I saw one on the interstate a few months ago cruising along at about 70. It was tiny compared to the ML or GL or whatever I was in. I was really concerned about how it would handle the wake from a big truck, and a direct physical interaction
--FT Sent from iFōn > On Jul 11, 2023, at 4:23 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On 11/07/2023 9:46 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: >> One of these things might be interesting at $1k >> >> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/235844749292770 >> > We saw quite a number of these Smart cars around when they first came out > here with the diesel engine but they have pretty much disappeared. > > I don't believe the engines stood up. One of the auto parts stores here used > them as delivery vehicles, but not for long. > > I do recall, that we were driving out to the cottage and following a car that > was hard to identify. It was very narrow and tall. We followed it for quite > some time at about 75 mph until it slowed down and we passed it. It was a > Smart car and it may have been the first one that I had seen. I sort of > wondered about the speed given the lady driving it essentially had her feet > resting on the inside of the front bumper. > > Randy > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
