things into it - absolute goddamn demons.
but then u can also say that anything small is a death trap. and motorcycles are dangerous, but they are the way they are
Smart car was designed to be rigid + airbags instead of crumple zones. This was addressed before manufacturing.. you should read up before you make blatent assumptions.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/14/autos/smart_fortwo_iihs_crash_test/index.htm?eref=rss_topstories
Tiny Smart car gets crash test kudos
The Smart ForTwo earns the top rating for front and side impact protection in crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Bigger doesn't necessarily mean safer. Both these vehicles hit the same barrier at the same speed:
Sure hitting a barrier.
but what happens when the one on the right side hits the one on the left side?
That's the one I see in all the classified ads. They repaint the car, paint the wheels, then sell it for 30K. What a joke, that's too expensive.
TonyElTigre
Veteran XX
how many clowns can it hold?
damn, i need a car that can hold 3 clowns and 4 dead hookers and get over 40mpg.
what if i puree'd them?
TonyElTigre
Veteran XX
if you did asian hookers and clowns they could prob fit