On Apr 15, 11:23*am, Jens Müller wrote:
On 15.04.2009 15:57, ComandanteBanana wrote:





(From Bike Forums, I answer at bottom)

"WASHINGTON – Micro cars can give motorists top-notch fuel efficiency
at a competitive price, but the insurance industry says they don't
fare too well in collisions with larger vehicles."

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Originally Posted by mlts22
"Smart cars have a ways to go before they become mainstream. There is
no real point in buying one over a Honda Civic. Civics get more MPG,
are proven safe in crash tests, have more HP, and are *far* easier to
find parts for. The only thing I can say positive about a Smart car is
that you can park it 90 degrees in a parallel parking place.

Seen the crash test on the Smart cars? The darn thing crumpled,
bounced, then spun around like a top."

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IF YOU JUDGE THINGS BY THE WAY THEY CRASH, you'd never buy a bike and
ride it in traffic.

Yeah, stupid comments ...

I rented a Smart once to drive home for Christmas together with a
friend, and it is a perfectly acceptable car for two persons.

But, it is certainly NOT fuel-efficient (just cheaper to rent, probably
the person who set the rates didn't expect someone to drive 700 km on
one day with it - but it IS available one-way ...). At normal motorway
speeds (110-130 km/h), it drank about 7l/100km, more than say a VW Polo
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When you think about it, there you find the clever hand of the
Insurance Industry scaring people into ever bigger vehicles... and the
sheep follow.

Whoever buys it though would do so for looks and open sunroof,
notoriously absent from most Japanes econoboxes.