On May 13, 3:13*am, Omelet > wrote:
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> > > > On 5/11/2011 6:21 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
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> > > > >> The "Smart" imported to the US certainly doesn't get 60 MPG. If the
> > > > >> model there gets 60 MPG perhaps it does it at the expense of not
> > > > >> meeting US safety or emissions standards and thus can't be imported.
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> > > > >> The size thing is certainly an issue in those European cities with
> > > > >> medieval sized streets.
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> > > > > I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable taking this around my local
> > > > > highways, forget the gas mileage, how about the Windex??
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> > > > >http://i53.tinypic.com/2ex94m0.jpg
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> > > > Seriously. *That thing could fit in the bed of my modest pickup truck.
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> > > I have every intention of purchasing one as soon as my mortgage is paid
> > > off (next year) and I can afford to make car payments again. *I'm seeing
> > > more and more of them around here as more and more people wise up.
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> > > If you have no kids, it makes perfect sense for one to be owned by
> > > single people or couples.
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> > > Especially if your work commute is more than 20 miles.
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> > There are plenty of much better choices, small reliable cars that get
> > nearly the same MPG as those "Smart" golf carts, while providing 4X the
> > cargo capacity and at half the price.

Name one.
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> They are not expensive. And safer.

Sure, they're cheap, but the Stupid fortwo gets worse mileage than a
Prius. Of all the nice city cars out there, what does the USA get?
The worst of the bunch. The Aygo gets 47/57 (gasoline) and 44/69
(diesel model).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Aygo
Then there's the Fiat 500 with the motor they plan NOT to offer to PIG
Americans:
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thin...pg-on-gas/4705
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> Peace, Om

--Bryan