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| Posted: Sat Mar 1st, 2008 11:12 pm |
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bumblebee Member 
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You guys probably know this already but I thought to share my experience on a 500 miles road trip today from McKinney to the Talimena Scenic Drive in OK and back. As with all the cars I've had I always will do at least one long road trip to see how comfortable the car is while driving long distance. The smart handles well but the comfort factor is not. After driving for about 2 hours my butt started to hurt. I contribute this to not having a cruise control because I had to constantly press my right foot on the gas paddle for the entire time. If the smart have cruise control I don't think I would've have this problem because I will be able to set on cruise and wiggle my butt from time to time to get comfortable. The second thing I noticed was that the a/c REALLY drain whatever power you have in the smart. With the a/c on it was a lot harder to keep it at 65-70 mph. I think it also reduce your mpg (although I won't know until I go fill her up in the next couple days) I suspect my next fillup will average only 34-36 mpg, which will be the lowest since I got the smart. There was another factor that played into this as I was driving home driving into the wind that was probably 10-15 mph. That and with the lack of power will probably contribute to the lower mpg
____________________ 2008 LY/B/B passion fortwo. Bumble Bee Jr. #1173 took delivery 1/24/08 at approx. 6:00 pm #14 delivered by smart center of Dallas. Mods: shorty antenna, rubber floor mats, shelf liner, no holes plate bracket, personalized plate, window tint. |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 04:19 pm |
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RLove Member 
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Here's the solution to all your problems Perry. With the A/C o, the car will only run about 65-70, and you need cruise control...so, just drop a brick on the accelerator pedal and everything will be good.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 4th, 2008 05:59 am |
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ALephart Administrator 
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Have you refueled yet? I am curious what MPG you got! Aaron Lephart
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| Posted: Tue Mar 4th, 2008 11:08 am |
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bumblebee Member
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I refueled and it was 35.5
____________________ 2008 LY/B/B passion fortwo. Bumble Bee Jr. #1173 took delivery 1/24/08 at approx. 6:00 pm #14 delivered by smart center of Dallas. Mods: shorty antenna, rubber floor mats, shelf liner, no holes plate bracket, personalized plate, window tint. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 6th, 2008 08:07 am |
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DaveInTexas Member 
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Talimena Scenic Drive is one of my favorite drives. I need to go do that again soon. For any of those in the North Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas area, it's hard to beat for a nice drive. Linkie:
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| Posted: Fri Mar 7th, 2008 12:44 am |
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sMarT4me Member 
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Bumblebee, thanks for sharing to us your 500 mile experience. Anyway is it okay if you tell us how tall you are. Also how much do you weigh. I know it is somewhat a personal question but pyhsique and weight could also play a factor with regards to comfort.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 7th, 2008 01:11 am |
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bumblebee Member
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sMarT4me wrote: Bumblebee, thanks for sharing to us your 500 mile experience. Anyway is it okay if you tell us how tall you are. Also how much do you weigh. I know it is somewhat a personal question but pyhsique and weight could also play a factor with regards to comfort. I'm 5'7 and about 135-140 lbs. So I'm not too tall or big. Maybe my seating position has something to do with it too. 
____________________ 2008 LY/B/B passion fortwo. Bumble Bee Jr. #1173 took delivery 1/24/08 at approx. 6:00 pm #14 delivered by smart center of Dallas. Mods: shorty antenna, rubber floor mats, shelf liner, no holes plate bracket, personalized plate, window tint. |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 7th, 2008 04:19 pm |
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jmarlo Member
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For what its worth, for the short time I had my Smart, it was very comfortable. I'm 6'3" and 230lbs, and I fit fine. However, the longest freeway drive I had was on the way home from the dealer, about 15 miles, so I can't opine on long trips. Around town it was just fine.
____________________ 2008 Passion Coupe, red and silver. Took delivery Feb. 23, 2008. Newport Beach, CA. |
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