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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:49 AM
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not so smart!!!

this is a friend of mines. he actually has a hitch on it and he tows a motorcycle.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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Have you ever seen one of the smart cars in a wreak with a 18 wheeler, not a pretty site.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:15 AM
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i can only imagine what would be left...the truck is mine, not the smart car.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by spinella
this is a friend of mines. he actually has a hitch on it and he tows a motorcycle.
If it's something like a Goldwing, it would dwarf that car

Looks like you could park 2 of those things in the same parking spot...
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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or maybe put it in the back of my truck.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 01:43 PM
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Nothing against big people but every time I see a smart car it seems like the people are always on the bigger side to where you look at them ask your self how?
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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fishstriper, i hear ya! my friend is on the big side.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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I got passed by one a few weeks ago. I was doing about 77 and it just whizzed by my. I figured they'd be governed or something. I have to tell you, I felt part of my manhood slip away.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:03 PM
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I remember the first Honda's. They were the same ridiculously small size.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by horsepuller
I remember the first Honda's. They were the same ridiculously small size.
A teacher in High School had one of these.....



We carried it inside the school and up the stairs.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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I can't get over the price of the smartfor2 cars. I've seen ads asking over $14K new.

Tim
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by fishstriper
Nothing against big people but every time I see a smart car it seems like the people are always on the bigger side to where you look at them ask your self how?
Those really big folks don't get in the Smart Car, they put it on.

Originally Posted by horsepuller
I remember the first Honda's. They were the same ridiculously small size.
Originally Posted by ArdWrknTrk
A teacher in High School had one of these.....



We carried it inside the school and up the stairs.
Yup, the Hondas were super small and so were these:



My football coach had one of these. We used to go out to the parking lot after school, pick it up, and put it down sideways in the parking space between the other cars.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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LOL, John! I just keep looking at that picture of the Le Car because it is wrong. With the expression on her face and all, that girl standing in the sunroof should be topless... flying her bra in the air!
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:39 PM
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Bwahahahaha!!! That car is so little, she better be careful the wind doesn't catch that cloth in her hand.....the Le Car will do a 180 and blow back through the desert.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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.....Yugo anyone?????
 
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