Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Smart Car crash test video: Top Gear

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Tom, my friend:
 
You have finally submitted something that the "Smart"car is good for. Quite  
a bit like the Three Stooges of automobiles. Maybe they can do it  again with 
three cars, Moe Smart, Larry Smart & Curley Smart-car.
 
And, just as the Stooges, despite the fact that they played them in the  
movies, would not be suitable physicians, plumbers, etc., the "Smart"car is not 
 
quite suitable for many driving applications including commuting in the highly  
(lane, right-of-way, etc.) competitive traffic of megaplexes such as D/FW, 
LA,  Houston, etc., where the use of a turn signal is viewed as a challenge 
rather  than a motoring courtesy, of course, over the road touring is out, and 
those  motoring experiences requiring even a modicum of comfort are likewise  
eliminated. 
 
Personally, I wouldn't drive one except on a go-cart course, but then  again, 
as Audrey has said, it is only with some difficulty that I have accepted  the 
realities of the 20th Century so it will be a while before the 21st Century  
becomes relevant to me.
 
Ah, nothing quite like enjoying the Ferrari on the open road, exploring in  
the Excursion or the "G", or simply touring in the Silver Cloud or the 
Corniche.  As for the pragmatic, well either the Spur or the Lincoln Town car 
perform 
these  duties quite well, and without bringing out my appropriately acquired  
claustrophobia. The good news is that only expect ~30 more years on this earth 
 and current estimates show that our current petroleum reserves will outlast 
me,  and perhaps even then some. My kids and grandchildren can only hope that 
the  Nobel Committee shows more good sense than they have in the past and 
makes  awards to real scientists and worthwhile humanists who can deal with the 
 
world in a more practical, and less hypocritical manner than someone with a  
$2k+/mo. electric bill in only one of his homes, who travels in private jet  
aircraft rather than by Southwest Airlines or other economy carriers and in  
limousines rather than "Smart"cars while he promotes conservation as a mode  of 
existence for the more mortal rest of us. Between Gore and NYC's "green"  
Bloomberg use enough energy for an entire American small town.
 
Dr. Steve  

1964 Rolls  Royce Silver Cloud III 1975 Pontiac GV Conv.
1980 MB 450SL 1982 RR  Corniche
1985 MB 280 GE G-Wagen 1988 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
1990 Cadillac  "Eagle" Hearse 1994 F-350 Powerstroke 4x4 
1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder 1996  Bronco
2000 Lincoln Town Car 2004 Excursion
+ Audrey's 2x  MB's


Dr. Stephen B. Spies, CES, CFI
Director,  Forensic Sciences Laboratory
Explosives Engineering  Technologies

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