Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Not So "Smart" Car (was Tulsa Event)

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

Guys,
 
I have no desire to get a Smart Car because for the same money you can get  
something a bit bigger HOWEVER I can't see the argument about them being  
deathtraps. How many of you would want to get hit head on by a "small box 
truck"  
in a mid 80s Ferrari? You really think the steering column isn't gonna nail you 
 while your legs are crushed in the footwells by the pedals? If you were 
looking  for safety absolutely none of us would drive a Ferrari over other 
choices. How  much really protection do you think you get in a side collision 
in the 
older  cars that a lot of us drive? 
 
I think its a stupid argument about the car being unsafe because you might  
get hit by something bigger than you....you also might not get hot cause the 
car  is so damn small! You might get hit in the parking lot of Home Depot by 
somebody  backing over you in one of those stupid large trucks that every 
numptie 
has the  need to drive in the USA (including my Mother so don't start, I hate 
trucks they  are a waste of everything especially driving passion!)
 
In many large cities over here the Smart works great, traffic speeds are  
low, the congestion charges are lower as are the road taxes and unlike  
motorcycles/mopeds/bicycles ect you have a roof over your head for all the crap 
 
weather. They turn on a dime and can park nose in to the crub legally (like a  
motorbike).
 
Its a neat little car although pricy...
 
Lets talk about neat cars instead of trashing them, those of you that want  
to live the "what if I go outside and get hurt somehow?" lifestyle should STAY  
INSIDE. I bet when Steve J is going 90mph in his F40 he ain't thinking what  
happens when he hits a box truck! And neither is Clyde when he is roaring 
around  on his Ducatti.
 
Listen to yourselves man! Live a little! Drive a small car, take a chance  
will ya! You should see the new Fiat 500, its fantastic, its tiny and I would  
challenge anyone not to love how it drives. Oh and any of you guys so worried  
about unsafe little cars, if you have a 1970's Ferrari Dino well heck you 
ought  to give it away cause those things have ZERO crash protection built in, 
Zero  airbags, Zero stability, Zero super strength modern steel engineered in 
any 
sort  of safety cage yet whens the last time any of us said I THINK I WILL 
GIVE THE  DINO AWAY CAUSE ITS A DEATH TRAP....OH NO HERE COMES A BOX TRUCK!
 
SShheees, Have I made my point yet??
 
 
 
BR in the  UK
1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
1980 400i  (RHD 72,000 miles)
Searching for the right 512TR
2003 BMW 530d
1991  Alfa Spider S4