Gas @ Almost $3.00 A Gallon Again - New Estimating Vehicle

Mike Finley

Gas @ almost $3.00 a gallon again - new estimating vehicle

dougchips

Details?

Looks like I could fit one in my trailer for easy deployment, like a mini seal team.

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Teetorbilt

I give up, what is it? Golf cart?

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GregS

Hey neat, you guys finally have Smart cars down there now?

They are all over the roads here in Ontario and BC.

I'd love to get one.. but I don't think I could fit my ladders into it.

Cole

Is this for real?

If so, awesome!

I love those things!

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travish

I'm not sure if its real or a really good ps

Match your rims

travish

I've actually seen one in the back of a pickup... 6' box... with the gate closed

Mike Finley

Yep, it's a Smart Car.

I snapped it down in St. Barts, the wife just couldn't get over them, everyone she saw made her laugh, they are all over the place down there too. Fun little bastards to drive around down there, I wouldn't want to do it in the USA, the biggest vehicle I saw anywhere on that island was a Ford Ranger and I wouldn't have wanted to drive it on those roads. But those Smart cars are perfect for down there, you can't go over 25 miles per hour for longer than 100 feet and the roads are so narrow any of the full size trucks we all drive would straddle both lanes. Certainly wouldn't want to ever be in an accident in one at high way speed!

Just for fun, here is another type of car I saw a few variations of: I don't know what they were, at first I thought they were kit cars but I kept seeing different ones around. Looked like a blast to drive. Not sure if it is obvious just how small this thing is, but take a look at the Suzuki Samari parked behind it, the top of the seats in this thing just barely are as high as the hood of the suzuki.

Teetorbilt

They have all sorts of fun cars in the islands, they'd never meet the safety requirements here.

I rented a 4 seat???? Suzuki in Grand Bahama and it topped out @ 52 MPH with just me in it, 3 people dropped the speed considerably. Wrecks? Don't even think about it, hitting a rickshaw @ 30 would be a fatal accident for all involved.

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Mike Finley

Yep, there are some weird cars down there, on St Kitts we rented what I thought was a Nissan Maxima, except it was rear wheel drive! Didn't find out about that until we got it good and stuck in the sand at a beach bar, funny though how 20 drunk people at a bar on the beach just can't wait to try to pick you up and move the car!

Also saw a few strange animals like 4 door Nissan pickups? Not to mention half the damn cars were right seat drivers, thankfully they were all automatics, not sure I would have managed a stick, right hand drive, driving on the left side of the road and balancing my drinks without spilling them

Teetorbilt

I learned to drive in the Bahamas and have no problem driving from either seat. Owned a mail Jeep and a Mini for a while and got some strange looks here.

Arrrrgggghhhh! Nobody in the drivers seat!

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POOLMANinCT

3 bucks a gallon..

still beats walking 17 miles w/ full gear & material

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RobertCDF

I would like to buy one... And just drive around with it in the back of my pick up. That could produce some laughs.

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ron schenker

Hey Big Dave...your next vehicle?

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TempestV

they had a smart car dealer here in Bozeman for a while

has anyone heard of the smart car with the engine out of a Suzuki hayabusa?
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...very-smart-car

how about the ariel atom? 456kg, 220 hp
I've heard talk of a 400hp turbo version as well if "it's so damn fast it trys to pull your face off" isn't fast enough.

and if you don't drive it to hard, the light weight would probably mean good fuel milage

dougchips

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...07432427QQrdZ1

75mpg highway 61 city with a diesel. I get about 9-11 with my Titan.....7k of fuel a year would pay off in a little over 2 years.

edit. Looks like they are legal in Canada but not in the states.

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TempestV

Like I said- there was a dealership in Bozeman, and just today I saw one cruising around town
the funny part is the ski racks that they had for the cars


Then there is this gem:

widco

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BKA

Smart Roadster. Saw lots of em in europe. Great MPG also

BKA

A buddy of mine can fit his minicooper type s in the bed of his truck. The looks you get are incredible.