Why Smarts Rule!!!

Chris · 12 Nov 2006, 22:26

YouTube Video

Enough said!

Ageing Bat · 12 Nov 2006, 22:39

I'll wait for the official verdict from the Guiness Book of Records.

R. · 12 Nov 2006, 22:48

Looks like the Ferrari's driver either spilled his beer over his trousers and the seats, or was answering a phone call.

Hypnobabe · 13 Nov 2006, 12:27

No, he was moving off with the handbrake still on....

**Monstro** · 13 Nov 2006, 13:06

Film must've been cut and spliced, the smart was orinally racing a Robin Reliant!!!!

Chris · 13 Nov 2006, 13:41

Why I drive a Smart:

YouTube Video

And i now someone who did that on the M62 at Windy Hill and walked away with only bruises.

needmoremeat · 13 Nov 2006, 17:07

I want one of those cars! They're so cute!

Chris · 13 Nov 2006, 20:03

We have a convert!!!

OIne by one they come like lambs to the slaughter.
*chuckles evilly*

needmoremeat · 13 Nov 2006, 20:08

Not really, I wanted one since I first saw them!

**Monstro** · 13 Nov 2006, 20:51

Obviously not one of the ones fitted with optional extra's.........brakes.

KebLou · 14 Nov 2006, 12:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loafer39

Obviously not one of the ones fitted with optional extra's.........brakes.

So Smart's optional extras are brakes and mercedes optional extra's are indicators

We should start a thread on what the optional extra's are on the different cars.

Chris · 14 Nov 2006, 13:46

Psst, a Smart is a merc!!

And yes we have brakes but smarties are an exciting bunch of daredevils and intrepids who don;t require the use of such namby pamby devices.

Plus we are all slightly loopy and it is so hard to concentrate on giving the universal greeting (flash and wave) to other drivers and watching out for the return waves or the key jangling from those Smarties in disguise as pedestrians that we rarely have time to remember what the other pedal is for!!

KebLou · 14 Nov 2006, 14:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

Psst, a Smart is a merc!!

It's made by Merc but it isn't actually a merc. A Cheaper version maybe

R. · 14 Nov 2006, 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

Psst, a Smart is a merc!!

The Smart Car company (I don't even remember the name, wasn't the Swatch^TM founder/owner involved with this?) has been bought by DaimlerChrysler^TM some years ago and they're not happy with it. That does not even remotely make it a Merc. And that's probably a good thing, because rumours have it that nowadays the production quality of a Mercedes-Benz^TM car (A .. E class) sucks.

KebLou · 14 Nov 2006, 19:54

Well the Merc A Class, I know a few Merc owners who would disagree that it is even a Mercedes.

Chris · 14 Nov 2006, 20:06

The Smart was designed as a concept car by Nicholas thingie (the SWATCH founder who now has the pink house in Las Americas, Tenerife) in the 1980's but was never full completed at the time due to cost restraints and other pressures.

At a dinner party in the late 1980's he passed the concept to a designer with Mercedes who approached Merc years later when he rediscovered the idea. They agreed it could work but instead of creating a model for it, they set up a spin off company (The Micro Compact Car Company) to create it. This company was then purchased from Mercedes by their parent corporation DaimlerChrysler adn rebradned as MCC Smart Gmbh. The Smart was dropped making it MCC GmbH in the early part of this decade. Around the same time the capital S was dropped.

All the engines in smarts remain designed, engineered and branded as Mercedes engines and it has been marketed over the last 3 years as "powered by Mercedes". Mark 1 - 5 smarts had the smart decal on the front which was replaced on the mark 7 with the new smart design (known colloquially as The smart Chickenhead). A factory optional extra is to have the "chickenhead" replaced with the standard Mercedes logo (the circle with the 3 spokes). However, this is mounted in a different way and severely limits the choice of panel swaps due to the fixing holes being drilled differently.

Given the financial problems smart encountered, te option of taking it back under the Mercedes marque as a model was considered prior to the scrapping o the roadster and CrossBlade models. However, a reprieve was granted following funding from Brabus. The plan has been postponed subject to sales of the smart ForFour improving performance. if this doesn;t happen then the model is due to be assimilated into the Merc range as early as 2008.

