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When I was in Germany a few years ago I saw these all over the place and
fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
Tomes
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>> There were ATV based vehicles on the street too.
>
> I looked up the SmartCar on the web... Found the specs for it... 98.5" (8'
> 2.5") long... A bit too long to park crosswise in a normal parking spot,
> but
> you might be able to get away with it in a lot of places considering how
> bad
> some people are at pulling their cars all the way next to the curb when
> parallel parking... Their brochure even shows a car parked this way...
> 59.7"
> wide, so a bit wider than an ATV and you probably couldn't squeeze as many
> into a normal parking space... Still, you could probably get 3 of them in
> there with room for the doors to open... I didn't see anything about an
> air-conditioner being in the units, so that would be a definite problem
> for
> much of the US market...
>
>
fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
Tomes
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> "Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
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>> There were ATV based vehicles on the street too.
>
> I looked up the SmartCar on the web... Found the specs for it... 98.5" (8'
> 2.5") long... A bit too long to park crosswise in a normal parking spot,
> but
> you might be able to get away with it in a lot of places considering how
> bad
> some people are at pulling their cars all the way next to the curb when
> parallel parking... Their brochure even shows a car parked this way...
> 59.7"
> wide, so a bit wider than an ATV and you probably couldn't squeeze as many
> into a normal parking space... Still, you could probably get 3 of them in
> there with room for the doors to open... I didn't see anything about an
> air-conditioner being in the units, so that would be a definite problem
> for
> much of the US market...
>
>
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When I was in Germany a few years ago I saw these all over the place and
fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
Tomes
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> "Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:4429a3e8$0$20263$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.c om...
>> There were ATV based vehicles on the street too.
>
> I looked up the SmartCar on the web... Found the specs for it... 98.5" (8'
> 2.5") long... A bit too long to park crosswise in a normal parking spot,
> but
> you might be able to get away with it in a lot of places considering how
> bad
> some people are at pulling their cars all the way next to the curb when
> parallel parking... Their brochure even shows a car parked this way...
> 59.7"
> wide, so a bit wider than an ATV and you probably couldn't squeeze as many
> into a normal parking space... Still, you could probably get 3 of them in
> there with room for the doors to open... I didn't see anything about an
> air-conditioner being in the units, so that would be a definite problem
> for
> much of the US market...
>
>
fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
Tomes
"Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:4429a3e8$0$20263$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.c om...
>> There were ATV based vehicles on the street too.
>
> I looked up the SmartCar on the web... Found the specs for it... 98.5" (8'
> 2.5") long... A bit too long to park crosswise in a normal parking spot,
> but
> you might be able to get away with it in a lot of places considering how
> bad
> some people are at pulling their cars all the way next to the curb when
> parallel parking... Their brochure even shows a car parked this way...
> 59.7"
> wide, so a bit wider than an ATV and you probably couldn't squeeze as many
> into a normal parking space... Still, you could probably get 3 of them in
> there with room for the doors to open... I didn't see anything about an
> air-conditioner being in the units, so that would be a definite problem
> for
> much of the US market...
>
>
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"Tomes" <askme@here.net> wrote in message
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> When I was in Germany a few years ago I saw these all over the place and
> fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
> parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
(8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
news:EhIWf.11725$sL2.7058@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net...
> When I was in Germany a few years ago I saw these all over the place and
> fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
> parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
(8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
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"Tomes" <askme@here.net> wrote in message
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> When I was in Germany a few years ago I saw these all over the place and
> fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
> parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
(8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
news:EhIWf.11725$sL2.7058@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net...
> When I was in Germany a few years ago I saw these all over the place and
> fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
> parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
(8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
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"Tomes" <askme@here.net> wrote in message
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> When I was in Germany a few years ago I saw these all over the place and
> fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
> parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
(8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
news:EhIWf.11725$sL2.7058@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net...
> When I was in Germany a few years ago I saw these all over the place and
> fell in love with them. Just look at their face even! I did see them
> parked head-in in parallel parking situations in many locations.
An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
(8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
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Have you forgotten BMW's attempt to enter the American market in
the mid fifties:
http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
> have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
> of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
> cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
> of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
> Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
> RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
> carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
> it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
the mid fifties:
http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
> have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
> of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
> cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
> of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
> Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
> RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
> carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
> it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
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Have you forgotten BMW's attempt to enter the American market in
the mid fifties:
http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
> have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
> of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
> cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
> of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
> Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
> RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
> carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
> it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
the mid fifties:
http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
> have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
> of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
> cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
> of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
> Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
> RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
> carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
> it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
Guest
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Have you forgotten BMW's attempt to enter the American market in
the mid fifties:
http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
> have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
> of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
> cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
> of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
> Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
> RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
> carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
> it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
the mid fifties:
http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and *might*
> have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of one
> of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other small
> cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their ease
> of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of them...
> Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a 1989
> RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you could
> carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries... Still,
> it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
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If fuel gets high enough you will buy anything, even a bicycle. Did you see
South Park last night? Kyle's father buys a "Pious" hybrid, moves to San
Francisco to get away from wasteful gas guzzling SUV owners. People in San
Francisco are so smug, even their own farts smell good to them. Stan misses
Kyle, writes a lame sixties style song about saving the environment by
driving hybrid cars, remorse drives all South Parkians to trade in their
SUVs on gas saving hybrids. The resulting cloud of "Smug" creates a
gigantic storm. Double remorse drives the South Parkians to crush all their
hybrids and go back to their former ways. San Francisco disappears off the
face of the Earth. If only.
Earle
"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Have you forgotten BMW's attempt to enter the American market in
> the mid fifties:
> http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Grumman-581 wrote:
> >
> > An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and
*might*
> > have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of
one
> > of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> > Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other
small
> > cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> > normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their
ease
> > of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of
them...
> > Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a
1989
> > RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> > hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you
could
> > carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries...
Still,
> > it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> > (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
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South Park last night? Kyle's father buys a "Pious" hybrid, moves to San
Francisco to get away from wasteful gas guzzling SUV owners. People in San
Francisco are so smug, even their own farts smell good to them. Stan misses
Kyle, writes a lame sixties style song about saving the environment by
driving hybrid cars, remorse drives all South Parkians to trade in their
SUVs on gas saving hybrids. The resulting cloud of "Smug" creates a
gigantic storm. Double remorse drives the South Parkians to crush all their
hybrids and go back to their former ways. San Francisco disappears off the
face of the Earth. If only.
Earle
"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:442BC0FE.D4A2C87D@***.net...
> Have you forgotten BMW's attempt to enter the American market in
> the mid fifties:
> http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Grumman-581 wrote:
> >
> > An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and
*might*
> > have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of
one
> > of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> > Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other
small
> > cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> > normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their
ease
> > of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of
them...
> > Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a
1989
> > RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> > hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you
could
> > carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries...
Still,
> > it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> > (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
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If fuel gets high enough you will buy anything, even a bicycle. Did you see
South Park last night? Kyle's father buys a "Pious" hybrid, moves to San
Francisco to get away from wasteful gas guzzling SUV owners. People in San
Francisco are so smug, even their own farts smell good to them. Stan misses
Kyle, writes a lame sixties style song about saving the environment by
driving hybrid cars, remorse drives all South Parkians to trade in their
SUVs on gas saving hybrids. The resulting cloud of "Smug" creates a
gigantic storm. Double remorse drives the South Parkians to crush all their
hybrids and go back to their former ways. San Francisco disappears off the
face of the Earth. If only.
Earle
"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:442BC0FE.D4A2C87D@***.net...
> Have you forgotten BMW's attempt to enter the American market in
> the mid fifties:
> http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Grumman-581 wrote:
> >
> > An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and
*might*
> > have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of
one
> > of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> > Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other
small
> > cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> > normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their
ease
> > of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of
them...
> > Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a
1989
> > RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> > hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you
could
> > carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries...
Still,
> > it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> > (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
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South Park last night? Kyle's father buys a "Pious" hybrid, moves to San
Francisco to get away from wasteful gas guzzling SUV owners. People in San
Francisco are so smug, even their own farts smell good to them. Stan misses
Kyle, writes a lame sixties style song about saving the environment by
driving hybrid cars, remorse drives all South Parkians to trade in their
SUVs on gas saving hybrids. The resulting cloud of "Smug" creates a
gigantic storm. Double remorse drives the South Parkians to crush all their
hybrids and go back to their former ways. San Francisco disappears off the
face of the Earth. If only.
Earle
"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:442BC0FE.D4A2C87D@***.net...
> Have you forgotten BMW's attempt to enter the American market in
> the mid fifties:
> http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com...tta/57bmw1.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Grumman-581 wrote:
> >
> > An interesting little vehicle... Put an air-conditioner in them and
*might*
> > have a chance in the US, but I suspect that they would need the label of
one
> > of the major automobile manufactuers before they gained acceptance...
> > Pricewise, they're not really a bargin compared to some of the other
small
> > cars... Their fuel economy is only slightly less than the most efficient
> > normal vehicles out there, so their main marketing point might be their
ease
> > of parking since you don't necessarily have to parallel park one of
them...
> > Putting a third person in one doesn't really look possible... I had a
1989
> > RX-7 which although a 2-seater, you could put a third person in the
> > hatchback area if you folded them up right... About the only thing you
could
> > carry in one of the SmartCars might be a couple bags of groceries...
Still,
> > it would be interesting to see a vehicle smaller than the Mini Cooper
> > (8'2.5" vs 11'10")...
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