Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Tulsa area auto event

[ken rentiers (rentiers]

Plus you can't drive a Smart for at least three hours after eating a  
burrito.

Gives new meaning to the phrase "blow the doors off"!

k

On Oct 12, 2007, at 7:20 AM, Dan Warlick wrote:

> I have a friend that was negotiating with a supplier of Euro  
> versions to get
> them here early and he succeeded in getting 4 or 5. I have to tell  
> you,
> after seeing it and driving it,those things are the biggest Pieces  
> of S**t
> ever made. It's the last thing you want to drive. Sure there is  
> novelty but
> should someone hit you, IT'S OVER! Anyone who wants to see graphic  
> images of
> a Smart car accident just ask and I will email them individually. It's
> extremely grotesque though. It's like driving an F-car or a Lambo  
> with the
> attention you get, but remember when people are looking at you in an
> interesting or unique vehicle they tend to swerve towards you.  
> Novelty is
> one thing but these things belong in gated communities in place of  
> golf
> carts. These things are slow and dangerous.
>
> Dan Warlick
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