(guess who has chosen smart cars as one of their mastermind specialist subjects!!)

mszee · 02 Dec 2006, 22:52

I think these cars rule because you can walk and carry it in your pocket!!!

It's THAT portable!!!

12 Nov 2006, 22:39	#2
Ageing Bat Young at heart. Slightly older in other places. Join Date: 20.11.2003 Location: Here! Posts: 1,311	I'll wait for the official verdict from the Guiness Book of Records.

12 Nov 2006, 22:48	#3
R. You dig. Join Date: 02.04.2002 Location: On the fothermucker Posts: 7,179	Looks like the Ferrari's driver either spilled his beer over his trousers and the seats, or was answering a phone call.

13 Nov 2006, 12:27	#4
Hypnobabe mszee's Mistress with sexy goddess boots Join Date: 13.07.2005 Location: Hitting the highway like a battering ram... Posts: 7,686	No, he was moving off with the handbrake still on....

13 Nov 2006, 13:06	#5
Monstro Promoted to Wario's spellchecker Join Date: 17.09.2005 Location: London Posts: 12,947	Film must've been cut and spliced, the smart was orinally racing a Robin Reliant!!!!

13 Nov 2006, 17:07	#7
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	I want one of those cars! They're so cute!

13 Nov 2006, 20:03	#8
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	We have a convert!!! OIne by one they come like lambs to the slaughter. chuckles evilly

13 Nov 2006, 20:08	#9
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	Not really, I wanted one since I first saw them!

13 Nov 2006, 20:51	#10
Monstro Promoted to Wario's spellchecker Join Date: 17.09.2005 Location: London Posts: 12,947	Obviously not one of the ones fitted with optional extra's.........brakes.

14 Nov 2006, 13:46	#12
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	Psst, a Smart is a merc!! And yes we have brakes but smarties are an exciting bunch of daredevils and intrepids who don;t require the use of such namby pamby devices. Plus we are all slightly loopy and it is so hard to concentrate on giving the universal greeting (flash and wave) to other drivers and watching out for the return waves or the key jangling from those Smarties in disguise as pedestrians that we rarely have time to remember what the other pedal is for!!

14 Nov 2006, 19:54	#15
KebLou Mega Loafer Join Date: 02.03.2004 Location: The Arena of the Unwell Posts: 3,177	Well the Merc A Class, I know a few Merc owners who would disagree that it is even a Mercedes.

14 Nov 2006, 20:06	#16
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	The Smart was designed as a concept car by Nicholas thingie (the SWATCH founder who now has the pink house in Las Americas, Tenerife) in the 1980's but was never full completed at the time due to cost restraints and other pressures. At a dinner party in the late 1980's he passed the concept to a designer with Mercedes who approached Merc years later when he rediscovered the idea. They agreed it could work but instead of creating a model for it, they set up a spin off company (The Micro Compact Car Company) to create it. This company was then purchased from Mercedes by their parent corporation DaimlerChrysler adn rebradned as MCC Smart Gmbh. The Smart was dropped making it MCC GmbH in the early part of this decade. Around the same time the capital S was dropped. All the engines in smarts remain designed, engineered and branded as Mercedes engines and it has been marketed over the last 3 years as "powered by Mercedes". Mark 1 - 5 smarts had the smart decal on the front which was replaced on the mark 7 with the new smart design (known colloquially as The smart Chickenhead). A factory optional extra is to have the "chickenhead" replaced with the standard Mercedes logo (the circle with the 3 spokes). However, this is mounted in a different way and severely limits the choice of panel swaps due to the fixing holes being drilled differently. Given the financial problems smart encountered, te option of taking it back under the Mercedes marque as a model was considered prior to the scrapping o the roadster and CrossBlade models. However, a reprieve was granted following funding from Brabus. The plan has been postponed subject to sales of the smart ForFour improving performance. if this doesn;t happen then the model is due to be assimilated into the Merc range as early as 2008. (guess who has chosen smart cars as one of their mastermind specialist subjects!!)

02 Dec 2006, 22:52	#17
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	I think these cars rule because you can walk and carry it in your pocket!!! It's THAT portable!!!